16. INTERNATIONAL WILD FLOWER FESTIVAL
27. MAY - 12. JUNE 2022
The International Wild Flower Festival is a bouquet of botanical tours, events and culinary experiences dedicated to wild plants, the floral wealth of Bohinj and the local offer.
Festival events take place every year in May and June at various locations in Bohinj, which comprises 24 villages and covers an area of more than 300 km².
THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME:
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Psnakova and Pocarjeva domačija Zgornja Radovna: Nature 2000 Day in Zgornja Radovna and Museum Day at Pocarjeva domačija
You are invited to a guided tour of Psnak's bee hive and a tasting of buckwheat carp (Quality Mark of the Triglav National Park) and from there a walk to Pocar's homestead, where the exhibition Handicraftsmen and Local Crafts in the Valley (from the Gornjesavský Museum Jesenice) will be opened.
No registration is required.
You are invited to a guided tour of Psnak's bee hive and a tasting of buckwheat carp (Quality Mark of the Triglav National Park) and from there a walk to Pocar's homestead, where the exhibition Handicraftsmen and Local Crafts in the Valley (from the Gornjesavský Museum Jesenice) will be opened.
No registration is required.
Children’s workshop: Fun and educational, When stones bloom
We all love flowers, but when we pick them in a bouquet, they wilt very quickly. Rather than picking them, let's admire them in the meadow! But to make sure that our homes are adorned with colourful flowers, we will paint them on the most durable material - stone.
The workshop is free of charge.
Registration is required at least one day before the workshop by 12.00 at info.bohinjka@tnp.gov.sior by calling +386 (0)1 200 97 60. Children under 6 years of age should be accompanied by an adult.
We all love flowers, but when we pick them in a bouquet, they wilt very quickly. Rather than picking them, let's admire them in the meadow! But to make sure that our homes are adorned with colourful flowers, we will paint them on the most durable material - stone.
The workshop is free of charge.
Registration is required at least one day before the workshop by 12.00 at info.bohinjka@tnp.gov.sior by calling +386 (0)1 200 97 60. Children under 6 years of age should be accompanied by an adult.
Children’s botanical walk What’s blooming there?
The colourful world of flowers fascinates and inspires many people. We'll find out why there is such diversity, which colours predominate and which plants they belong to with our youngest children. We will try to answer all these questions on a short walk, and end up with a picture of our favourite flower.
The workshop is free of charge.
Registration is required at least one day before the workshop by 12.00 at info.bohinjka@tnp.gov.sior by calling +386 (0)1 200 97 60. Children under 6 years of age should be accompanied by an adult.
The colourful world of flowers fascinates and inspires many people. We'll find out why there is such diversity, which colours predominate and which plants they belong to with our youngest children. We will try to answer all these questions on a short walk, and end up with a picture of our favourite flower.
The workshop is free of charge.
Registration is required at least one day before the workshop by 12.00 at info.bohinjka@tnp.gov.sior by calling +386 (0)1 200 97 60. Children under 6 years of age should be accompanied by an adult.
Opening of the exhibition Eternal Change, Captured in a Photographic Lens
You are invited to the opening of the photographic exhibition Eternal Change, Captured in a Photographic Lens, with which Triglav National Park celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2021. and 60. anniversary in Ljubljana. The entire exhibition consists of 39 black-and-white photographs by the poet of mountain photography Jaka Čop and an equal number of contemporary colour photographs of the same motifs. The exhibition is a visual walk through the changes that have taken place over the last 40 years or more, and is also a photographic representation of the national park in two different techniques and periods. At the opening of the exhibition, editor Aleš Zdešar will have a few words to say about it.
You are invited to the opening of the photographic exhibition Eternal Change, Captured in a Photographic Lens, with which Triglav National Park celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2021. and 60. anniversary in Ljubljana. The entire exhibition consists of 39 black-and-white photographs by the poet of mountain photography Jaka Čop and an equal number of contemporary colour photographs of the same motifs. The exhibition is a visual walk through the changes that have taken place over the last 40 years or more, and is also a photographic representation of the national park in two different techniques and periods. At the opening of the exhibition, editor Aleš Zdešar will have a few words to say about it.
This flower has spoken: a storytelling and music evening with Irena Cerar and Eva Jensterle (in Slovenian language)
Once upon a time, people believed that plants were living things that talked. They were spoken to in different ways. Just what were they telling them? The storyteller and author of popular fairy tale guides will combine some of her favourite folk tales about plants into a flower garland. She will draw from Slovenian narrative tradition, and perhaps also pick up a flower from a neighbouring garden. The storytelling will be intertwined with the music of flutist Eva Jensterle.
About the narrator Irena Cerar: She is known as the author of a series of popular family excursion guides: the Fairytale Routes of Slovenia, Fairytale Routes into History, Kamnik Fairytale Routes and Fairytale Routes without Borders. She has been a storyteller of folk tales for many years, performing at all the most prominent events of this kind in Slovenia and is a co-founder of the Križnik Fairy Tale Festival in Motnik. Of all the halls, she prefers the ones outdoors, in nature and in beautiful places. She is also a regular guest in Bohinj, where since 2010 she has been telling mountain tales to visitors of the children's event U konc' sveta so pravljice doma (At the End of the World are Fairy Tales at Home). She also organises guided fairy tale trails, storytelling walks and storytelling excursions. She is a mountaineering and interpretive guide. She has received several awards for her work.
About flute player Eva Jensterle:She started learning the flute at the age of 8 at the Radovljica Music School. Her path led her through the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music to study flute at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg. During her studies, she has performed extensively as a soloist, in chamber ensembles and in various orchestras, and has won several national and international competitions. Through yoga, she learned the importance of proper breathing and became certified as a breathing instructor.
She combines all her knowledge and is happy to pass it on to young musicians, for whom she has written and published an interactive booklet "My Musical World". He occasionally plays in various chamber ensembles.
Once upon a time, people believed that plants were living things that talked. They were spoken to in different ways. Just what were they telling them? The storyteller and author of popular fairy tale guides will combine some of her favourite folk tales about plants into a flower garland. She will draw from Slovenian narrative tradition, and perhaps also pick up a flower from a neighbouring garden. The storytelling will be intertwined with the music of flutist Eva Jensterle.
About the narrator Irena Cerar: She is known as the author of a series of popular family excursion guides: the Fairytale Routes of Slovenia, Fairytale Routes into History, Kamnik Fairytale Routes and Fairytale Routes without Borders. She has been a storyteller of folk tales for many years, performing at all the most prominent events of this kind in Slovenia and is a co-founder of the Križnik Fairy Tale Festival in Motnik. Of all the halls, she prefers the ones outdoors, in nature and in beautiful places. She is also a regular guest in Bohinj, where since 2010 she has been telling mountain tales to visitors of the children's event U konc' sveta so pravljice doma (At the End of the World are Fairy Tales at Home). She also organises guided fairy tale trails, storytelling walks and storytelling excursions. She is a mountaineering and interpretive guide. She has received several awards for her work.
About flute player Eva Jensterle:She started learning the flute at the age of 8 at the Radovljica Music School. Her path led her through the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music to study flute at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg. During her studies, she has performed extensively as a soloist, in chamber ensembles and in various orchestras, and has won several national and international competitions. Through yoga, she learned the importance of proper breathing and became certified as a breathing instructor.
She combines all her knowledge and is happy to pass it on to young musicians, for whom she has written and published an interactive booklet "My Musical World". He occasionally plays in various chamber ensembles.
Children’s workshop: Fun and educational, Making a herbarium
In this workshop we will learn about herbaria - what a herbarium is, why herbarium has been made throughout history and how to make one. We will go to the meadow, where everyone will collect and label ten meadow plants, dry them at home and finally stick them in the herbarium.
Registration is required at least one day before the workshop by 12.00 at info.bohinjka@tnp.gov.si or by calling +386 (0)1 200 97 60. Children under 6 years of age should be accompanied by an adult.
In this workshop we will learn about herbaria - what a herbarium is, why herbarium has been made throughout history and how to make one. We will go to the meadow, where everyone will collect and label ten meadow plants, dry them at home and finally stick them in the herbarium.
Registration is required at least one day before the workshop by 12.00 at info.bohinjka@tnp.gov.si or by calling +386 (0)1 200 97 60. Children under 6 years of age should be accompanied by an adult.
Life for Seeds Lecture Flowering meadows – how to preserve them
In Slovenia, you can still see meadows in bloom, which are the envy of foreigners. But how much longer will we be able to enjoy this colourful palette that changes from late spring, summer and autumn These most colourful areas are disappearing, either through overgrowth or intensive use. Will we be able to preserve them for future generations? This will be answered by two experts who are professionally involved in the conservation of grassland diversity, Dr Jože Bavcon (Head of the Botanical Garden in Ljubljana and Professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology) and Dr Blanka Ravnjak (Lecturer at the Faculty of Biotechnology).
In Slovenia, you can still see meadows in bloom, which are the envy of foreigners. But how much longer will we be able to enjoy this colourful palette that changes from late spring, summer and autumn These most colourful areas are disappearing, either through overgrowth or intensive use. Will we be able to preserve them for future generations? This will be answered by two experts who are professionally involved in the conservation of grassland diversity, Dr Jože Bavcon (Head of the Botanical Garden in Ljubljana and Professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology) and Dr Blanka Ravnjak (Lecturer at the Faculty of Biotechnology).
Guided tour of the Goreljek Marsh (VrH Julijcev project)
Marshes are a very rare and fragile habitat in Slovenia. From a biological and ecological point of view, they are very interesting and unique. Marshes are constantly growing, and they support plants that are found nowhere else. The most important are the various species of peat mosses, but also the small carnivorous sundew, rosemary, knife-edged toadflax, hairy moss, bog coppice, and others can be seen. The Pokljuka Marshes are the most southerly marshes still preserved in Europe. A visit to the recently renovated Goreljek Peat Bog Trail will shed light on many interesting facts you may not have known before. The trail is circular, approximately one kilometre long, and has five learning points with information boards.
Duration: 3 hours
Difficulty: easy
Price: free
Equipment: hiking shoes and clothing, rucksack, sun protection and benches, snacks and refreshments
Registration is required at least one day before the guided tour until 12:00 at info@bohinj.si.
The guided tour will take place within the framework of the project VrH Julijcev, co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Slovenia.
Marshes are a very rare and fragile habitat in Slovenia. From a biological and ecological point of view, they are very interesting and unique. Marshes are constantly growing, and they support plants that are found nowhere else. The most important are the various species of peat mosses, but also the small carnivorous sundew, rosemary, knife-edged toadflax, hairy moss, bog coppice, and others can be seen. The Pokljuka Marshes are the most southerly marshes still preserved in Europe. A visit to the recently renovated Goreljek Peat Bog Trail will shed light on many interesting facts you may not have known before. The trail is circular, approximately one kilometre long, and has five learning points with information boards.
Duration: 3 hours
Difficulty: easy
Price: free
Equipment: hiking shoes and clothing, rucksack, sun protection and benches, snacks and refreshments
Registration is required at least one day before the guided tour until 12:00 at info@bohinj.si.
The guided tour will take place within the framework of the project VrH Julijcev, co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Slovenia.
Lecture on quiet areas and gates in Pokljuka (VrH Julijcev project) (in Slovenian language)
Lecturer Mr. Andrej Arih from JZ TNP and Mr. Tomaž Mihelič from DOPPS will present the quiet areas in the National Park, established within the framework of the project VrH Julijcev, co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Slovenia.
Triglav National Park is one of the best preserved natural environments in Slovenia. The level of protection is high, with the protection regimes in place to ensure that our descendants will inherit the preserved nature of this 4% of the country's territory. Yet sometimes this is not enough, especially with the increasing number of visitors to the National Park and the many different ways of spending time in nature. Some areas and species are particularly sensitive to human presence, and the establishment of quiet areas brings human disturbance down to an acceptable level. This is a long-established and well-established practice abroad. In quiet areas, visitation (hiking, mountaineering) and other disturbing activities (air traffic, touring, paragliding, paragliding, shooting, cycling, forestry, agriculture) are timed and spatially adjusted to minimise disturbance to nature. The management plan of the National Park currently identifies 138 quiet areas, and through the activities of the Julijci VrH project, the project partners are actually implementing 13 quiet areas in the area for wild cockerel, 4 for white-tailed ptarmigan and 3 for active raised bogs. They are being set up in the Pokljuka, Vitranec, Mangart saddle and Triglav area. Visitors will be provided with information on the rules introduced in each quiet area through online and printed resources, as well as directly in the wild through information and signposting boards.
Lecturer Mr. Andrej Arih from JZ TNP and Mr. Tomaž Mihelič from DOPPS will present the quiet areas in the National Park, established within the framework of the project VrH Julijcev, co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Slovenia.
Triglav National Park is one of the best preserved natural environments in Slovenia. The level of protection is high, with the protection regimes in place to ensure that our descendants will inherit the preserved nature of this 4% of the country's territory. Yet sometimes this is not enough, especially with the increasing number of visitors to the National Park and the many different ways of spending time in nature. Some areas and species are particularly sensitive to human presence, and the establishment of quiet areas brings human disturbance down to an acceptable level. This is a long-established and well-established practice abroad. In quiet areas, visitation (hiking, mountaineering) and other disturbing activities (air traffic, touring, paragliding, paragliding, shooting, cycling, forestry, agriculture) are timed and spatially adjusted to minimise disturbance to nature. The management plan of the National Park currently identifies 138 quiet areas, and through the activities of the Julijci VrH project, the project partners are actually implementing 13 quiet areas in the area for wild cockerel, 4 for white-tailed ptarmigan and 3 for active raised bogs. They are being set up in the Pokljuka, Vitranec, Mangart saddle and Triglav area. Visitors will be provided with information on the rules introduced in each quiet area through online and printed resources, as well as directly in the wild through information and signposting boards.
Expert field guided tour – Getting to know the Cucurbits, led by Blaž Blažič (Life for Seeds project)
Cucurbits are a very interesting and charismatic group of plants. They occur in a wide range of habitat types, from lowlands to high mountains. Identifying them requires some knowledge and experience. If you would like to get to know this group better, join us on a guided field trip to look for these species and find out why they are so rare.
Registration is required at least one day before the workshop by 12.00 at info.bohinjka@tnp.gov.si or by calling +386 (0)1 200 97 60.
Cucurbits are a very interesting and charismatic group of plants. They occur in a wide range of habitat types, from lowlands to high mountains. Identifying them requires some knowledge and experience. If you would like to get to know this group better, join us on a guided field trip to look for these species and find out why they are so rare.
Registration is required at least one day before the workshop by 12.00 at info.bohinjka@tnp.gov.si or by calling +386 (0)1 200 97 60.
Lecture by Dr. Žig Zwitter: The history of species-rich meadows in the south-eastern Alps: fundamental effects of management on the frequency of plant species from the Middle Ages to the mid-20th century (in Slovenian language)
Farmers have created and maintained the vast majority of grasslands in the long term. Mowing, spring threshing, fertilisation, irrigation in some places, spring grazing on meadows (until its abandonment in the second half of the 19th century) and, in the case of the meadows in the glades, arable use, have all had an important influence on the species composition. The lecture introduces the main grasses that have been promoted or suppressed by different grassland management practices. At the time in question, all the meadows were home to many species of plants and animals. When shopping for milk and dairy products, each of us can choose which meadows we support and co-create today: the remaining species-rich meadows, or those where intensive use over the last decades has led to the extinction of most plant and animal species.
About the lecturer: Žiga Zwitter studied geography and history, holds a PhD in history and a postdoctoral project at the Vienna Institute for Social Ecology. At the Department of History, University of Ljubljana, he mainly researches the history of the environment (meadows and pastures, water, forests, climate and natural disasters). He lives in Bohinj and Ljubljana. He would like to thank the Bohinj people for the many friendly conversations on meadow topics and the pleasant days spent together at Krstenica and Laz. Without you, neither the meadows discussed nor this lecture would exist!
Farmers have created and maintained the vast majority of grasslands in the long term. Mowing, spring threshing, fertilisation, irrigation in some places, spring grazing on meadows (until its abandonment in the second half of the 19th century) and, in the case of the meadows in the glades, arable use, have all had an important influence on the species composition. The lecture introduces the main grasses that have been promoted or suppressed by different grassland management practices. At the time in question, all the meadows were home to many species of plants and animals. When shopping for milk and dairy products, each of us can choose which meadows we support and co-create today: the remaining species-rich meadows, or those where intensive use over the last decades has led to the extinction of most plant and animal species.
About the lecturer: Žiga Zwitter studied geography and history, holds a PhD in history and a postdoctoral project at the Vienna Institute for Social Ecology. At the Department of History, University of Ljubljana, he mainly researches the history of the environment (meadows and pastures, water, forests, climate and natural disasters). He lives in Bohinj and Ljubljana. He would like to thank the Bohinj people for the many friendly conversations on meadow topics and the pleasant days spent together at Krstenica and Laz. Without you, neither the meadows discussed nor this lecture would exist!
Flower shop
Bohinj is transformed into a large botanical garden in springtime, when the first flowers bloom. Bohinj has more than 1,000 different species of plants. This garden is the treasure at the heart of the International Wild Flower Festival.
The botanical reputation of the Black soil and its surroundings has been known for more than 200 years. Karel Zois and F. X. Wulfen are mainly responsible for this, but later other researchers also visited the site. Even without this information, however, anyone who climbs mountain Črna prst in early summer will notice the great variety and beauty of the flowers growing there, which this book will help you to find and identify.
BLOSSOMING CULINARY DELIGHTS
We are observers of nature, and yet our walks to the flowerbeds inadvertently remind us of what is to come. What we pick from the garden is later prepared in our kitchens and eaten with pleasure. The floral bounty will be transformed into culinary creations for our hikers in restaurants with the Bohinjsko/From Bohinj certificate.
The floral menus are available at a flat rate of 20,00 € and with the botanical tour package only 18,00 €.
After a walk full of impressions, we can’t imagine a better ending.
Marinated trout, trout caviar, cold chamomile soup, peas, watercress
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Pork tenderloin and cheeks, bacon, apple mustard, cheese gnocchi, fried cottage cheese with wild herbs
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Elderflower cream, strawberries, egg white sponge cake, sour cream and pollen ice cream
Tomato carpaccio with Bohinj cheese and local butter and basil, and toasted bread cubes in olive oil
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Trout fillet in a ”trdinka” flour casing, on buckwheat porridge with mushrooms, garlic pesto and local sour cream
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Seasonal composed salad
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Elderflower yoghurt clotted cream on shortcrust pastry with hot house grape jam
Green Alpine soup
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”Šupfnudli” with Bohinj cream, pancetta and asparagus, Prangarček hard cheese, chicken fillet
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Dessert “Savica”
Deer carpaccio, garlic mayonnaise, Prangarčkova gouda cheese, herb oil, Jerusalem artichokes, blackberries
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Zupan’s red trout, horseradish foam, pickled wild onion, Cerkovnik’s pollen, mustard seeds, cauliflower puree, apple veloute
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Honey ice cream, honey sponge cake, pollen, butter crumble, candied trumpets, pollen
Smoked duck
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Rabbit’s liver made our way
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Chocolate souffle with flower ice cream
Semame soup with potatoes and bacon
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Lamb chops, currant sauce, chive puree, green asparagus, fried herb butter
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Chocolate walnut fondant, raspberries, mint ice cream, honeycomb
Herb curd with smoked trout on a shortcrust pastry cracker
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Beef cheek; polenta with truffles, wine sauce, vegetables
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Cheesecake on display
Škantar’s goat’s cheese mousse
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Smoked and roasted pork belly
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Tarragon jar
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