X. Lavender and Rose Days
June 17-18, 2023
This year, the Botanical Garden of the University of Szeged invites you for the 10th time to its event with a Mediterranean atmosphere, the Lavender and Rose Days.
During the two-day festival, spices and herbs that are good for both body and soul, lavender and rose, will be the protagonists. At informative presentations, you can learn about the natural possibilities of preserving our health; whether it's herbal medicinal teas, scented natural soaps, essential oils or syrups. We are also preparing high-quality cultural and musical concerts and entertaining children's performances. At the same time as the programs, colorful and fragrant rose-lavender handicrafts and a plant fair will help us to take away special delicacies and memories in addition to the experience of the programs.
Programmes
Lavender stage
9.30-12.30 Light classical music tunes performed by pianist Márton Kovács
13.00 Grimmbusz Theatre: The wonderful lantern
The Grimm-Busz Theater presents staged, costumed, musical performances for preschool and school-aged children. The main goal of the troupe is entertainment, however, they also place great emphasis on the edification of their audience. They show the way to their little viewers by contrasting good and bad, inciting conflicts and their resolution, and depicting character development. They "teach" that fighting for a good cause always leads to results. They prove that the principle of "you know more" is an eternal truth.
14.00 Golden Fleece Society show
"The peony blooms into summer"
Musical wandering in the Carpathian basin, evoking the atmosphere of the medieval Hungarian royal court. During the concert, the instruments will be played by: Györgyi Tóthné Zombori (vocals, drum), Antal Tóth (drum, viola) and Róbert Krisztin (koboz, Arabic lute).
15.00 Fingers, it's great in the grove!
A musical performance by the artists of the National Theater in Szeged
Contributors: Júlia Vajda, Krisztina Kónya, István Andrejcsik, Szélpál Szilveszter. At the piano: Gyula Polgár.
16.00 The show of the Sárkánykönny Orchestra
The band Sárkánykönny, based in Szeged, was founded in 2007. Their style is medieval folk-fantasy: in their music, they mix medieval and renaissance melodies with modern musical elements, and with their lyrics they try to evoke the atmosphere of medieval inns, where Tolkien's fairy tale world and various folktale stories echo in their songs.
17.00 Jazz and swing show by the Docpiano Band
The Docpiano Band – A different world, a recognizable sound, a reimagining of pop music in a jazz, blues and swing environment. Interactive adventure in the world of popular music in a new but familiar arrangement.
All day challenge
Let's make Szeged's longest lavender braid together!
Informative presentations
Herb garden
11.00 Time travel to the herb garden of a medieval monastery
Presentation by Dr. Ákos Bajtel, member of the SZTE Institute of Pharmacognosy
Rose garden
16.00 Rose breeder Márk Gergely was born 100 years ago
Zoltánné Godzsák's rose-growing lecture
Presentation of Márk's rose varieties in the Rose Garden
Event tent
12.00 What can we get from lavender today?
Mónika Nagy's lecture on growing medicinal plants and herbs
During the presentation, we can get to know lavender as a plant, hear about its past and present uses, medicinal effects, and get richer with some recipes.
13.00 Intoxicating scents - fragrant herbs in our garden and on the banks of the moat
Presentation by Judit Hajduné Varga
There are medicinal plants in our immediate environment that we walk past every day and we don't even know how valuable treasures we can find even on the banks of a ditch. But we can even grow spices and herbs in a balcony box. Those interested can also hear about their medicinal effects.
14.00 Environmentally conscious gardening: Love being at home, love being in the garden!
Presentation by horticultural engineer Miklós Szomoru
Chemical-free gardening, soil improvement steps, soil inoculation, composting, mulching, conscious plant selection, protection against pests.
Lavender stage
9.00-13.00 Light classical music tunes performed by pianist Márton Kovács
10.00 The 7Mérföldes Együttes show
Children's music concert experience, interactive dancing, singing, playful pastime. Young and old will fall into a fabulous world, which is limited only by imagination and will be part of common events together.
11.00 a.m., 1.00 p.m. Bergendócia Fairy Tale Trail
Forest-greening, field-flowering princess
Our Fairytale Trail is an excellent family program, where the whole family will be enchanted by the fairy tale!
At 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., the story will be told at the stage, and then every 15 minutes the teams will be sent on their way to the story. As part of an easy tour, tests and adventures await children and adults at the stations.
14.00 Smyrna orchestra - Mediterranean music concert
The band was founded in 2006. They draw their music from traditional sources: on the one hand, from the musical world of Turkish wandering musicians, dervish orders and the special atmosphere of the Ottoman Empire, as well as from the dance tunes of Southern Europe and the Balkans, playing Greek, Armenian, Macedonian, Sephardic, Provençal and Arabo-Andalusian music.
15.00 Jazzarosa band show
The band's repertoire includes sophisticated, melodic jazz standards that we have heard from many well-known artists (Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Norah Jones). The list of songs is enriched by well-known old Hungarian hits by Fényes Szabolcs and other excellent Hungarian composers, all of them also in jazz style.
17.00 Belmondo plays Beatles
The Belmondo plays Beatles project has reworked many songs from the early days of the Mushroomheads in such a way that they can also be found on a concert stage today. The conferences and spontaneous musical games between well-known song arrangements included in the concerts will convince even those who have not felt close to this musical world until now. At the concert, the band will of course spice up the Beatles songs with Belmondo hits.
Members of the band: Zoltán Czutor (vocals, guitar), László Szabó (guitar), Viktor Paczári (bass guitar), Ferenc Reggel (drums)
All day challenge
Let's make Szeged's longest lavender braid together!
Informative presentations
Herb garden
11.00 Time travel to the herb garden of a medieval monastery
Presentation by Dr. Ákos Bajtel, member of the SZTE Institute of Pharmacognosy
Rose garden
16.00 Our guests: the winners of the "Best Szegedians" public vote, who will each adopt a variety of rose
16.15 Rose breeder Márk Gergely was born 100 years ago
Zoltánné Godzsák's rose-growing lecture
Presentation of Márk's rose varieties in the Rose Garden
Event tent
13.00 Intoxicating scents - fragrant herbs in our garden and on the banks of the moat
Presentation by Judit Hajduné Varga
There are medicinal plants in our immediate environment that we walk past every day and we don't even know how valuable treasures we can find even on the banks of a ditch. But we can even grow spices and herbs in a balcony box. Those interested can also hear about their medicinal effects.
14.00 What can we get from the rose today?
Mónika Nagy's lecture on growing medicinal plants and herbs
During the presentation, we can get to know the rose as a plant, hear about its past and present uses, medicinal effects, and get richer with some recipes.
15.00 Lavender - medicine for body and soul
Performance by Masa Ildikó (Partiscum Levendula).
Lavender preparations in daily skin care and aromatherapy. How and in what form can we use them? The end products of lavender distillation and cosmetics made of natural ingredients can be smelled and tried on site.
X. Lavender and Rose Days ticket prices
|
Prices |
Adult |
HUF 2,800 |
Student / retired |
HUF 2,000 |
Kindergarten |
HUF 1,200 |
SZTE employee / student / Alma Mater member |
HUF 1,200 |
Children under 3 years old |
free |
Mobility impaired / Disabled (including 1 companion) |
HUF 1,200 |
Discounts (group ticket from 15 people) |
|
Adult |
HUF 2,400 |
Student / retired |
HUF 1,600 |
SZTE employee / student / Alma Mater member |
HUF 1,000 |
Mobility impaired / Disabled (including 1 accompanying person) |
HUF 1,000 |
Kindergarten group + 3 chaperones |
HUF 600 |
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