CLOSING PARTY OF THE XXII EXHIBITION OF THE CAMELLIAS OF PORTO
11 MAR 2017
On 11th March, Serralves' Park will receive the closing party of Porto's Camellia Week, that will happen from 4th to 11th of March in different places in the city.
Anticipating the arrival of the Spring, from 6-11 March Porto will once again be transformed into the City of Camellias, during a week filled with activities dedicated to what many consider the "Queen of Flowers". As an integral part of Porto’s cultural and natural heritage, the species has spread from the city and conquered Northern Portugal and Galicia.The Camellia Market aims to valorise the camellia plant as a form of biological and cultural heritage. In order to foster knowledge of cultivation techniques of Portuguese origin, plant nurserymen and horticulturists are invited to attend the market. The initiative also embraces and encourages other artistic, literary and gastronomic events associated to the market.
From 10:00 am to 06:00 pm, Serralves doors will be open to receive camellia's fans and their families. The entrance is free and the program includes workshops for children and families, show-cooking, guided tours, music, dance, performance a camellia market and many other activities.
Organization: Department of the Environment of Porto Municipal Council, PortoLazer and Portuguese Camellias Association.Serralves Gardens • Free admissionEntrance: Gate in Avenida Marechal Gomes da Costa
WORKSHOPS GUIDED TOURS ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME 10:00 - 13:00 • Petals float loosely, Camellias remain together • Art WorkshopOutdoors, aided by sweet-smelling paints, let's draw, dye and draw the most beautiful camellia garden in Serralves Park. The exquisite Camellias to be born in this workshop will harbour white, red and pink secrets. Each family will use several loose petals to represent what they most like to do, and will then draw a single camellia.Free entrance • Alameda next to the Central Parterre • Children and Families
10:00-13:00 • In the world of Camellias • Science WorkshopThis workshop explores the botanical curiosities of this plant - both itsmultiple phenological variations and the well-kept secrets of its internal anatomy. Hybrid and cultivated plants, odours and colours, mixed with humus, moss and granite, provide perfect combinations in a workshop where everyone must experiment a little.Free entrance • Alameda next to the Central Parterre • Children and Families
11:00 • Jacques, the count and camellias. What’s this story? • Visit - peddy paper gameA visit - peddy paper game in Serralves Park. A set of questions, tasks and activities to be accomplished in a group, in order to learn about, and discover, the secrets of camellias and the history of Serralves Park. Supervised by Ana CatarinaAntunes and Mariana Abranches Pinto.Free entrance • Subject to registration (30 participants): dmj@cm-porto.ptMeeting point: Gardener's Trowel by Claes Oldenburg & C. Van BruggenChildren and Families
11:00 - 12:00 • Camellias in biscuits • Show cookingPresentation of the recipe for biscuits flavoured with plant-based green tea, byMaria João Clavel, author of the blog "Clavel's Cook" and mentor of the project Clavel's Kitchen.Free entrance • General public • Subject to registration (20 participants): camelias@portolazer.ptAlameda next to the Central Parterre
14:00-17:00 • Winter Poetry • Art WorkshopCamellias are brief moments of ephemeral beauty - winter poetry that pave the way tospring. They harbour promises, memories, knowledge. They are books that we’re going to write with petals, branches, snippets of wind ... and even with words, colours,textures, odours and flavours.Free entrance • Alameda next to the Central Parterre • Children and Families
14:00 - 17:00 • One thing leads ... to many others! • Art Workshop"A form gives me an idea, this idea evokes another form, and everything culminates in figures, animals, and things." Joan MiróMiró saw monsters in ink stains and new forms in tapestry knots. Have you ever seen a cloud that looked like a dragon? Has a mountain ever looked like a dog to you? In this workshop, we'll begin by tracing the outlines of camellias to discover new shapes. Shadows cast on the sheet of paper will reveal lines. Forms will be born from the lines, which in turn will suggest ideas and the ideas will then suggest figures! In this process, a petal may be an ear and the leaves may be fingers or perhaps even hairs?Free entrance • Alameda next to the Central Parterre • Children and Families
14:00-17:00 • Botanical Collections • Science WorkshopUsing herbaria, microtomes, magnifiers and guides, we’ll create botanical collections inspired by this special day. How can we collect and conserve leaves, trunks, seeds and flowers? What will you want to bring in your botanical box?Free entrance • Alameda next to the Central Parterre • Children and Families
15:00-18:00 • Camellias to eat and draw for moreThe kitchen is open, the pasta is ready and we’ll cook the most delicious camellia-pancakes! Young artists will be challenged to use chalk to draw their camellia on a slate, which will then be immediately transformed into a real pancake by the famous Chef Panqueca.Design and implementation: Ivo CruzFree of charge • Subject to registration (15 children per hour): saphircristal@gmail.comAlameda next to the Central Parterre
15:00-18:00 • Miss Camellia AtelierThe two Camellias have always been the most daring artists - in terms of theirextravagant hairstyles! From an early age they learned to master hairstyles, using umbrellas, coloured straws, ribbons, toys, coloured hooks, and of course the most beautiful flowers from fresh camellias! In this open workshop, children and adults can carry out their own make over and become a true "Miss Camellia".Design and implementation: Saphir Cristal and Cláudia PauloFree entrance • Admission on a first-come / first-served basis • Alameda next to the Central ParterreChildren and Families 10:30-12:00 • Camellias in sight • Guided tourIn the diversity of Serralves Park, the Camellias take pride of place in wintertime, with their flowers of different shapes, colours and sizes. Discover this space, where the splendour of nature blends with the pleasure of discovering the history and characteristics of this emblematic species in the park.Meeting point: Gardener's Trowel by Claes Oldenburg & C. Van Bruggen
11:00-13:00 • Camellias in Serralves • InstameetA proposal aimed at amateur photographers, professionals, and above all anyone who is passionate about the gardens of Porto, camellias and mobile photography. The invitation will be shared in PortoLazer’s instagram profile, in an invitation addressed to all of he profile’s followers to attend the event, and share their vision of the first signs of spring created by the presence of camellias, that are such a common feature of the gardens of Porto.Meeting point: Gardener's Trowel by Claes Oldenburg & C. Van Bruggen
15:00-16:30 • Camellias and Eighteenth century Gardens • Guided TourSome of Porto’s most important gardens, including Serralves Park, began to take shape in the nineteenth century, and still retain some of the influences of their original design. At that time, camellias were an Oriental novelty, that were quickly used on a large scale due to their beauty, diversity and adaptability. It is still possible to see original specimens that date back from that period. Serralves Park has more than 600 specimens of this unique species. Discover the Camellias that have withstood the passage of time since the nineteenth century.Meeting point: Gardener's Trowel by Claes Oldenburg & C. Van Bruggen 12:00-12:30 • 14:30-15:00 • Oscar • Staged readingOscar is a boy. Oscar has a garden - his favourite playground. He builds imaginary worlds in his garden. He plays with animals, plants and Joaquim the Gardener. Based on several excerpts from the texts of the show, ÓSCAR, the Teatro de Marionetas do Porto (Porto Puppet Theatre) will conduct a staged reading.Actors: Rui Queiroz de Matos and Micaela SoaresDesign: Teatro de Marionetas do Porto • Sebes de Camélias
4:00-17:00 • Velocipedia • Ambulatory performancePedalling and having fun is the key to this project. EZ offers several pedal vehicles, where difference and audacious ideas will give life to three characters who roam around… They will wander without any specific destination, but they will tour the world of magic, the world of madness, the world of good will ... on wheels.Alameda next to the Central Parterre
15:00 • Lullaby • PerformanceA dynamic performance with the direct participation of the audience, in a comic and provocative performance that opens space to a game of improvisation between a trickster clown and the spectator. In this adventure, we’ll set off in search of laughter, complicity and emotion, entering a poetic environment, fuelled by live music, heading towards a new world of play, a ...Creation: Rui Paixão and Carlos Reis • Alameda next to the Central Parterre
16:00 • Camellias - From here and there • Contemporary DanceA choreography that focuses on the portrait of colour and form. Making bodies an integral part of nature and transporting the viewer towards illusion and the constant travels of camellias around the world, from East to West.Design and production: Estúdio B, Space for Research, Dance Instruction and Choreographic Creation.Tennis Court
17:30 • Party! • Lyrical singing concertA concert with three male singers - two tenors and a baritone – in a music party, at the end of another week paying homage to the camellias of Porto.Performers: Job Tomé, Manuel Soares and João Miguel GonçalvesDesign: Ópera de bolso • Alameda next to the Central Parterre (staircase in front of Serralves Villa)
Anticipating the arrival of the Spring, from 6-11 March Porto will once again be transformed into the City of Camellias, during a week filled with activities dedicated to what many consider the "Queen of Flowers". As an integral part of Porto’s cultural and natural heritage, the species has spread from the city and conquered Northern Portugal and Galicia.The Camellia Market aims to valorise the camellia plant as a form of biological and cultural heritage. In order to foster knowledge of cultivation techniques of Portuguese origin, plant nurserymen and horticulturists are invited to attend the market. The initiative also embraces and encourages other artistic, literary and gastronomic events associated to the market.
From 10:00 am to 06:00 pm, Serralves doors will be open to receive camellia's fans and their families. The entrance is free and the program includes workshops for children and families, show-cooking, guided tours, music, dance, performance a camellia market and many other activities.
Organization: Department of the Environment of Porto Municipal Council, PortoLazer and Portuguese Camellias Association.Serralves Gardens • Free admissionEntrance: Gate in Avenida Marechal Gomes da Costa
WORKSHOPS GUIDED TOURS ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME 10:00 - 13:00 • Petals float loosely, Camellias remain together • Art WorkshopOutdoors, aided by sweet-smelling paints, let's draw, dye and draw the most beautiful camellia garden in Serralves Park. The exquisite Camellias to be born in this workshop will harbour white, red and pink secrets. Each family will use several loose petals to represent what they most like to do, and will then draw a single camellia.Free entrance • Alameda next to the Central Parterre • Children and Families
10:00-13:00 • In the world of Camellias • Science WorkshopThis workshop explores the botanical curiosities of this plant - both itsmultiple phenological variations and the well-kept secrets of its internal anatomy. Hybrid and cultivated plants, odours and colours, mixed with humus, moss and granite, provide perfect combinations in a workshop where everyone must experiment a little.Free entrance • Alameda next to the Central Parterre • Children and Families
11:00 • Jacques, the count and camellias. What’s this story? • Visit - peddy paper gameA visit - peddy paper game in Serralves Park. A set of questions, tasks and activities to be accomplished in a group, in order to learn about, and discover, the secrets of camellias and the history of Serralves Park. Supervised by Ana CatarinaAntunes and Mariana Abranches Pinto.Free entrance • Subject to registration (30 participants): dmj@cm-porto.ptMeeting point: Gardener's Trowel by Claes Oldenburg & C. Van BruggenChildren and Families
11:00 - 12:00 • Camellias in biscuits • Show cookingPresentation of the recipe for biscuits flavoured with plant-based green tea, byMaria João Clavel, author of the blog "Clavel's Cook" and mentor of the project Clavel's Kitchen.Free entrance • General public • Subject to registration (20 participants): camelias@portolazer.ptAlameda next to the Central Parterre
14:00-17:00 • Winter Poetry • Art WorkshopCamellias are brief moments of ephemeral beauty - winter poetry that pave the way tospring. They harbour promises, memories, knowledge. They are books that we’re going to write with petals, branches, snippets of wind ... and even with words, colours,textures, odours and flavours.Free entrance • Alameda next to the Central Parterre • Children and Families
14:00 - 17:00 • One thing leads ... to many others! • Art Workshop"A form gives me an idea, this idea evokes another form, and everything culminates in figures, animals, and things." Joan MiróMiró saw monsters in ink stains and new forms in tapestry knots. Have you ever seen a cloud that looked like a dragon? Has a mountain ever looked like a dog to you? In this workshop, we'll begin by tracing the outlines of camellias to discover new shapes. Shadows cast on the sheet of paper will reveal lines. Forms will be born from the lines, which in turn will suggest ideas and the ideas will then suggest figures! In this process, a petal may be an ear and the leaves may be fingers or perhaps even hairs?Free entrance • Alameda next to the Central Parterre • Children and Families
14:00-17:00 • Botanical Collections • Science WorkshopUsing herbaria, microtomes, magnifiers and guides, we’ll create botanical collections inspired by this special day. How can we collect and conserve leaves, trunks, seeds and flowers? What will you want to bring in your botanical box?Free entrance • Alameda next to the Central Parterre • Children and Families
15:00-18:00 • Camellias to eat and draw for moreThe kitchen is open, the pasta is ready and we’ll cook the most delicious camellia-pancakes! Young artists will be challenged to use chalk to draw their camellia on a slate, which will then be immediately transformed into a real pancake by the famous Chef Panqueca.Design and implementation: Ivo CruzFree of charge • Subject to registration (15 children per hour): saphircristal@gmail.comAlameda next to the Central Parterre
15:00-18:00 • Miss Camellia AtelierThe two Camellias have always been the most daring artists - in terms of theirextravagant hairstyles! From an early age they learned to master hairstyles, using umbrellas, coloured straws, ribbons, toys, coloured hooks, and of course the most beautiful flowers from fresh camellias! In this open workshop, children and adults can carry out their own make over and become a true "Miss Camellia".Design and implementation: Saphir Cristal and Cláudia PauloFree entrance • Admission on a first-come / first-served basis • Alameda next to the Central ParterreChildren and Families 10:30-12:00 • Camellias in sight • Guided tourIn the diversity of Serralves Park, the Camellias take pride of place in wintertime, with their flowers of different shapes, colours and sizes. Discover this space, where the splendour of nature blends with the pleasure of discovering the history and characteristics of this emblematic species in the park.Meeting point: Gardener's Trowel by Claes Oldenburg & C. Van Bruggen
11:00-13:00 • Camellias in Serralves • InstameetA proposal aimed at amateur photographers, professionals, and above all anyone who is passionate about the gardens of Porto, camellias and mobile photography. The invitation will be shared in PortoLazer’s instagram profile, in an invitation addressed to all of he profile’s followers to attend the event, and share their vision of the first signs of spring created by the presence of camellias, that are such a common feature of the gardens of Porto.Meeting point: Gardener's Trowel by Claes Oldenburg & C. Van Bruggen
15:00-16:30 • Camellias and Eighteenth century Gardens • Guided TourSome of Porto’s most important gardens, including Serralves Park, began to take shape in the nineteenth century, and still retain some of the influences of their original design. At that time, camellias were an Oriental novelty, that were quickly used on a large scale due to their beauty, diversity and adaptability. It is still possible to see original specimens that date back from that period. Serralves Park has more than 600 specimens of this unique species. Discover the Camellias that have withstood the passage of time since the nineteenth century.Meeting point: Gardener's Trowel by Claes Oldenburg & C. Van Bruggen 12:00-12:30 • 14:30-15:00 • Oscar • Staged readingOscar is a boy. Oscar has a garden - his favourite playground. He builds imaginary worlds in his garden. He plays with animals, plants and Joaquim the Gardener. Based on several excerpts from the texts of the show, ÓSCAR, the Teatro de Marionetas do Porto (Porto Puppet Theatre) will conduct a staged reading.Actors: Rui Queiroz de Matos and Micaela SoaresDesign: Teatro de Marionetas do Porto • Sebes de Camélias
4:00-17:00 • Velocipedia • Ambulatory performancePedalling and having fun is the key to this project. EZ offers several pedal vehicles, where difference and audacious ideas will give life to three characters who roam around… They will wander without any specific destination, but they will tour the world of magic, the world of madness, the world of good will ... on wheels.Alameda next to the Central Parterre
15:00 • Lullaby • PerformanceA dynamic performance with the direct participation of the audience, in a comic and provocative performance that opens space to a game of improvisation between a trickster clown and the spectator. In this adventure, we’ll set off in search of laughter, complicity and emotion, entering a poetic environment, fuelled by live music, heading towards a new world of play, a ...Creation: Rui Paixão and Carlos Reis • Alameda next to the Central Parterre
16:00 • Camellias - From here and there • Contemporary DanceA choreography that focuses on the portrait of colour and form. Making bodies an integral part of nature and transporting the viewer towards illusion and the constant travels of camellias around the world, from East to West.Design and production: Estúdio B, Space for Research, Dance Instruction and Choreographic Creation.Tennis Court
17:30 • Party! • Lyrical singing concertA concert with three male singers - two tenors and a baritone – in a music party, at the end of another week paying homage to the camellias of Porto.Performers: Job Tomé, Manuel Soares and João Miguel GonçalvesDesign: Ópera de bolso • Alameda next to the Central Parterre (staircase in front of Serralves Villa)
