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Camellia full bloom in Porto for our joy

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Filipa Brito

Spring is just around the corner! In the meantime enjoy camellia full bloom in Porto and scent a new beginning as the city is filled with new colours.

Porto invites to visit the 25th edition of the Camellias celebration in Porto, hosted at Porto Customs. The exhibition opening is set for 7th March, at 2.30pm, and it will, once more, award the Best Camellia and the Best Portuguese Camellia and the Best Table Decoration. Winners will be announced at 3.30pm, following the opening of the exhibition. All activities are access free. 

Other venues in town, namely the Igreja da Misericórdia, the Parque de São Roque, metro stations and several streets downtown will host a range of camellia related activities, namely dance, theatre, music performances, exhibitions and workshops.

The camellia exhibit takes place at the Invicta since 1984 and 25 editions later, it still inspires camellia lovers, collectors or producers.

This quintessential flower, originally from Southeast Asia, namely from countries stretching from China to Japan, was cultivated in the gardens of China and Japan for centuries before they were seen in Europe.

See the programme HERE and be sure that "if no winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn" (Hal Borland).

Be inspired!