THEL 2025 is a special year for the YOU DOThe Italian Environment Fund: the Foundation, in fact, It turns 50 of commitment to the protection, management and enhancement of Italian cultural, environmental and landscape heritage. An important anniversary that It will be celebrated in spring with a rich and varied calendar of eventsin the name of beauty, sustainability and discovery.
Fai: custodian of Italian beauty
Born in 1975 On the model of the National Trust, FAI is a non -profit foundation that operates thanks to the support of private citizens, companies and institutions. Its mission is to protect and enhance the heritage of Italian history, art and nature, educate and sensitize the community, supervise and intervene on the territory. Since its birth, the organization takes care of Castles, historic houses, villas, abbeys, parks, gardens, woods and coastsassets that testify to the value and wealth of the diversity of our country, open to the public thanks to an accurate restoration and conservation work.
The Spring of Fai: riot of flowers, plants and nature
On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the FAI calendar for spring 2025 it will be even richer, With many events dedicated in particular to Florovivaisma unique opportunity to celebrate the beauty of nature in contexts of unique history, art and culture. The first appointment not to be missed is the weekend of 15 and 16 March in Milan.
Spring breath, Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan (Photo Barbara Verduci 2023)
Primiles, Ellebori and cherries in Villa Necchi
The Milanese spring opens the second weekend of March with the XII edition of “Spring breath”the market exhibition of plants, flowers and products for the garden hosted in the splendid setting of Villa Necchi Campiglio. About thirty selected nurserymen will offer a wide range of plants and flowers, From the classic Hello and primroses to refined camellias and flower cherrieswithout forgetting the aromatic for salads, vegetable plants, perennial herbaceous and much more.
A tribute to Camellia Japonica
The 2025 edition will be a tribute to Camellia Japonicasplendid ornamental plant of oriental origin. Visitors will be able to admire an exhibition of the cut flower, participate in specific workshops on its cultivation and discover the different types of teaproduced with the sprouts of Camellia Sinensis, in collaboration with the Camelia APS company.
The architects gardeners
There will be traditional workshops on pruning and repotting, the workshops dedicated to the care of gardens and terraces, With the expert advice of the gardener of Villa Necchi Campiglio, Luca Dell’Acqua. An appointment not to be missed is the meeting “The architects gardeners tell each other in Villa Necchi“. For those who want to make conscious purchases, a nursery expert will be available to provide personalized advice on the most indicated soils based on the needs of plants. Finally, thanks to the collaboration with the “The skill” association and the “Museum for all” project, The event will also be accessible to people with intellectual disabilitieswith a simplified and personal language brochure formed for the reception.
The days of the camellias
Spring also blooms in Casalzuigno, with the XXX edition of the “Days of the Camelie” at Villa della Porta Bozzolo a stone’s throw from Lake Maggiorewhich return on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April. A unique opportunity to admire and buy numerous varieties of camellias, from Floriculture of Lake Maggiore and the provinces of Verbania and Varese. The exhibition, organized according to species and nomenclature, will wind between the rooms of the villa and its monumental garden. Meetings with experts, creative workshops for children, guided tours and tastings of local products will be scheduled. For those who want to have lunch outdoors, a seasonal menu prepared by the Pro Loco of Casalzuigno will be available, to be enjoyed in the secret garden.
Herbarium: journey through the officinal plants
The Fai also dedicates a special appointment to the officinal plants, with the fifth edition of “Herbarium” at the Monastery of Torba on the weekend of 12-13 April. A theme that has its roots in the history of the place, where the nuns cultivated and worked medicinal and aromatic herbs. The program includes guided excursions to discover the officinal plants of the area. But also insights on their past and current uses, workshops for adults and children and the possibility of buying officinal herbs, bulbs, spices, essences, mothers dyes, spontaneous flowers and much more. “Herbarium” will also take place in 2025 in Villa dei Vescovi, on 5-6 Apriland al Avio Castle from 1 to 4 Mayoffering the public three different occasions to discover the charm and properties of medicinal plants.
Three days for the garden
But, the “highlight” event of the Spring of FAI, will, however, be The XXXIII spring edition of the “Three days for the garden”. In 2025 it will take place exceptionally on four days, from 1 to 4 May, at the Castle and Masino Park in Turin. An immersion in the world of sustainable gardening. Considered One of the most important and appreciated florovymatic manifestations of Italythe event is aimed at an ever wider audience of gardening enthusiasts, sector experts and simple nature lovers.
Colors and perfumes at the market exhibition
The market exhibition, curated by Emanuela Orsi Borio, It will host over one hundred nurserymen from all over Italy, selected for the quality and originality of their proposals. Visitors will be able to admire and buy a wide range of plants, flowers, shrubs, seeds and garden equipment, with particular attention to native varieties and rare species. The theme chosen for the 2025 edition is “The possible garden. Time, care “, An invitation to reflect on the importance of the care and maintenance of the gardens, intended as places of continuous transformation, in a constant dialogue between man and nature.
An even richer program
The cultural program will be full of presentations, meetings and workshops, with experts and gardeners who will share their experiences and knowledge on the subject of time and care, declined in different aspects:
- The time of the FAI: during which experts and gardeners will share the experience that Fai carries out in its “green” assets, with 50 years of commitment to the treatment of naturalistic and environmental heritage.
- Time of history: A journey into the culture of the gardens, from ancient Egypt to the architectural and botanical restoration of the gardens of the Redeemer in Venice, open to the public after an accurate intervention of recovery of the vegetable garden of the friars.
- the time it takes care: experiences of environmental and social rebirth, such as the Rogoredo forest and the recovery of the “Gardeners detained” in the Milan – Bollate prison through the care of plants and gardens.
- time dedicated to observation and listening to nature: from the productive model “in nature of nature” by Eleonora Giuliodori to the technological inventions that nature silently suggests us, told in the book “Nature does it better (and before)” by Giulio Volpi.
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