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The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) members consist of thousands of growers of flowers and ornamental plants around the world who are together united by one essential goal – promoting the place of plants in people’s lives.
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Learn moreAIPH hosts several conferences, webinars and events such as the International Grower of the Year award throughout the year. Read about these along with the latest news about the association’s activities.
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11 December 2025 , 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm GMT Online
Nature in a city provides habitats to support diverse ecological communities. Plants provide the backbone for all nature to thrive.
This Briefing features the winner of the ‘Living Green for Biodiversity & Urban Ecosystem Restoration’ category of the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024 – Chengdu, China. The city won for its ‘Urban Green Heart Programme’. Find out more.
13:00 – Introduction by Robert Howard, Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners
13:05 – Presentation by Victor Muñoz Sanz, Assistant Professor of Urban Design at TU Delft
13:25 – Presentation by Mr. Luo Dan from the City of Chengdu, China
13:45 – Q&A
1400 – Briefing closes
Robert Howard is the Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. He was a governor of Capel Manor College in Enfield for a decade. He joined the Court of Common Council of the City of London in 2011 as a Councilman, before joining the Court of Aldermen in 2015. At the City Corporation he has served on a number of committees including Open Spaces and the Education Board. He is the Lead Member for Environmental Education.
Víctor Muñoz Sanz is a Mexican-Spanish urban designer, researcher, and educator. Currently, he is an assistant professor of urban design at TU Delft, where he coordinates and teaches urban design studios and leads critical research on productive landscapes, urban economies, and technology. He is the author of the books Reconnecting Cities, People, and Nature: Exercises in Urban Design (Birkhäuser, 2025), and Una Rápida Compañera (Bartlebooth 2024), as well as co-editor of Automated Landscapes (Nieuwe Instituut, 2023), Roadside Picnics: Encounters with the Uncanny (dpr Barcelona, 2022), and Habitat: Ecology Thinking in Architecture (nai010, 2022). Víctor qualified as an architect at the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM, 2006) and holds a Master of Architecture in urban design, with distinction, from Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2011) and a PhD cum laude in architecture from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2016). In addition to his academic work, he has collaborated with offices such as Burgos & Garrido Arquitectos and Porras Lacasta in developing urban design projects like Madrid Río.
With over 30 years of unwavering dedication to land greening and ecological protection in Chengdu, Mr. Luo Dan has been recognized for his exceptional contributions with a Second-class Merit from the Forest Public Security Bureau of National Forestry and Grassland Administration and as an Advanced Individual in Building the Upper Yangtze River Ecological Barrier in Sichuan Province.
