Green is not only a friend of health but also offers numerous job opportunities
By cultivating a passion for nature, a job has blossomed. Small journey among green lovers, who have transformed a lifestyle into a profession.
The green economy is the economy of the future
What do a girl who runs a nursery and an artisan who makes jewelry with flowers have in common?
Love for nature and an intuition. Green is not only a friend of health. It offers numerous job opportunities.
The green economy, which considers the environment as an investment and not a resource to be exploited, includes every activity on our planet, from sustainable agriculture to waste recovery. It is considered the economy of the future. In Italy alone it employs over 3 million people.
Women and greenery
For women who love nature and greenery, there are many possible professions. Nurseries, gardener, floral designer, artisans who invent new trades and specialized traders.
To get to know these professions better you shouldn't miss the two events most important in Italy. Floracult in Rome, a large laboratory in which to learn or perfect plant cultivation techniques.
Horticultural in Milan, showcase for the research nursery in our country.
Italian women who have carved out a tailor-made job thanks to their passion for greenery
Maria Cazzaniga, 23, opened a nursery in 2013 with her boyfriend Giovanni. They grow ornamental and edible plants. They have specimens of the Italian spontaneous flora and plants suitable for the cold, coming from Northern Europe.
They are also producers of rhubarb. They grow it in pots and in the ground and then make a jam that they also sell online.
Margherita Gualco, 39, cultivates, dries and plasticizes flowers which he then transforms into bijou. Earrings, necklaces, bracelets. He owns a garden in which he grows the flowers he buys at fairs or nurseries and which then become the material for his creations.
Giorgia Marinelli, 25, works in a shop that sells exotic plants. It also creates customized furnishing terrariums, capable of reproducing a tropical or desert space of enormous scenic impact in the home. Rettilinea.it
A collection of clothes and accessories designed for those who love being in the green
Chiara Vadini, 31, has a company that sells green-inspired clothes, accessories and furnishing accessories. Some are imported, others bought in the flea markets and others made by her and her collaborator Carlotta Tortora.
The shop is located in the historic home of Chiara's family, in Brusasco, Turin. Inside the orangery there are products for the garden, handmade tablecloths with vegetable colors, handcrafted aprons, clothes and bags for those who love being outdoors.
