We share some of the initiatives supported by Horto do Campo Grande throughout the month of June.
HORTO DO CAMPO GRANDE BRINGS NATURE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THE ARTBEAT FAIR
From 27 to 29 June 2025, the Cordoaria Nacional in Lisbon hosted the first edition of the ArtBeat Fair, a new international contemporary art fair that promises to combine visual arts, performance and music in an unmissable sensory experience.
Organised at Torreão Poente, this exhibition brings together 50 artists from more than 15 countries, with works spanning painting, sculpture, ceramics, textile art, collage, installation and new visual languages. The event also featured a diverse musical line-up, with live performances of classical music, electronic music and traditional African instruments, curated by LuÃs Mesquita.
Horto do Campo Grande joined the ArtBeat Fair under the motto “Nature – our best inspiration”, taking on the challenge of creating an environment where art coexists with the harmonious presence of plants. The intervention includes the natural decoration of the event space, with carefully selected species, and a photowall with natural plants, created with a Horto Collection support, which invites all visitors to enjoy, record and share their visit to the fair.
“This partnership reinforces the mission of Horto do Campo Grande, by integrating greenery into urban and cultural contexts, showing the fundamental role that nature plays in the aesthetics, experience and well-being of those who create, visit and live surrounded by nature.
The presence of Horto do Campo Grande at ArtBeat thus aims to embody a simple and essential idea: nature is also a form of expression,” says Joaquim Silveira. General Director of Horto do Campo Grande.
With free admission, ArtBeat Fair is an accessible, inclusive fair that represents the creative diversity of what is being done today in Portugal and around the world.
HORTO DO CAMPO GRANDE SUPPORTED FNA 2025
At the 2025 edition of the National Agriculture Fair (FNA), Feira do Ribatejo, held from 7 to 15 June at CNEMA in Santarém, Horto do Campo Grande took charge of decorating the exterior of the main entrance to the event. The intervention, in addition to upgrading the outdoor flowerbeds, consisted of creating the fair’s symbol – “FNA” – with real agricultural crops, creating a living logo that symbolises the integration of innovation in the production process and the central role of agriculture in Portugal. This entrance highlighted the importance of biosolutions (the fair’s central theme) and reinforced the link between innovation and the “ground” we cultivate. FNA 2025 hosted debates on sustainable farming practices, new technologies, promoting biodiversity and efficiency in the use of resources.
This support reflects Horto do Campo Grande’s commitment to being present at the events that shape the primary sector, and to valuing the knowledge that helps national agriculture grow sustainably.
INTERNATIONAL LUSITANO HORSE FESTIVAL 2025
The International Lusitano Horse Festival took place at the Manuel Possolo Hippodrome in Cascais, from 27 to 29 June, an event of great importance on the national and international calendar, which Horto do Campo Grande supported. Organised by APSL (Portuguese Association of Lusitano Purebred Horse Breeders), with the support of Cascais City Council, the festival brought together countless participants across the various competitions, and is considered the world’s largest event dedicated to the Lusitano horse breed.
Horto do Campo Grande also once again kindly supported the decoration of the stand of the Association of the Amazons of Portugal, an association that keeps alive the culture and tradition of Portuguese-style riding.
The Association of the Amazons of Portugal revived side-saddle riding in Portugal, the way ladies rode horses until around 1930, when they began to ride astride (like men).
Portuguese Equestrian Art is Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
After Portuguese Riding was entered in the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage on 28 April 2021, “Portuguese Equestrian Art” was approved as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during the 19th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, held in Asuncion, Paraguay, attended by a Portuguese delegation including Rosa Batoréu, Portugal’s Ambassador to UNESCO (Paris); João Ralão, Secretary-General of APSL, and LuÃs Calaim, Director of Parques de Sintra.
Equestrian Art was born in Portugal as both cause and consequence of the existence of the Horse, which naturally suggested it, and which it has continually refined. The principles of Equestrian Art in Portugal are based on the utmost respect for the animal and its well-being. It can be concluded that the unique characteristics of our horse were fundamental to the emergence of Portuguese Riding, and that this, in turn, was fundamental to its selection.
Portuguese Riding is practised throughout the country and has a strong international presence, supported by the existence, in 21 countries, of Lusitano Horse Associations, which are essential for its promotion and for maintaining close ties with breeders and practitioners worldwide.
BANCO DO BEBÉ CELEBRATES WITH MANJERICOS FROM HORTO DO CAMPO GRANDE
It was with great pleasure that Horto do Campo Grande joined Banco do Bebé at its summer gathering, an event marked by joy, sharing and celebrating the love that drives everyone involved in this cause.
The manjericos offered to all volunteers, supplied by HCG to Banco do Bebé for a symbolic amount, reinforce recognition for the work carried out by the institution and the volunteers’ dedication, in a gesture that, like the manjerico, symbolises friendship, good luck and hope, reinforcing Horto do Campo Grande’s commitment to supporting charitable causes that make a difference in the lives of many families.
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