Flower Show - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1964 - 2.20 Shilling

From 16 April to 11 October 1964, the first Vienna International Garden Show (TIG 64) took place on the grounds of the newly created Danube Park. The TIG 64 - the gardeners' and florist's Olympics - was the crowd puller of the gigantic exhibition and recreation center Donaupark, which is practically in the heart of Vienna. A special attraction, and thus also a new landmark of Vienna, towers steeply into lofty heights - the 260 meter high Danube tower. It houses the highest restaurant in Vienna, at a height of 160 meters, which turns as a special attraction on its own axis and thus allows a perfect panoramic view over the capital of Austria. Incidentally, the cheapest viewing height was not theoretically calculated but practically tested by helicopter. In the six months of the garden show, the special shows in the main hall ranged from vegetables to orchids, from industrial show to animals in the house and garden, complemented by various "Gardens of Nations", the Paracelsus Garden and the Dahlias, Roses, Irises and summer flower show, just to name a few. The Dahlia from the Mexican plateau can be seen on the fourth stamp of this series.