Film & talk with Susanne Isabel Yacoub | Meeting point: KulturDiele M8 | Stralsund, Mönchstraße 8 | Admission: 10 euros

The revolutionary ideas of the garden city movement have influenced architects and landscape planners since the beginning of the 20th century.

Whether in the lignite mining region of Lusatia, in the scenic Havelland or just outside the metropolis of Berlin - the origin and foundation of the three garden cities of Marga, Plaue and Eden are different.

What is life like when your own house is a monument? Are vegetable gardens still cultivated with pleasure? Are co-operative garden city structures still feasible in today's society? How can old, decaying buildings be saved?

The film portrays three garden cities in their search for survival in the 21st century. A look behind garden hedges and into the hearts of garden city residents.

A film by Martina Hiller von Gaertringen and Susanne Isabel Yacoub Landscape Architecture+Video, length: 45min; Berlin 2011