Another flower-filled edition that took place over the last two weekends of May, on 22/23 and 29/30, with in-person and virtual formats.
The programme included more than 27 gardens spread across the city of Lisbon, and saw the launch of a new type of visit, Secret Gardens, where participants had the opportunity to visit private gardens in Lisbon and get to know their owners. As is customary, the festival closed with the Jardins Abertos Market in Príncipe Real Garden, where partners, brands and artists had the opportunity to exhibit and share their work and sell their products.
More than 54 thousand members of the public attended the Spring Edition 2021, 17.300 in person and 36.811 virtually.
Self-guided Visits
Lisbon’s Estufa Fria • Monteiro-Mor Botanical Park • Conde dos Arcos Farm • Palácio Pimenta Gardens – Museum of Lisbon • Olivais Teaching Farm • British Cemetery • Palacete de São Bento Garden • Palácio Fronteira Gardens • Tribunal Constitucional Gardens • Lisbon’s Ismaili Centre Gardens • Procuradoria Geral da República — Palácio Palmela Gardens • Chelas Convent Cloisters • Gulbenkian Garden • Gardens of EDP Foundation Campus • Monsanto Forest Park • Príncipe Real Garden • Praça da Alegria — Alfredo Keil • Garden Dom Luís Garden
Escorted Visits
Bela Flor Agroforest
The Green Roof of the Alcântara Water Plant
Italian Embassy’s Garden
NÃM Urban Farm
CCB Gardens
Guided Visits
Lisbon’s Ismaili Centre Gardens
Gardens as the Landscape writ small
Procuradoria Geral da República — Palácio Palmela Gardens
Landscape: Art and Nature
Marsh — Tejo Estuary
Monsanto Biodiversity Space at Sunrise
Fito-ETAR
Guided Tours
Between Gardens, Avenues and Balconies. “Between two brothers” w/ Ivo Meco
Between Gardens, Avenues and Balconies. “In public gardens” w/ Ivo Meco
Secret Gardens
Casa Mir Garden
Tropicalixboa
Exhibitions
Sounds and Materials of the Landscape — Landscape Museum at Lisbon’s Estufa Fria
On the lookout for… 10 botanical curiosities – Jardins Abertos
#gardenbenches – Jardins Abertos and Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa
Talks
A talk with the makers of the exhibition Sounds and Materials of the Landscape
Workshops
Plant Propagation
Planting Herbs in Flower Pots
Organic Cosmetics w/ Organii
Families
Future Fossils
Eco Warriors
How to make Oak Gall Ink
Why do we need insects?
Biodiversity in the City
Imagine, Squash and Paint
A Garden View
So Many Animals and Plants
A Bouquet of Broccoli
Trees of the Farm
Rural Pharmacy
With Fruits and Vegetables
Other Activities
Varandas Verdes
Plant Surgery — Limbo
Jardins Abertos Market
YouTube Collections
Secret Gardens
Gardens and Ambassadors
Virtual Workshops