Peony Garden Festival

The local initiative group “Jasmuiža”, Aizkalne Community Center, and Rainis Museum “Jasmuiža” invite you to the Peony Garden Festival at Jasmuiža Park (Preiļi Municipality, Aizkalne, Rainis Museum “Jasmuiža”) on June 15th at 3:00 PM.

During the event, there will be an exhibition of about 100 varieties of peonies from the flower gardens of Lidija Brice and Inese Konstantinova. To promote the tradition of cultivating peonies, Lidija Brice from Pelēči will introduce the peony varieties and share her experience in planting, growing, and caring for them. The opening and viewing of the exhibition will be accompanied by the saxophone music of Ieva Vizma Romanovska.

Around 3:30 PM, romantic singer Ēriks Gruzniņš will delight the guests of Jasmuiža Park with a concert.

Festival attendees will be able to participate in various thematic activities and workshops. There will be an orienteering game “Peony Hunt,” a peony flower coloring workshop, and a peony carrying competition. Meanwhile, in the creative workshops offered by SIA “Kaķu sēta,” you can craft your own wooden flower brooch and flower keychain.

For the younger guests of the festival, there will be inflatable attractions available.

Entry to the event is free of charge.

As part of the garden festival, museum exhibits will be available at a special festival price: 1.00 euro per person or 3.00 euros for a family ticket.

The project is implemented by the local initiative group “Jasmuiža,” with the program executed by the foundation “Viduslatgale Regional Fund,” funded by the Preiļi Municipality, and supported by the Aizkalne Community Center.

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