Autograph session in / Sessão de autógrafos em: Amadora

The authors of 'Nettles and roses', 'Salada de flores' and 'Sementes à solta' will be at the Amadora book and handycraft fair for an autograph session.
Sunday, October 7th at 5:00 PM, at Delfim Guimarães Park.

As autoras dos livros 'Salada de flores', 'Sementes à solta' e 'Nettles and roses' estarão presentes na Feira do Livro e do Artesanato na Amadora. 
Domingo, dia 7 de Outubro às 17h, no Parque Delfim Guimarães.

Fernanda Botelho workshop in Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal

Culinary, Medicinal & Aromatic Herbs

25 plants to know by touch, smell & taste - A full day of herby activities  

Fernanda Botelho will talk on knowing, growing, using and cooking with herbs.

Saturday September 29th
At the Hapimag resort, Albufeira

Programme 

10.00   Recognizing, introducing  and identifying plants. Local plants and others that adapt easily to        a Mediterranean climate.

11.00  Visit Hapimag herb garden, guided tour with Fernanda & Marilyn, collect herbs for afternoon cooking session 

11.30   Tea/coffee break 

11.45   More uses of the plants, basic ideas for propagation, cultivation, harvesting, drying and keeping. Share plants and seeds. Learn more about those plants ancient uses, recent uses in the kitchen and as useful remedies for common ailments.

Bring your own plants to identify or share if you so wish. There will be some basic documentation provided about most of the plants.

13.00   Lunch – special Dish of the Day in the restaurant, bring a picnic or choose from the standard menu. Bar snacks etc. available.

14.30    Cooking demonstration and tastings, exchange  recipes,  sample starters, main course & desserts. 

There will also be a recommended book list on herbs and medicinal plants as well as some books, cards and posters for sale.

16.00 approx. tea/coffee and disperse. 

Plant sales table for herbs,  book sales table, sales of flavoured olive oils & associated products. Fernanda Botelho's herbs books will be available for sale, including the English version of her first botanical children book Nettles and roses.

Please reserve your place by 24th Sept at the latest, with Rosie at rosie@thebtf.net  tel. 289791869 full details and directions sent to all participants. Numbers limited. Please advise of any dietary requirements.  

Cost per person for the whole day, including tea/coffee breaks, plant list & recipes €30 - MGS members €25. (Bring your own lunch or order from the standard menu).  Special Dish of the day Mediterranean Herb Lunch in the Restaurant.

THE  MEDITERRANEAN  GARDEN  SOCIETY

Portugal Branch - Members & Friends 

Contact: Rosie Peddle email rosie@thebtf.net 

Tel. 289 791 869 www.gardeninginportugal.com

Fernanda Botelho workshop in Amadora, Portugal

Next saturday Fernanda Botelho will be at Amadora for another of her medicinal and aromatic herbs workshops.

3rd Herbs fair
22th September 2012

Amadora, Casa Roque Gameiro
From 10:30AM to 6:00PM


For more information please visit: http://www.cm-amadora.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=27678&noticiaId=56055&pastaNoticiasReqId=31399



Não perca o Workshop "Plantas e saúde", com Fernanda Botelho.
Parta à descoberta do jardim da Casa Roque Gameiro e aproveite para enriquecer os seus conhecimentos.

3a Feira de ervas medicinais, aromáticas e condimentares
22 de setembro de 2012
Amadora, Casa Roque Gameiro
Das 10.30h às 18.00h

Saiba mais: http://www.cm-amadora.pt/PageGen.aspx?WMCM_PaginaId=27678&noticiaId=56055&pastaNoticiasReqId=31399

'Nettles and roses' is recommended by / é recomendado por: algarvedailynews.com

July 2012: the online newspaper algarvedailynews.com recommends Nettles and roses book. The whole article can be found here.

Julho de 2012: o jornal online algarvedailynews.com recomenda o livro Nettles and roses. O artigo completo está disponível aqui. 


Nettles and Roses is first the English edition of an established series of books for children on organic gardening and cooking with garden produce. Written by Fernanda Botelho to get the next generation excited about knowing, using and growing plants, the book is lavishly illustrated with beautiful watercolour botanical paintings by Sara Simões, and is 36 pages in hardback format.  

'Sementes à solta' is recommended by / é recomendado por: Biosfera

June 2012: Biosfera ecology program on RTP2 (a portughese public TV channel) recommends 'Sementes à solta'. Please see the video from 1'13'' to 1'41''.

Junho de 2012: o programa sobre ecologia Biosfera, na RTP2 recomenda o livro 'Sementes à solta. No video, a partir dos 1'13'' até aos 1'41''.

'Sementes à solta' is recommended by / é recomendado por: Público

January 2012: Público newspaper published a review from the book Sementes à solta, authored by the journalist Rita Pimenta. The article can be red at her blog Letra Pequena.

Janeiro de 2012: o jornal Público publicou um artigo da jornalista Rita Pimenta acerca do livro Sementes à solta. O texto pode ser encontrado no seu blog Letra Pequena.

'Salada de flores' is recommended by / é recomendado por: 'Folha Viva', Câmara Municipal do Barreiro

February 2012: the eco magazine 'Folha Viva', published by Barreiro city council, promotes the book 'Salada de flores'.

Fevereiro de 2012: a revista ecológica 'Folha Viva', publicada pela Câmara Municipal do Barreiro, divulga o livro 'Salada de flores'.



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