Saint Catherine: cross-country race, market, blessing of the animals, tree week...

Sainte-Catherine: cross-country race, market, blessing of animals, tree week... The tradition of Sainte-Catherine is once again declined in different events for young and old. NOV 20 – Inter-school cross-country Some 1000 students and teachers. 18 categories. Podium and prize-giving ceremony at the end of each race. From 1 p.m. Last race at 3:30 p.m. Multisports hall André Malherbe. NOV 22 - Grand market + of 100 street vendors. Quai d’Arona, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. NOV 22 - Blessing of pets Parvis de la Collégiale, 12:30 p.m. Tree Week NOV 23 - Screening of the documentary "Beaver, the force of nature" Followed by a discussion on the presence of the beaver in the Meuse, with Olivier Kints (Natagora) and Sébastien Devillers (Contrat de Rivière Meuse Aval). Gare Saint-Hilaire, rue Renier de Huy. At 8 p.m. Free admission. Upon reservation via environnement@huy.be. Partners: France TV studio, CRMA, Natagora, Cultural Center of Huy. NOV 28 - Tree Day - 2026 Theme: Passerines 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Parc Henrion, av. Delchambre > Distribution of trees and shrubs Twelve species proposed (no reservation except for the 3 BT*** at the bottom of the list available in very small quantity): ° Hazel - Corylus avellana ° Sweet chestnut - Castanea sativa ° Basket willow - Salix viminalis ° Rowan - Sorbus aucuparia ° Common medlar - Mespilus germanica ° Black elder - Sambucus nigra ° Raspberry - Rubus idaeus ° Red currant (bunched) ° Blackcurrant - Ribes nigrum ° Common apple tree - Malus domestica - 2-year scion BT*** ° Common pear tree - Pyrus communis - 2-year scion BT*** ° Plum tree - Prunus - 2-year scion BT*** ***Limited quantity (reservation only for apple, pear, plum trees BT, via environnement@huy.be) > Presence of City services and environmental associations ° Service Environnement-Pollec: sound workshop on bird songs, tree leaf recognition animation, awareness of invasive exotic animals and plants, fruit planting advice, exchanges. ° Natagora, Mosan Régionale Condroz ° Bee Friends - Beekeeper school of Huy ° Nature and Science House ° Contrat de Rivière Meuse Aval (beaver theme, wood management, and the white-throated dipper project with Natagora). NOV 28 Screening of an animated film "La Princesse and the Nightingale" 2 p.m. - Cultural Center. 45 min. €8 (€7 seniors, under 26) Symbolic planting of a Turkey oak: drought and heatwave resistant species. 3 p.m. - School of Bons-Enfants Mais too ... Week of NOV 16 Participatory planting of small berries and discovery of the Parc Poswick with the children of the Tihange school, the residents of La Pommeraie, as well as the Services Travaux, Plantations, Environment. Muzette, rue Griange, 17 NOV 11 > Writing workshop on the theme of trees and birds. Animation Cécilia Duminuco. 3 p.m.-5 p.m. €22 (one drink included). All audiences... NOV 14 > Blackout poetry workshop on the theme of trees and birds. Animation Justine Montagner. 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Free. All audiences... I. 0455/18 87 02 - Facebook