Appointment in the garden, 'green' weekend throughout Italy. On Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 June, throughout Italy, it will be possible to participate in over 300 events hosted in over 200 parks and gardens. Some open exceptionally, as part of the initiative called "Appointment in the garden".
Appointment in the garden
The event is promoted by Apgi-Association of Italian Parks and Gardens with the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and the National Association of Italian Municipalities, with the support of Ales Spa and the contribution of ICS-Istituto per il Credito Sportivo. Now in its sixth edition, it was born in accordance with the initiative Rendez-vous aux jardins which takes place simultaneously in over 20 European countries. To underline the strong commitment of the Ministry of Culture, through a specific investment by the Pnrr, in the preservation and revitalization of historic gardens, which are among the constitutive elements of the Italian artistic and cultural heritage. In this regard, the event will allow the public to range from emblematic historical places to small amateur gardens. In some cases these are extraordinary openings: an opportunity to admire gardens not normally open to the public or open only on special occasions.
The partnership
Some important sites will also participate in the initiative UNESCO, such as Villa D'Este, the Palace of Caserta, the Medici Gardens of Boboli and Cerreto Guidi. And numerous Fai sites, as many as 12, such as the Garden of Kolymbethra ad Agrigento e Villa della Porta Bozzolo in Lombardy. Important, as usual, the participation of private historic houses, which will open their own prestigious gardens such as Villa Zileri Motterle and the Castle of Thiene in Veneto, the Garden of Palazzo Pfanner and Villa Pozzolini in Tuscany. And, again, the Castle of Torre in Pietra in Lazio and Villa Miralfiore in Pesaro, a significant example of a sixteenth-century garden. The participation of Italian municipalities is also large: from Lavis, in Trentino, where the new and spectacular Giardino dei Ciucioi is located in Cittanova in Calabria, whose Villa Carlo Ruggiero it constitutes one of the most interesting examples of Villa Comunale in the South.