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The Glorieta, Plaza Circular and Santo Domingo will host children's workshops and entertainment shows during the days 30, 31 and April 1 in time from 11.00 to 14.00 and from 17.00 to 20.00 José Ballesta: "From City Hall we wanted embellishing main meeting points of the city and the gardens to life, exalting the beauty of spring and our huertanas murciana roots "

The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, accompanied by the Councillor for Administration Modernisation, Urban Quality and Participation, Jose Guillen, opened the children's workshops and entertainment for the whole family today that the City of Murcia has launched in the gardens of La Glorieta, La Redonda and Santo Domingo, coinciding with the Spring Festival.

"Children living with special pleasure the Spring Festival and therefore, we wanted to occupy a leading place in the main squares and gardens of the city, with activities specially designed for them, with which they can have fun and learn about our traditions and roots, enjoying these public spaces and making them his own, "said José Ballesta.

The free workshops, which will also feature educational presentations given by monitors, are related to the traditions of the Huerta de Murcia and traditional agriculture, and it is expected that about 10,000 children participate them.

on 30, 31 and April 1 will be held in time from 11.00 to 14.00 and from 17.00 to 20.00, and they can join all children who wish and their relatives (parents, grandparents, etc.).

Esparto bracelets, cans salt and pinwheels: specifically, in La Glorieta three workshops will be held.

The round activity 'Plant your garden', in which the smallest will have the opportunity to cultivate more than 5,000 typical vegetables of Huerta de Murcia (tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, eggplant, onions, etc.), to be held pots biodegradable material that can take home, to see the plant grow and then taste it.

Also in Santo Domingo children's shows with magic, storytelling, animation and juggling with popular children's characters they will be held.

A great 'green path' and a shawl of flowers in La Redonda

Also, to encourage participation and enjoyment of Murcian families in these squares and gardens of the city, the City Council has set up a 'green path' that connects the River Segura Circular Square (via La Glorieta, La Catedral, Santo Sunday and Alfonso X), which represents the fertility of the river as a source of life of the Huerta de Murcia.

In addition, the City has dressed the source environment La Redonda with a shawl of natural flowers composed of more than 12,000 carnations, dianthus, daisies, etc., Murcia who wish may take home upon completion of the holidays.

To complete this space, various Murcian companies in the agricultural sector have yielded 2,000 kilos of vegetables (red pepper, tomato, fennel, grapefruit, lettuce, Brussels sprouts, etc.), creating a green and characteristic of the Murcian landscape environment.

In this sense, the mayor said that "the City Council we wanted to decorate the main meeting points of the city and the gardens to life, exalting the beauty of spring and the Murcia huertanas our roots."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia