Community Festival “Meadow”: Pļavu Street Community Gathering and Engagement Event

On Sunday, June 21, as part of the “Liepāja – European Capital of Culture 2027” programme, the community festival “Pļava” will take place at the cultural venue “Sventāja” in Liepāja. During the festival, residents of Pļavu Street will be invited to participate in enhancing the street’s visual environment, attend educational lectures, and take part in creative workshops and practical sessions on the everyday use of meadow plants, the preparation of medicinal herbal teas, and sauna traditions.

On Sunday, June 21, from 12:00 to 15:00 residents are invited to gather at the Cultural Site “Sventāja”, located at 14A Pļavu Street, Liepāja, to celebrate the story of Pļavu Street, discover the richness of meadow plants, and create something beautiful together.

• 12:00 – Aspiring sauna specialist Lāsma Boikova will reveal the healing power of plants in her lecture “The Use of Meadow Plants and Trees in the SPA Industry and Sauna Culture”. She will introduce herbal steam bags and infusions, and invite participants to experience a dry sauna demonstration.
• 13:00 – Linguist Daiga Straupeniece will take participants on an engaging journey through flower names and their place in our lives in her lecture “Flower Names in Personal Names.”
• 14:00 – Botanist Lauma Veita will present her lecture “The Taste of the Meadow” explaining how meadow plants can enrich our daily meals and inviting everyone to sample them.

Throughout the day, creative workshops dedicated to meadow flowers will take place.

Come and join us as we meet, connect, and make Pļavu Street bloom – both literally and figuratively!

The event is organized by the association “Sventāja” with financial support from the foundation “Nodibinājums Liepāja 2027.” The programme of “Liepāja – European Capital of Culture 2027” is implemented by the Liepāja 2027 Foundation, with funding allocated by the City of Liepāja, the South Kurzeme and Kuldīga municipalities, and the Ministry of Culture. The “Liepāja 2027” programme is supported by its main partner in environmental education and sustainability, AS “CleanR Grupa”, Jsc; its main partner in air mobility and international communications, AS “airBaltic Corporation”, legal partner: Sorainen Law Office, Ltd., Jsc; and its land mobility partner, SIA “Lux Express Latvia”, Ltd. Media partners: VSIA “Latvijas Sabiedriskais medijs”, Ltd. and AS “Kurzemes Radio”, Jsc.

Organised by: the Association “Sventāja”
Phone: +371 26 485 926