Din l-Art Ħelwa will be holding this year's edition of its Spring Fête on Sunday, 7 May, (10am-3pm), at the Msida Bastion Historic Garden.

This is an extraordinary hidden garden quoted on National Geographic's Intelligent Travel Blog

as being "One of the Five Most Beautiful Cemeteries in Europe".

The historical Re-Enactment Group of Malta will be present in their Napoleonic period military and civilian costumes. There will be flower and cakes stalls as well as used books and bric-a-brac. Children will be entertained with a bouncing castle and face-painting between 11am and 1pm, and

refreshments, homemade cakes and marmalades will be available for sale.

Great prizes will also be raffled.

Entry is €2 for adults, children under 12 enter free of charge.

This is a fundraising activity to support the costs of maintaining this extraordinary site that is so significant in Malta's history.