One of the Valletta 2018 projects met with great enthusiasm is the Valletta Green Festival – a weekend-long event which transforms one of the largest open spaces in Valletta, Pjazza San Ġorġ, with a huge floral carpet of some 80,000 potted plants.

This year’s Valletta Green Festival takes place from today till Sunday – and will be held every spring, growing further over the coming years.

The past two editions of the Valletta Green Festival saw Pjazza San Ġorġ filled with a floral installation, covering 400 square metres.

The infioriata is created using seasonal flowers, packed tightly together. The aim of the infioriata is to inspire residents to start developing green areas in their own towns and villages.

A main attraction this year will be the secret gardens at the Archbishop’s Palace and the cloistered monastery of St Catherine, which will this year open to the public for the first time in 400 years.

The project is a Valletta 2018 collaboration with the Ministry for Sustainable Development, The Environment and Climate Change; the Environmental Landscaping Consortium; the Parks Department, as part of the Tree 4 U (34U) campaign; and WasteServ Malta Ltd.

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