Watercolors, pencils, charcoal... there were several techniques used by the participants in the activity of urban sketching held on May 18, in the late afternoon, at the Elvas Municipal Garden. The session was co-organized by the association AIAR and the collaborative lab InnovPlantProtect (InPP), with the support of Elvas City Council (CME), in celebration of the International Day for the Fascination of Plants.
Open to the public, the meeting attracted around a dozen sketchers. “The participants were super friendly and super interested,” says Pedro Rosa, an InPP researcher, who took part in the initial tour to introduce the designers to the Garden's plants. Carla Moreira, InPP's project manager, highlights “the sharing of experiences, both by the researchers and the participants”.
The initiative also paved the way for future collaborations and greater interaction between AIAR and InPP. Together with D. Sancho II Secondary School and the CME, cooperation is already planned with a view to developing an identification system for the Garden's trees, based on a QR code, which will allow mobile access to a “digital brochure” with information about the plants.
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, and included events across the country.
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