International Garden Festival
International Garden Festival
In keeping with its flowery village tradition, Ponte de Lima has held an international garden exhibition since 2005 as an important part of its symbolism, already identifying the border village with this type of floral commemoration. Many visitors come to the riverside area every year in order to enjoy the gardens, full of flowers and also all that poetic, musical or ethnographic connotations. Pure art within everyone’s reach, which also arrived in the Galician town of Allariz, in close collaboration with Ponte de Lima.
The festival takes place from spring to autumn, and is a unique event, which each year brings together authors from around the world (specialists in floral art and creativity) around themes that seek to promote thought, information and reflection on environmental issues… In 2021, the theme worked was “The Religions in the Gardens”. The “dialogue” garden resulted in the most voted for this edition.
Among the reserved space in the gardens, there is also a leisure area, a playground and swimming pools, one for adults and one for children.
Location
International Garden Festival. Caminho de São Gonçalo.
Coordinates:
41.76590916996032, -8.59144773516919View in Google Maps
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Information of interest
Avalaible from May to October. Morning and afternoon hours. Normal price between 1 and 3 euros, with discounts. Swimming pool until the beginning of September, price separately. Voting and resolution of the winner in November, in the extension of the municipal website.
Bibliography
International Garden Festival. On the official website of local tourism, “Visit Ponte de Lima”. Available at: https://www.visitepontedelima.pt/pt/turismo/festival-internacional-de-jardins/
Ponte de Lima City Council. Official website. Available at: https://www.festivaldejardins.cm-pontedelima.pt/