Media Invitation - Launch of the competition Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal 2013 - Land of Hope

An international event with a strong environmental message

MONTREAL, Jan. 31, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal (MIM) and the Montreal Botanical Garden—A Space for Life invite you to a press conference on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 10:30 AM to kick off the competition Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal 2013 - Land of Hope (MIM2013), with the Mayor of Montreal, Mr. Michael Applebaum, and Chairman of the Board of Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal, Mr. Louis L. Roquet.

A highlight of the event will be the unveiling of the maquette for the featured work, The Tree of Birds. Various aspects of the exciting program will also be revealed and the institutional partners announced.

Back in Québec after showing in Japan and China, the spectacular exhibition will open on June 22, 2013 and continue through till September 29 at the Montreal Botanical Garden—A Space for Life. MIM2013 brings together some 200 horticulturists and forty horticultural works from, among others, Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.

What:	Press conference to announce the world's largest exhibition of horticultural art: Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal 2013 - Land of Hope
Date:	Monday, February 4, 2013 10:30 AM
Place:	Montreal Botanical Garden Reception area 4101 Sherbrooke E. Parking level P1 (pay parking) - Metro Pie-IX Map
Present:	Michael Applebaum, Mayor of Montreal Louis L. Roquet, Chairman of the Board, MIM Lise Cormier, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, MIM Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, Executive Director of A Space for Life Gilles Vincent, Director, Montreal Botanical Garden Charles Lapointe, President and CEO, Tourisme Montréal The Honourable Claude Carignan, Senator, representing Economic Development Canada Pascal Bérubé, Minister, Tourisme Québec

SOURCE: MOSAICULTURES INTERNATIONALES DE MONTREAL

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