At the 9th Annual Conference & Exhibition - Aromatic & Healing Herbs of Cyprus in Platres, we will travel again this year in the world of nature and we will learn many things about the 8 most important herbs that have existed in Cyprus since antiquity. Herbs that inspired our ancestors, the way they used them and what is their importance today for our health.
Location:
Platre's Cultural Centre
Platres Hill Resort
Troodos Mountain, Cyprus
Programme:
Saturday 6th of May 2017
11:00 - Botanical walk in cooperation with the Cyprus Herb Society
Starting point: Platre's Cultural Centre
17:00 - Opening of the Herbal exhibition
17:10 - MedFest-Interreg-Med-Project-Med Culinary Heritage Experiences
How to create sustainable tourist destinations
17:30 - Crocus cyprius & Crocus veneris
17:45 - Rosa Chionistrae
18:00 - Cynara cardunculus & Cynara cornigera - Wild Artichoke
18:15 - Linum usitatissimun
18:30 - Papaver rhoeas & Papaver segiterum
19:00 - Closing of the seminar.
All the presentations on Saturday will be in English.
Sunday 7th of May 2017
10:30 - Herbs in ancient Cypriot poetry
10:45 - Crocus cyprius: Κρόκος ο Κύπριος
11:00 - Crocus veneris: Κρόκος της Αφροδίτης
11:15 - Rosa Chionistrae: Ροδί της αγριοτριανταφυλλιάς
11:30 - Viola Sieheana: Άγρια βιολέτα
11:45 - Narcissus Tazetta: Νάρκισσος άγριο μιτσικίριδο
12:00 - Papaver rhoeas &Papaver segiterum: Μήκων η ροϊάς - Παπαρούνα
12:15 - Cynara cardunculus & Cynara cornigera: Άγριες αγκινάρες
12:30 - Linum usitatissimun: Λινάρι το χρησιμότατο
10:00-19:00 - Exhibition and market of Herbs, Herbal & Organic products and craft - inside the Platre's Cultural Centre.
From Saturday, May 06, 2017
To Sunday, May 07, 2017
