Project "Garden Pearls"
1st of May 2018 officially started the Interreg Estonia - Latvia project "Garden Pearls"
In two years project partners will create a garden tourism product Garden Pearls based on over 50 remarkable gardens and parks in Latvia and Estonia. Project partners will use Garden Pearls for designing joint garden tourism routes and services for garden tourists. In order to make the Garden Pearls a successful tourism product and service, project teem shall set principles for product and service design, create solid concept and identity for the routes, make small-scale investments in gardens and parks, train the managers of the Garden Pearls’ sites and carry out marketing activities.
Project Partners:
Vidzeme Tourism Association (Lead partner)
MTU Estonian Gardens
Tartu University - Pärnu College
South-Estonian Tourism Foundation
Foundation Pärnu County Tourism
Sangaste Municipality Government
Turaida Museum Reserve
Amata municipality
NGO "Limbažu Lauvas"
Butnieku municipality
Kocēnu municipality
Rūjienas municipality
Gulbenes municipality
NGO, Oleru manor
Hiiumaa Vocational School
Tõstamaa Municipality Government
Pärnu City Government
Audru Municpality Government
Duration of the project : 01.05.2018 – 31.07.2020 (27 months)
Project budget: 749 755 EUR, including support of the Estonia – Latvia Programme (European Regional Development Fund) 637 292 EUR.