Orticola 2022, from 5 to 9 May the exhibition of flowers and plants in Milan

An event full of news where there will also be space to relive some pills of his magical 25 years and of the nurserymen who believed in her from the beginning. And to discover, at the same time, the new ones arriving with their strange, unknown and particular plants. Without forgetting the moments diverted to courses and workshops, the flagship of the exhibition-market.

Dialogues in the garden, the schedule of appointments

Among the news there is certainly “Dialogues in the garden”, a new schedule of debates and presentations with international guests, institutional personalities and botanical experts. The first appointment will be the meeting dedicated to “Eco-sustainability between Milan and London” Thursday 5 May at 5 pm.

Friday 6 May at 11Filippo Pizzoni, together with Michael Marriott, one of the most important rhodologists in the world, also known as a designer of rose gardens and for his cultivation criteria, and Paolo Pozzo, owner of the homonymous nursery, will lead to the discovery of “The English roses, born from the inspiration of one of the greatest European hybridizers, David Austin”.

Saturday 7 and Sunday 8, always at 11, we will go instead “Discovering the Passionflower”.

A special peony for Orticola’s 25th anniversary

And to celebrate these “magical” 25 years, in the exhibition will be presented for the first time Paeonia “Orticola Milano”, created by Roberto Gamoletti, author of ‘Orticola Milano’ who has been dealing with the hybridization of peonies at an amateur level for 25 years.

His passion for creating new varieties of peony with controlled pollination has been enriched over the years by exchanging experiences and materials with well-known North American and European hybridizers.

The new nurserymen of Orticola

In addition to the historical nurserymen, those who have been present at the exhibition for 25 years, Orticola, this year, also presents a group of new ones. Young people, start-ups, family heirsselected because they directly produce or recover and reproduce ancient plants already present in the area, they favor organic methods or cultivation methods aimed at reducing the environmental impact, for example with biodegradable and reusable pots.

In addition to the water lily… there is more

Also this year, Orticola, thanks to the discoveries and the work of its nurserymen, can present some of the most particular and special plants and flowers that can be found, managing to amaze again. And so did the public will have the opportunity to admire the Dionaea muscipula Carboni Ardenti who eats with his mouth just like us.

There Plantago sempervirenswhose generic name derives from the Latin “planta” which means “sole of the feet” because it grows in trodden environments, presented by La Pépinière Botanique de Vaugines.

Don’t miss the Marrubium friwaldskyanum an endemic Bulgarian species, under the protection of that country’s biodiversity law. And there‘Anthurium luxurians and Monstera oblique proposed by Plant that Plant, located near Malmö in Sweden.

Learn to Orticola

Always considered a “plus” of Orticola, the free moments of meeting for adults and children are also present this year. During the days of the exhibition-market you can participate in a conference on the organic garden or learn how to weave leaves with willow branches, build natural vases, discover the secrets of pomegranate or Japanese maples or create mini hotels for insects, participate in book presentations and floral decoration courses.

There participation in meetings, workshops and courses is free and free while seats last.

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