Valletta Green Festival

St George’s Square will be transformed into a huge floral carpet of some 80,000 potted plants during this week’s Valletta Green Festival. This year’s edition of the infiorata is paying tribute to Malta’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The main attraction of the last edition of the festival was the opening of the secret gardens at the Archbishop’s Palace and the cloistered monastery of St Catherine’s. These were opened to the public for the first time in 400 years and will be open again during this edition on Friday,  Saturday and Sunday (9am to noon, 4pm to 9pm). Anumber of stalls and tents set up in St George’s Square will be working towards raising awareness on environmental issues and sustainable development. As in previous years, Garby and Tidy, along with Green Roofs, will be present. Joining them will be Malta Road Safety and an ERA (Environment & Resources Authority) photo exhibition. Eko Skola together with a number of NGOs – fish4tomorrow, Żibel, Birdlife Malta, Sharklab-Malta, Friends of the Earth Malta and the Kooperattiva Kummerċ Ġust – will provide informative material about the impact of waste littering through engaging, educational and...