Pedipaper and urban sketching in Elvas Municipal Garden

International Day for the Fascination of Plants is celebrated every two years on May 18th..

A pedipaper for 10th graders and an activity of urban sketching open to the public will take place at Elvas Municipal Garden on May 18th, in celebration of the International Day for the Fascination of Plants. The initiative, to which Elvas City Council (CME) associates, is organized by the collaborative laboratory InnovPlantProtect (InPP) together with D. Sancho II Secondary School, Agrupamento de Escolas n.º 3 de Elvas, and the association AIAR.

O pedipaper, The event, which is aimed at three 10th grade classes from the D. Sancho II School, takes place between 8.30am and 1pm. In the afternoon, the drawing meeting promoted by AIAR will take place, starting at 6pm. The aim of the pedipaper is to allow the students, who are studying biodiversity this year, to explore, identify and marvel at the different trees in the Garden - the largest green space in the city - and their differentiating characteristics.

As a result of this activity, InPP, Escola Secundária D. Sancho II, AIAR and CME intend to continue collaborating with a view to developing a physical identification system for the Garden's trees based on a QR code that will allow mobile access to a “digital brochure” with more information.

Plant Fascination Day is an initiative of the European Plant Science Organization (EPSO), which takes place every two years on May 18th. It is coordinated at national level by the Portuguese Society of Plant Physiology and by the ITQB NOVA, with events across the country.