The festival that opens Lisbon's gardens is going for its 6th edition and, for the second year in a row, the gates open in both seasons. The Fall edition of Open Gardens will take place over two weekends: October 17/18 and 24/25, and in two formats - in-person and virtual.
The program will feature new gardens, guided tours and walks with experts, many workshops, and activities for the whole family. The initiative Green Balconieswhich bloomed the facades of five buildings in the spring, is back and will green four more Lisbon facades. The actions will take place every morning of the festival.
The in-person visitation model and the group activities will be adapted to the new reality, and all the measures indicated by the Directorate-General of Health will be taken. Some activities require prior registration. The virtual edition will take place through YouTube.
The closing of the festival takes place in the Príncipe Real Garden, on October 25th, with a market selling plants and botanical and garden-related items.
This is an entirely free event.
Program
Free visits (subject to capacity limits): Tropical Botanical Garden - Ajuda Botanical Garden - Lisbon Botanical Garden - Monteiro-Mor Botanical Park - Lisbon Cold Storage - NÃM Urban Farm - CCB Gardens - HortasLx at the Village Underground - Bela Flor Agroforestry - Alcântara Water Factory Green Roof - British Cemetery - Quinta das Pintoras - Green Street Lisbon - São Bento Palace Garden - Lisbon Museum Gardens - Pimenta Palace - Fronteira Palace Garden
Guided Tours:
- Between Gardens, Balconies and Avenues. "Between Two Brotherss" - with Ivo Meco
- Between Gardens, Balconies, and Avenues. "Between public gardens" - with Ivo Meco
- Between Gardens, Balconies, and Avenues. "Between Plant Toponyms" - with André Laurins
- A Pharmacy in the Garden - with Fernanda Botelho
Guided tours:
- The History of Monteiro-Mor Botanical Park - with Rui Costa
- Sapal do Estuário do Tejo
- Monsanto Biodiversity Space
- The Garden of São Bento Palace - with Teresa Andresen
- Specere Exhibition - with Fernando Serralheiro
- Plants and People Exhibition - with Raquel Barata
- EDP Foundation Gardens MAAT and Central
Workshops:
- Seeding at the Village Underground
- Seed Keepers at the Cold Greenhouse Interpretation Center
- Organic Cosmetics with Organii at the Estufa Fria Interpretation Center
- Hydroponics with EcoCenter at the Estufa Fria Interpretation Center
- NÃM mushrooms with Li at NÃM Urban Farm
Activities for families:
- Seeding at the Village Underground
- Imagine, Crush and Paint at the Pepper Palace
- So many animals and plants. A garden for me. at the Pepper Palace
- A Branch of Broccoli at Palácio Pimenta
- Biodiversity in the City at Palácio Pimenta
- With Fruits and Vegetables at the Olivais Pedagogical Farm
- The Olivais Pedagogical Farm to (Re)cycle
- Rural Pharmacy at the Olivais Pedagogical Farm
- Insect Hotel at Monsanto Forest Park
- Botany Library at the Gulbenkian Garden
- The Hidden Side of Nature at FEDP MAAT and Central Gardens
Other activities:
- Donation and Planting with the Residents of the City of Manchester Street
- Office of Plants - Limbo
