On The Road at the Schloss Branitz Garden Festival

Baroque music accompanies patrons as they browse different stalls. Outside vendors’ tents, baskets brim with botanic marvels.

Tree nurseries from all over Germany attend the festival with their most enchanting goods in the hopes of enticing curious gardeners.

A young girl wears the Trachtenkleid, a traditional dress native to Southeastern Germany.

Jörg Ackermann, head of the Schloss Branitz Garden Festival, poses with some plants.

Lush blooms of flowers are gathered everywhere you look.

A vendor displays his wares.

Vibrant hydrangeas of every color enclose a vendor’s stall.

Fragrant smells linger around each of the tents as prospective floral purchases await within.

Craftsmen play an important role in the festival proceedings. Here, flower enthusiasts weave wreaths from fresh flowers.

With the simplicity of its tented stalls and abundant stone and terracotta, the Garden Festival market evokes the spirit of Muskau’s era. The experience truly feels like stepping back in time.

The festival overflows with exquisite flowers. Bouquets find a home in wide, elegant crystal vases and plain, country teacups alike.

Make sure to mark you calendar for next year’s Schloss Branitz Garden Festival 21-22, May 2016!

Young, budding flowers exist in harmony with antique, rusted ornaments and the grounds come alive, capturing the elusive spirit of days gone by.