One of the winning ideas of the 2022 participatory budget realized in 2023 was a Spring Plant Fair on Horváth Mihály tér, open to the public free of charge.
The event will be organised again this year: on Saturday, 27 April, in connection with Earth Day, we will welcome visitors to the Józsefváros Fair of Crafts and Plants on Horváth Mihály tér.
The Festival of Józsefváros Communities will take place in the same time (also at Horváth Mihály tér), details of which can be found HERE.
Join us, we look forward to welcoming you to our all-day free event!
JÓZSEFVÁROS FAIR OF CRAFTS AND PLANTS
Date: Saturday, 27 April 2024, 10 am – 6 pm.
Location: Horváth Mihály tér
PROGRAMME
10 am – 5 pm Mutuku upcycling stand: games about recycling
10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, 4 pm Arch & Beans Coffee workshop: every even hour
Coffee workshop where you can watch roasting, coffee making and talk to the baristas
10 am – 3 pm Face painting and glitter painting
10 am – 2 pm Greenery workshop and stall: quizzes, seed and plant swaps
10 am – 2 pm KACS Műhely craft sessions
10 am – 1 pm Rebel Botanist – Herbal tightening eye cream workshop
11 am – 12 pm Round Table Discussion – Is the Garden of Eden not lost, we just can’t see it anymore?
Participants:Rácz Gréta (co-founder and CEO of Green Drops Farm), Kaszab László
(garden engineer, plant doctor, horticultural engineer), Lukács Martina (garden designer, teacher and certified ornamental horticulturist), Novák Alexa (gardener of “A békénhagyott kert”)
Facilitator: Nagy Réka (Ökoanyu, editor-journalist)
One of the basic principles of ecological issues and solutions is to restore the relationship between nature and human beings where this relationship has been broken. But how can the connection be re-established at different levels? What are the possibilities inside and outside the city? We will discuss practical tips and lesser-known solutions with our invited experts.
11 am – 12:30 pm JGK Horticultural Office stand. You can ask questions of
Pólyán József , Head of the Horticulture Office, about greening in the district, the concept and future plans. Participants in the discussion will be part of a plant distribution.
2 pm- 3 pm Citizen round table discussion on the topic: community gardens in Józsefváros
3 pm – 4:30 pm Handpan concert (with intermission): Handpan Sisters – Handpan melodies
Their passion is the handpan, a fabulous vibrating instrument. For several years they have played at events, sound baths, yoga classes, retreats. “The flow of the melodies creates a sense of wonder that we want to share with others.”
11 am – 12:30 pm JGK Horticultural Office stand. You can ask questions of
Pólyán József , Head of the Horticulture Office, about greening in the district, the concept and future plans. Participants in the discussion will be part of a plant distribution.
2 pm- 3 pm Citizen round table discussion on the topic: community gardens in Józsefváros
3 pm – 4:30 pm Handpan concert (with intermission): Handpan Sisters – Handpan melodies
Their passion is the handpan, a fabulous vibrating instrument. For several years they have played at events, sound baths, yoga classes, retreats. “The flow of the melodies creates a sense of wonder that we want to share with others.”
SELLERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
Dzsindzsa: An expert in wild grown foods, edible plants.
Füvészkert: the botanical garden of ELTE.
JGK Horticultural Office: responsible for the maintenance of the squares and parks of Józsefváros. Green spaces, gardening, maintenance of tree-lines, planting of new trees.
Kalapka: Artisan mushroom cultivation in Budapest. They love and respect nature, they have founded their small mushroom farm following the principles of recycling and sustainability.
Kocsis Dóra:
Author of the cookbook: “Local, seasonal, vegetarian Zero waste cuisine”. One of the ambassadors of the zero waste lifestyle in Hungary. She blogs under the name Talpalatnyi történetek.
Kvitka Bouquet and Plant Shop: Committed to urban greening. They sell palm trees, ferns, ficus and much more.
Lam Son Kiskert: Their aim is to bring real Vietnamese handmade products and show themselves.
Lukács Martina: Garden designer, ornamental horticulturist. She is an ambassador for sustainable plant decoration.
@banyanni (Mácsadi Andi):
She works with medicinal herbs and clinical aromatherapy, with genuinely sustainable and truly natural medicinal and beauty cosmetics. Her goal is to help more people find their way back to nature and themselves.
ManoConcept (Marietta Mészáros):
She creates unique objects from recycled wine bottles, combined with an innovative organic clay. The concept is based on sustainability and
creative recycling. Her products include jewellery, candle holders and lanterns.
Moai Jungle: Hungary’s largest indoor plant shop.
Morva Nelli: She makes unique wooden jewellery from scrap wood and wood from salvaged wood. The pieces that fall off are turned into new jewellery, leaving almost nothing but chips at the end of the process.
mutuku.upcycling:
Ocean at Horváth Mihály tér? Yes! Aquatic creatures made from recycled nylon bags and nostalgic fairground fishing.
Nektárvölgyi Mézfutár:
They are committed to bees and the environment.
Their beekeeping is animal-friendly and chemical-free. In 2023 they won two awards in the Outstanding Hungarian Honey of the Year competition.
teton forma: handmade concrete vessels: cauldrons, bowls, trays, candle holders, soap dishes and much more.
Udvarnoki Tünde, maker of the COMPOT composter: indoor, outdoor and community composting are diverse activities. It is worth getting to know indoor composting better, at the table you will have the opportunity to make a blooming seed bomb from indoor compost.
Ursuslupus:
A Hungarian upcycling brand that is more than ten years old. It recycles punctured rubber mattresses and torn tents left behind at festivals and turns them into colourful bags and accessories.
Zöldítők:
Zöldítők offers exciting quizzes, balcony garden seeds, advice, plant swaps and plant-herb adoptions for urban gardeners and home gardeners.
WORKSHOPS
10 am – 2 pm Zöldítők
10 am to 2 pm KACS Műhely- Creative activities with recyclable materials for children
1 pm – 5.30 pm Ursuslupus workshop about recycling – Making plant-related objects from used molinos
10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, 4 pm Coffee workshop thanks to Arch & Beans Café
10 am-1 pm Rebel Botanist – Herbal tightening eye cream workshop
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKSHOPS
10 am-2 pm Zöldítők workshop
Since 2018, they have been organising plant swaps to make housing estates and balcony gardens truly green and cost-effective. The Zöldítők community helps to promote responsible plant care and to make the closeness of nature accessible to all as citizens.
Find out more: zolditok.hu/novenycsere
- am- 2 pm KACS Műhely workshop
KACS – encourages you to think, to learn, to discover. This time again, they make art with recyclable materials in the spirit of sustainability. The session is led by textile design artist Elek Ágnes and museum educator Nagy Anikó.
1 pm – 5:30 pm Ursuslupus workshop on recycling
Most of the time, molinos and construction materials end up as waste in a landfill. Upcycling is the process of designing a new function for these materials that have become redundant, thereby extending their life cycle. Ursuslupus is a core Hungarian upcycling brand that has been reusing punctured rubber mattresses for more than 10 years, turning them into jewellery, accessories and utility items.
10 am – 1 pm Rebel Botanist workshop
Participants can create a healthy, sustainable and easy under-eye product – a natural cosmetic for their skin type. Plant extracts will be carefully crafted into a water-based serum, with all the information participants need to know before creating it.
The Fair of Crafts and Plants in Józsefváros is a public event, where images and sound recordings can be made.
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