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The great party of the Segura River, the Harvest Festival, the Biodiversity Fair, the Market of Products, Show cooking, and concerts in unique places of the garden will form this III Week of the Huerta The districts will be the main protagonists with activities in various parts of the municipality with performances by the Office of Graffiti, environmental itineraries, concerts in the Ñora and in the Palmeral or the Estampa Huertana in Torreagüera The novelty of 'Open for works' offers a visit to historical places in our garden that the City Council of Murcia is rehabilitating as the Molino del Amor, Batan or Contraparada

This morning the councilor for Urban Planning, Environment and Garden, Antonio Navarro, has presented in the Palm Grove of Santiago and Zaraiche the III edition of the Week of the Huerta to be held from 3 to 11 March.

Walks through the mills, environmental itineraries, workshops, volunteering, expert forums, concerts, bowling competitions, huertana cooking shows, gastronomic routes ... more than 50 activities will make up this year's program in which the date has been extended, adding one more weekend and culminating with a great party on the Segura River.

This festival that closes the Huerta Week will be on Sunday, March 11 and will have itineraries, bike rides, photography workshops in nature, a family gym, a visit to the Molinos del Río, workshops and a popular meal.

There will be a harvest festival in the leisure garden of Aljucer, on Saturday 3, with workshops for obtaining and preserving seeds, a toy workshop with canes, a recipe contest and basket of vegetables from the gardens.

That same Saturday the activity 'Estampa Huertana' will be celebrated with Huertana traditions, folklore, crafts and craftsmanship in Torreagüera with a great family meal.

In the Plaza de Santo Domingo will be installed as other years an information point that will be throughout this week.

In addition, there will be a gastronomic route of the garden, children's workshops, a marathon of photography and a forum for dissemination and awareness on the garden of Murcia in which will be reflected throughout the week, from Monday to Friday at 19.00, on agrobiodiversity and agroecology in the Assembly Hall of the City of Murcia.

In addition, the gastronomy will be present with the Market of Products that will be installed in the Plano de San Francisco the weekend of March 10 and 11 and the activity 'cooking orchard' the same Saturday 10, where a show cooking, an exhibition will take place of cooking with Julio Velandrino and with cooks from the garden presented by María Dolores Baró.

The Biodiversity Fair will be located on the Paseo del Malecón with exhibition and sponsorship of local varieties with seed exchange and plant donation, urban gardening workshops, participatory cartography and gastronomy and biodiversity with salad workshops, dressings and vegetable patés.

Also, on Saturday 10th the election of the Queen of the Huerta in the Plaza del Cardenal Belluga is celebrated with the organization of a great gala by the Federation of Peñas Huertanas.

News of this third edition

In addition, this year they have organized new activities such as 'Open Gardens' which show the leisure gardens of El Puntal or Garden del Lago.

Also, another novelty will be the activity of 'Open for works' where you can visit the works being carried out by the City of Murcia for the recovery of the heritage located in the huerta Murcia.

The Molino del Amor, El Palmeral de Santiago and Zaraiche, the Molino del Batán and the Alameda de las Cuatro Piedras Garden will be displayed along with the Interpretation Center of the Contraparada.

There will also be concerts of different styles during this week in unique venues such as Fernando Caballero's Orfeón at the Puente de Hierro on Saturday, March 3, the Folk concert at the Huerta by Juan José Robles at the Palmeral de Santiago and Zaraíche the Sunday 4 and the rock concert of the Pleyer group to be held at the Rue de la Ñora on Friday, March 9.

The most traditional sport will also be represented in this III Week of the Huerta with the route of the Moon Bike on Saturday 3 and the huerta competition on Sunday 4, which will make an exhibition at the Sport Festival on Saturday 10 at the sports complex José Barnés.

The Office of Graffiti will also be present performing performances in El Palmar, Los Dolores and Monteagudo.

Following is the full program of the III Week of the Garden organized by the City of Murcia:

Saturday, March 3:

· Environmental Volunteering: Know the birds of the Contraparada.

Scientific ringing

Time: from 10 am to 2 pm

· Orfeón Concert Fernando Caballero: 9:00 p.m.

Puente de Hierro, Red Cross Square.

· Open by works: Molino del Amor. Time: Starting at 11 o'clock

· Bowling competition.

Place: Traditional catering establishments in the huerta: El Molinero (La Albatalia), Salamanca (La Albatalia), Casa Ruiz (Patiño), La Chamba (Los Garres), La Olivera (Casillas), Los Hermanos (Monteagudo), Ciscares (Rincón) of Dry).

Organized by: Federation of Bowling

· Inauguration Senderista route 'Huerta de Monteagudo'.

Time: 16 hours.

Departure: From Monteagudo Interpretation Center.

Route: 5 km.

Organized by: Department of Urban Planning, Environment and Garden and Neighborhood Board of Monteagudo.

Collaborate: Association of Friends of the Huerta Azacaya and Ecopatrimonio.

· Moon Bike.

Bicycle route in the light of the Moon.

Time: 19 hours

Departure and arrival of the march: Glorieta de España.

Route: 10 kilometers.

· Light Painting Workshop.

Time: 20.00 hours.

Place: Palm Grove of Santiago and Zaraiche

· The Harvest Festival.

Place: Vegetable Garden of Aljucer.

There will be a seed collection and conservation workshop, a toy workshop with canes, a recipe contest and a basket of vegetables from the orchards.

· Huertana print: Traditions and customs.

This year will be held in Torreagüera with a great popular food.

Sunday, March 4:

· Open by works: El Palmeral de Zaraiche.

Time: Starting at 11 o'clock

· Inauguration Senderista route 'Huerta de Monteagudo'.

Time: 11 hours

Departure: From Monteagudo Interpretation Center.

Route: 5 km.

· Concert: Folk in the Huerta.

Juan José Robles Trío.

Time: 12.00 hours in the Palm Grove of Zaraiche.

· Bowling Competition in the traditional catering establishments of the huerta: El Molinero (La Albatalia), Salamanca (La Albatalia), Casa Ruiz (Patiño), La Chamba (Los Garres), La Olivera (Casillas), Los Hermanos (Monteagudo) ), Ciscares (Rincón de Seca).

Monday, March 5:

· School workshop to create a lookout twinned with the Santa Eulalia neighborhood.

Place: Schools of the municipality of Murcia and Urban Garden Santa Eulalia - La Ñora.

· Forum of Dissemination and Awareness about the garden of Murcia: Lecture by Nuria Alonso "The Network of Cities for Agroecology and the promotion of Urban Food Policies". Time: 19.00 hours in the Assembly Hall of Moneo Building.

Plaza del Cardenal Belluga.

Tuesday, March 6:

· Forum of Dissemination and Awareness about the huerta of Murcia: Carlos Verdaguer's talk "Integration of Agri-Food Strategies in Urban Planning".

Time: 7:00 pm in the Moneo Building Assembly Hall.

Plaza del Cardenal Belluga.

· Open gardens: Garden of Leisure of the Garden of the lake.

· School workshop to create a lookout twinned with the Santa Eulalia neighborhood.

Place: Schools of the municipality of Murcia and Urban Garden Santa Eulalia - La Ñora.

Wednesday, March 7:

· Forum of Dissemination and Awareness about the huerta de Murcia: Talk by Enric Navarro "Agrodiversity as a differentiating factor in the plan for the agricultural development of the vegetable garden of Valencia".

Time: 7:00 pm in the Moneo Building Assembly Hall.

Plaza del Cardenal Belluga.

· School workshop to create a lookout twinned with the Santa Eulalia neighborhood.

Schools of the municipality of Murcia and Urban Garden Santa Eulalia - La Ñora.

Thursday, March 8:

· General Board of the Council of Good Men of the Huerta.

Time: 10 hours in the Assembly Hall of the Moneo Building.

· Open gardens: Leisure Garden of El Puntal.

· Forum of Dissemination and Awareness about the huerta of Murcia: Talk of Jose María Egea "Sowing utopias to root La Huerta".

Time: 7:00 pm in the Moneo Building Assembly Hall.

Plaza del Cardenal Belluga.

· School workshop to create a lookout twinned with the Santa Eulalia neighborhood.

Schools of the municipality of Murcia and Urban Garden Santa Eulalia - La Ñora.

Friday, March 9:

· Forum of Dissemination and Awareness about the garden of Murcia: Talk by Isabel Haro "Supply of ecological products of proximity.

Challenges and experiences. "

Time: 7:00 pm in the Moneo Building Assembly Hall.

Plaza del Cardenal Belluga.

· School workshop to create a lookout twinned with the Santa Eulalia neighborhood.

Schools of the municipality of Murcia and Urban Garden Santa Eulalia - La Ñora.

· Urban Art: Graffiti and Huerta.

Place: El Palmar, Los Dolores and Monteagudo.

· Concert: Huerta-rock.

Pleyer

Place: Wheel of the Ñora.

Time: 21.00 h.

Saturday, March 10:

· School workshop to create a lookout twinned with the Santa Eulalia neighborhood.

Schools of the municipality of Murcia and Urban Garden Santa Eulalia - La Ñora.

· Guided environmental itineraries: Run the Contraparada as a family.

Treasure hunt.

Time: from 10 am to 2 pm

· Workshop "Between acequias and Molinos por la Huerta de Murcia".

Time: 10.00 h.

Place: Los Molinos de Río.

· Biodiversity Fair.

Time: from 11.00 h.

at 7:00 p.m.

Place: Malecón Gardens.

This fair will have:

Exhibition and sponsorship of local varieties:

· Exposition and exchange of seeds of local varieties.

· Donation of plants (while supplies last)

· Sponsorship of local peach varieties

· Exhibition of edible wild plants of the Huerta de Murcia.

Urban gardening workshops:

· Vertical gardens and orchards at home.

· Cultivation in therapeutic gardens

· Elaboration of "green life balls"

· Elaboration of bocashi and biofertilizers

· Preparation of home remedies with plants.

· Local seed production.

Gastronomy and biodiversity:

· New vegetables on your table.

Health and Hedonism

· Workshop on the use of landslides from the garden

· Workshop on salads, dressings and vegetable pates with wild plants.

Research and social participation:

· Participatory cartography of the Huerta de Murcia.

· Open for works: Molino del Batán and Jardín de la Alameda de las Cuatro Piedras.

After 11 hours.

· Urban Art: Graffiti and Huerta.

Place: El Palmar, Los Dolores and Monteagudo.

· Market of products of the Orchard.

Place: Plano de San Francisco

· Cooking the garden.

Time: From 11.00 hours.

Place: Malecón Garden.

· Show Cooking: La Huerta in the spoon.

Cooking exhibition with traditional products and de la Huerta by Murcia chefs

or Julio Velandrino

or Cooks in the garden.

Presents María Dolores Baró.

· Popular tasting of traditional recipe.

· Sports Fair

Exhibition of Bowls Huertanos in the sports complex José Barnes.

· Choice of the Queen of the Garden.

Place: Plaza del Cardenal Belluga.

Election Gala of the Queen of Huerta 2018.

Sunday, March 11:

· Workshops and seminars in Nature: Discover the Contraparada in family (special activity for the ABAMUR sociation).

Time: 10 am to 2 pm

· The River Festival.

From 10 in the morning.

Place: Along the route of the River between the bridge of the Fica and the Malecon and the Contraparada.

o Naturalistic itinerary.

Walk along the river bank, identification of species.

o Bike ride along the river.

o Introductory workshop on photography in nature.

o The river and its ditch.

Ecological rehabilitation of the irrigation ditch of the Arboleja: elimination of cane and plantation of autochthonous vegetal species.

or Family Gymkhana in the Contraparada

o Guided tour to the Molinos del Río.

o Workshops on the river bank.

o Constructions with cane.

Reed boats

o Inspection and monitoring of environmental parameters in the river.

o Biodiversity in the river

o The river in Kayak.

o Peñas Huertanas performance.

o Popular food

· Open by works: Interpretation Center of Contraparada.

Time: from 11 o'clock.

· Market of products of the Orchard.

Location: San Francisco plane.

· Sports Fair

Huertanos Bowling Exhibition.

Place: José Barnes Sports Complex

· Strolling through the Molinos de la Aljufía.

Time: Departure at 10.00 from the beginning of Paseo del Malecón.

Route: 14 Kilometers

· Guided bicycle tour through the Molinos de la Acequia de la Aljufía.

or Molino del Amor

o Mill of the 4 Stones

o Molino de Gasques

o Old Powder Mill

or Casianos Mill

The activity requires prior registration and each participant must carry his bicycle.

The minimum age will be 13 years and children must be accompanied by an adult.

The number of places is 30.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia