Open Day with free activities
June 21st, 2025
10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Vale da Lama, Lagos
Free entry and activities
Vegetarian lunch (for sale)
Pizza dinner (for sale)
For all ages
Event registration required
Open Day - June 21, 2025
10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Free entry and activities
Join us to celebrate 31 years of discovery, learning and community!
This Open Day is an opportunity to experience what inspires our work - creating regenerative and nature-related experiences that bring people of all ages and backgrounds together.
Admission is free and your presence is already a gift. This special day is also a light and fun way to support the future of our work and its reach! 31 years of sowing seeds of regeneration. Come and celebrate with us!
An opportunity to support
This Open Day is also an opportunity to support the future of our programs.
We are sharing a wishlist and launching a small crowdfunding campaign to help us improve the quality, accessibility and impact of what we offer.
Every contribution - small or large - helps us to create deeper roots and wider branches.
Program of the day
Open Day - June 21, 2025 - 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Free entry and activities
🕥 10 am
Welcome!
Start the day with tea, coffee or cake!
🕥 10:30 am
A Fun Morning
Activities free of charge
Let's play!
A morning of simple games, movement and laughter. Through guided play, we'll explore nature, imagination and connection.
With Beatriz Sousa and Guadalupe Mendonça
A Playful Walk
Let's get to know the farm in a playful way. Along the way, we'll stop to play, observe and connect with the space and each other.
With Sara Roda & Joana Rodrigues (max. 14 people - registration required)
Painting Nature (activity designed for adults)
In this drawing session for adults, we'll be inspired by Komorebi - a Japanese word that describes sunlight filtering through leaves, creating shadows and shapes on the ground.
For best results, bring your own materials: a sheet of paper of at least 180g and coloring materials (watercolors, gouache or acrylics).
With Sara Glória (max. 14 people - registration required)
Composting Workshop - "COMPOST'AÇÃO!"
A practical, fun and participatory session for all ages. We'll find out why it's important to compost and how to get started - with or without worms!
With Elodie da Silva.
🕥 12:30 pm
Lunch and Siesta
Vegetarian lunch (for sale)
A vegetarian meal with gluten-free options, made with fresh vegetables from the farm. Nutritious food, shared outdoors, made with love.
Chás d'Aqui (for sale)
We'll also have sweet and savory snacks throughout the day.
🕥 2:30 am
An Afternoon of Learning (and Fun!)
Activities free of charge
Getting Clayful! Clay and Natural Paints Workshop
Let's get our hands dirty and play with the earth! Children will explore natural materials, mold clay and create paints with plants and soil.
Bioconstruction
Come and get your hands in the soil and find out a bit about bioconstruction. We'll be continuing a project we've already started - learning by doing, in groups, during the afternoon. You don't need any experience, just curiosity and a desire to take part!
With Alessandro Caruso
Short Film Screening - YESTERDAY IS NOT TODAY
A collaborative project between Beatriz MBCC and Patrícia Leal, it is part of a series of performance works that aim to raise awareness of water scarcity in the Algarve.
During the day
Installation
Andorinha Project
The project Andorinha - Biblioteca de Gente em Movimento is present in this Open Day to collect and share stories of immigration in the south of Portugal.
🕥 4 pm
Guided tour of the farm
On this guided tour, we'll share our permaculture practices, regeneration and care for the soil, plants, animals - and each other. An opportunity to slow down, ask questions and understand how everything is connected - from the compost heap to the food on your plate.
With Hugo Oliveira
🕥 5:30 pm
Open Rehearsal
Come and feel the rhythm! During this percussion rehearsal, the drums come alive through repetition, play and flow. It's not a show - it's a space to feel, share and live the rhythm together.
With Santuka na Mata
🕥 6:30 pm
Wood-fired Pizza Dinner
Wood-fired pizzas, open skies and good company. Our pizza night is an invitation to slow down and share a meal made with fresh ingredients and lots of love.
This dinner takes place in another part of the farm - see the map below.
With reservation - served between 18:30 and 20:30
The location
Novas Descobertas Association - Campo do Vale, Vale da Lama
We're between the Alvor estuary and the sea, near Odiáxere (Lagos). A learning space in constant evolution, with outdoor rooms, shaded corners and wide open spaces where everyone is welcome.
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Novas Descobertas Association is a nonprofit organization founded in 1994 that offers transformative learning experiences for groups that connect people of all ages and backgrounds with each other and with nature.
+351 282 697 862
(Call to national fixed network)
+351 967 620 397
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info@projectonovasdescobertas.org
Address:
EM534, PO Box 322N Vale da Lama, 8600-258 Odiáxere, Lagos.
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