✨ Other · Jardín Botánico Atlántico de Gijón
Encuentro de voluntariado en el Jardín Botánico
Around thirty associations gather at Gijón's Botanical Garden with games, workshops and free activities for the whole family.
Otoño en el Botánico 2026
Autumn is one of the best times of year to visit Gijón's Atlantic Botanical Garden: ochre and red foliage, leaf-strewn paths, ripe fruit and mushrooms turn every walk into a small spectacle. This season's programme, illustrated by Juan Hernaz with a nod to René Magritte and Tamara de Lempicka, brings together a cider tasting, a weekend devoted to pollinators with ADAPAS, bird-watching walks with the Carbayera del Tragamón collective, the garden's reading club and its monthly talks series 'De charla con el Botánico', which once a month moves into the city centre. In September the garden also reopens its doors to the Asturias Volunteering Platform, hosting the 1st Volunteering and Business Forum and the 3rd Volunteering Meeting. Workshops for adults and family activities run throughout the season, closing out with the Samaín festival, Calabazas y Calaveras.
26 Sep – 12 Dec 23 activities 📍 Jardín Botánico Atlántico de Gijón
Updated: September 17, 2026
Saturday, September 26
Morning
Saturday, October 3
Morning
✨ Other · Gijón
Taller adultos: plantas bulbosas
A workshop at the Botanical Garden on bulbs: buying, planting, forcing, care and the bulb lasagne technique, led by Marián Parra (Tienda Botánica).
Afternoon
✨ Other · Gijón
Taller nocturno de observación de polillas
A light-trap night at the Botanical Garden to watch and identify moths, with a talk on Asturias' main families and their role as pollinators.
Sunday, October 4
Midday
🧸 Kids · Gijón
Taller familiar: ¡manos a la huerta!
A family workshop in the Botanical Garden's vegetable plot: sowing and planting, autumn crops and seasonal tasks. Ages 4 and up, booking required.
Saturday, October 10
Morning
📚 Culture · Gijón
Arte y discapacidad: bestiario para reimaginarnos sesión 1
A ceramics workshop for adults with disabilities: in this first session participants draw the beasts they will later shape in clay.
Sunday, October 11
Morning
✨ Other · Gijón
Las aves del botánico
Monthly guided visit to discover Gijón Botanical Garden's over 90 bird species. Limited capacity, booking required.
Thursday, October 15
Afternoon
📚 Culture · Jardín Botánico Atlántico de Gijón
Club de lectura: leemos, naturalmente
Book club at the Botanical Garden on «El río» by Ana María Matute, with author encounters and a monthly guided tour of the garden.
Saturday, October 17
Midday
📚 Culture · Gijón
Al verde del xardín botánicu: charra sobre’l llibru al verde d’el cierru
Talk in Asturian on the book 'Al verde d'El Cierru' at Gijón's Botanical Garden, with the author and the garden's botanist.
🍎 Food · Gijón
Taller adultos: rosas comestibles
Workshop at the Botanical Garden on cooking with roses: jams and ketchup from petals and rose hips, with a tasting, led by Germán Montoya.
Sunday, October 18
Midday
🍎 Food · Gijón
Taller familiar: rosas comestibles
Family workshop at the Botanical Garden making rose jam and petal lemonade with Germán Montoya. Ages 8 and up, booking required.
Thursday, October 22
Afternoon
📚 Culture · Jardín Botánico Atlántico de Gijón
Club de lectura: leemos, naturalmente
Book club at the Botanical Garden on «El río» by Ana María Matute, with author encounters and a monthly guided tour of the garden.
Sunday, November 8
Midday
📚 Culture · Jardín Botánico Atlántico de Gijón
Lectura poética: antonio machado
Gijón Botanical Garden's Poetry Corner devotes a session to Antonio Machado, with the Encadenados Poetry Group.
Thursday, November 12
Afternoon
📚 Culture · Jardín Botánico Atlántico de Gijón
Club de lectura: leemos, naturalmente
Book club session at the Botanical Garden on «Mujeres que mueven montañas» by Begoña Santos, with author meetings and a monthly guided tour.
Saturday, November 14
Morning
📚 Culture · Gijón
Arte y discapacidad: bestiario para reimaginarnos sesión 2
Second session of the ceramics workshop for adults with disabilities: painting the bisque-fired beasts and assembling a shared bestiary.
Sunday, November 15
Morning
📚 Culture · Gijón
Taller familiar: ilustración botánica, el lenguaje floral a través de las manchas
Family botanical illustration workshop at the Botanical Garden: painting flowers with colour patches, illustrated manual and prints to take home.
Thursday, November 19
Afternoon
📚 Culture · Jardín Botánico Atlántico de Gijón
Club de lectura: leemos, naturalmente
Book club session at the Botanical Garden on «Mujeres que mueven montañas» by Begoña Santos, with author meetings and a monthly guided tour.
Saturday, November 21
Midday
📚 Culture · Gijón
Taller adultos: postales con flores
Workshop at the Botanical Garden making Christmas cards with tataki-zome: printing real flowers and leaves with a hammer.
Sunday, November 22
Midday
📚 Culture · Gijón
Taller familiar: postales con flores
Family workshop at the Botanical Garden making Christmas cards by hammer-printing real flowers and leaves, tataki-zome style.
Saturday, November 28
Midday
✨ Other · Gijón
Taller adultos. Del jardín a la piel: gel botánico para piernas cansadas
Phytocosmetics workshop at the Botanical Garden: make a gel for tired legs with horse chestnut, calendula, witch hazel or aloe, and take it home.
Sunday, November 29
Morning
🍎 Food · Gijon
Taller familiar: cocina con la huerta de temporada
Family workshop cooking with seasonal vegetables from the Botanical Garden's own plot. Sunday 29 November, 11:30, €6, Jardín Botánico Atlántico.
Saturday, December 5
Midday
🍎 Food · Gijón
La sidra: elaboración y cata
A session on how natural, sparkling and table cider are made, with a tasting of all three, led by oenologist Tano Collada.
Sunday, December 6
Midday
🧸 Kids · Gijón
Taller familiar: farolillos botánicos
Family workshop at the Botanical Garden building a paper lantern decorated with flowers, leaves and plants from the garden. Ages 4 and up.
Saturday, December 12
Morning
📚 Culture · Gijón
Arte y discapacidad: oh la lana
Inclusive wool-art workshop from the 'Art and Disability' series, at the Jardín Botánico Atlántico in Gijón. For adults, part of Autumn at the Botanical Garden.