SZC - Garden Centers Association

Personality of horticulture profession

Every year, starting in 2019, the Czech Garden Centers Association decided to appreciate
and highlight important personality in the field
of horticulture.

The main award criteria is long term work for
the horticultural field.

Personalities of horticulture profession they became:
2019 - Josef Holzbecher
2021 - Jiří Chládek
2022 - Josef Schuch

2022

Josef Schuch
Osobnost zahradnického oboru - Josef Schuch

Gardening family tradition – already since 1825
1948 – beginning of apprenticeship at a famous gardening company František Černý in Jaroměř
1967 – graduation from agricultural university with master’s degree
1969 – researcher at the Research Institute for gardening
1982 – successful defending of dissertation thesis on growing woody plants in containers at the agricultural university with awarding of Candidate of Sciences degree
1991 – reestablishment of family nursery in Zdechovice

2021

Jiří Chládek
Osobnost zahradnického oboru - Jiří Chládek

1992 – together with his wife he established garden center in Prague-Střešovice
1997 – he was at the birth of Garden Centers Association
2000 – establishing of the ornamental nursery Chládek in Mazelov
2005 – main initiator of transformation of the association in a way how we know it today
2002-17 – renewal of more than hundred years old tradition of gardeners' balls
2017 – handing over of the company management to his sons - Jiří and Jan

2019

Josef Holzbecher
Osobnost zahradnického oboru - Josef Holzbecher

Together with his wife he built up top-class alpine perennial nursery of European significance.
He enriched world assortment of alpine by many
new species thanks to his expeditions.
Wide publishing activity in local and foreign professional press.
He worked in a leading position in Arboreto Brno for many years. There he participated in building many expositions, which are still popular and considered important elements for world garden architects.
He succesfully handed over the nursery to the next generation – his daughter Jana.

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