<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n “The taste spectrum of tomatoes is also very wide \u2013 from sweet to sour, with varying degrees of spiciness. In addition to tomatoes of a single colour, there are varieties with stripes or patterns, and red is not the only possible colour: tomatoes can be orange, yellow, pink, nearly black or white. In Estonia, numerous varieties of tomatoes with tasty fruits have also been bred,” explained Jaanus.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s Tomato Festival will showcase the wide variety of colours and tastes, with around 300 different varieties on display.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n Tomatoes and sweet peppers from the collection of the Latvians Valdis P\u016bli\u0146\u0161<\/strong> and Tatjana Nagle<\/strong>, as well as fr<\/span>om the collections of the Tallinn Botanic Garden will be presented. In addition to tomatoes, you will also see a wide range of grape varieties from the Saare-T\u00f5rvaaugu farm. It will be possible to purchase tomato seeds from the Latvian collection and buy grapes and grape seedlings from Saare-T\u00f5rvaaugu farm. <\/span><\/p>\n Tours of the Garden of the Senses will also take place on both August 20 and 21. With an Estonian language tour at 12 noon, and a Russian language tour at 1 pm. <\/span>There will also be a lecture at 12 noon on August 20 from Harri Poom<\/strong> of Saare-T\u00f5rvaaugu horticultural farm on the \u201cHistory of breeding and cultivation of compact tomato varieties\u201d.<\/p>\n The Tallinn Botanic Garden is open from 10 am till 7 pm every day. The entrance ticket costs 6 euros for adults. No additional tickets or booking is required for the events of the Tomato Festival. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tomorrow sees the beginning of the popular Tomato Festival at Tallinn Botanic Gardens. At the 3-day festival that will … Read more<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":108808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[309,15261,15462,15926,15927,15928,15929,15930],"class_list":["post-108822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","tag-tallinn","tag-tallinn-botanic-garden","tag-tallinn-botanic-gardens","tag-tomato-festival","tag-tiia-jaanus","tag-saare-torvaaugu","tag-tomato","tag-history-of-tomatoes"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108824,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108822\/revisions\/108824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tomaattifestivaali3-Annika-Lepp.jpg\")
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