Katyciai Basic School of Silute Region“Healthy Herbs Outlook”

2015-2017

The 2nd short term exchange of groups of pupils in Katyciai, Lithuania

June 6 – 10, 2016

The short trip around Katyciai(Orienteering)

The short trip around Katyciai• 1. All the students were divided into 3 groups: “red“, “yellow“

and “green“ ones.• 2. The Lithuanian students went with each group. BUT they

didn‘t lead them. They just helped if something was not clear for the other students.

• 3.Each group got a map and instructions for its route.• 4. They needed to follow the instructions to visit all the

control points in a sequence.• 5. They had to take photos at each control point.• 6. If they passed all the route, you found a surprise at the last

control point.

“All together“ moments

“Making tea“(The educational workshop in the Rambynas

regional park)

The visit to the Curonian spit

“Looking for the herbs“

“Drawing the herbs“

“Mandala and land art“

The visit to the Pagramantis regional park

The meeting with the local herbalist

Getting acquainted with the Lithuanian cuisine

SorrelRumex acetosa

• Sorrel (rumex acetosa) is a herbaceous perennial plant with the arroww- shaped edible leaves. It can grow as a weed or is cultivated as a garden plant.

• Wild sorrel is a common plant for the grasslands. Garden sorrel has been cultivated for centuries.Both kinds of sorrel may be used to prepare soups, sauces and salads. Fresh leaves of sorrel have a sour taste due to oxalic acid

A sorrel soup

Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum)

• Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) is a herbaceous perennial plant with the large poisonous leaves and edible stalks. It is wide spread all over the world.

• Fresh stalks of rhubarb are crisp with a strong tart taste. They are used to prepare the pies, cakes and other desserts.

• For the medical purposes the roots of rhubarb can be used because of their laxative effect.

• This is a wrong opinion that the stalks of rhubarb contain a lot of vitamin C. Actually such a sour taste is provided by the organic acids.

A rhubarb cake

A rhubarb compote

Gardening activities

The visit to the Botanical garden of Klaipeda University

“Making a herbarium“

The visit to the park of the energetic labyrinths

The meeting with the local herbalist

Our farewell evening

• “This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained there in.”