This year the International Festival “Imperial Gardens of Russia” celebrates the year of France in Russia. The theme of the festival is “French Garden on the Banks of the Neva”, so both the festival and the exhibition-contest will be dedicated to the history and traditions of French park and gardening art. For 9 days (from June 09-June 17) the Mikhailovsky garden will be divided into two sections with the first part featuring typical elements of French regular gardens of the 16th—18th centuries. The second part will focus on French traditions of gardening of the late 18th – early 21st centuries influenced by French impressionist art and contemporary urban French architecture. The festival is open 11:00 - 21:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 21:00.