The appointment with one of Friuli Venezia Giulia’s most eagerly awaited floricultural events is back.
The Doge Manin’s garden will host the event on 16 and 17 March 2024 from 9 a.m. to sunset.
You can find over 100 exhibitors with the most up-to-date proposals selected from all over Italy.
Plants and flowers, from historical specimens to the most recent ones, handicraft creations to furnish the house and the garden, vintage collections, wooden and ceramic objects, natural products.
All this in the setting of the Villa Manin park, which is waking up from its winter torpor with the customary flowering of daffodils in the central lawn.
There will also be refreshment points where it will be possible to refresh oneself with typical dishes and quick snacks.
Inauguration of the exhibition Abitare la luce
Saturday 16 March at 11:00 am
Opening ceremony of the exhibition Abitare la luce by the artist Stefano Tubaro at the exhibition hall on the first floor of the eastern barchessa with Mario Anzil Vice-President and councillor for culture and sport of the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, Guido Nardini Mayor of Codroipo and Guido Comis
Director of Erpac’s Cataloguing, Promotion, Enhancement and Territorial Development Service.
On Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March at 3.30 p.m., visitors will be able to visit the exhibition accompanied by the artist Stefano Tubaro with a dedicated guided tour.
Guided tours of the park (only in Italian)
Saturday 16 March at 10:00 a.m. – landscape tour by Giorgia Gemo
Sunday 17 March at 10:00 am – landscape and botanical visit by Giancarlo Stasi
and Edi Miculan
Guided tours have a limited number of participants, reservations are required by email at bookshop@villamanin.it or by phone at 0432.821258
Meeting point at the bookshop of Villa Manin in the eastern barchessa.
Proposal for children (in Italian)
Readings in the park (max 15 kids)
Saturday 16 march at 11 am – duration 1 hour
Together with the volunteer readers of the Nati per leggere point of the Codroipo Library we will meet under the big cedar tree to immerse ourselves in the stories and tales of nature.
Treasure hunt - for girls and boys aged 6 to 10 (max. 12 participants)
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March at 14:30 – duration approx. 1 hour
A map, puzzles to decipher, and treasure to find. Sharpen your eyesight and unearth the clues hidden in the park!
Villa Manin in Colour - for children aged 4 to 10 (max. 15 participants)
Saturday 16 March at 16:00 – duration 1 hour
We provide paper, games and colours, you provide your imagination to create a unique album
Kites at Villa Manin - for girls and boys aged 5 to 10 (2 groups max. 10 participants per group)
Sunday 17 March from 10:00 to 12:00 – duration about 1 hour, 2 shifts: from 10:00 to 11:00 and from 11:00 to 12:00
Have you ever built a kite? During this workshop we will make it together with paper, sticks and tape.
BestiarIO - for girls and boys aged 8 to 13 (max. 10 participants)
Sunday 17 March at 14:00 – duration 1 hour 30′
A cartoon drawing workshop organised together with illustrator Marco Tabilio. Together we will create imaginary maps populated by fantastic elements to reach our dreams.
The number of workshops for children is limited, booking is required by email to bookshop@villamanin.it or by telephone 0432.821258
Meeting point at the bookshop of Villa Manin – barchessa di levante
Workshops for adults (in Italian)
Spring Wreaths (max 10 persons)
Saturday 16 March at 16:00 – duration 2 hours
A workshop, devised by Martina Copetti, a specialist in eco-sustainable
eco-sustainable arrangements, to make garlands to hang on the door for the spring and Easter period, using sustainable techniques.
The Art of Spices (max. 15 persons)
Sunday 17 March at 15:00 – duration 1 hour 30 minutes
A journey through the various spices accompanied by the stories and suggestions of Valeria Calamaro, author of “Spices. Flavours of the World in the Kitchen”
and “Spices in the kitchen”. Each participant will be able to create their own sweet, savoury or aromatic blend to take away with them.
Conversations with exhibitors by Lili Soldatich (in Italian)
Saturday 16 March
Aromatics. Yesterday and today
at 12 noon at the Aromatiche Clagia stand
Orchids: Knowing Them to Keep Them at Their Best
15:00 at the Floricoltura Corazza stand
Ornamental Sages in the Mediterranean Garden in Times of Climate Change
16:00 at the stand of Azienda Agricola Ratto
Sunday 17 March
Adaptation Techniques of Fruit Plants to Climate Change
10:00 am at Dalmonte Samuele’s stand
Dianthus Friends of Pollinating Insects, Getting to Know and Use Them
12:00 noon at the Floricoltura Billo stand
Natural-style ponds, which plants to choose and the necessary maintenance
15:00 at the Arborea Farm stand
Meetings with authors (in Italian)
Saturday 16 March at 16:30 Stage in the Park
At the price of words. Poems and prose (Quodlibet, 2024) by Amedeo Giacomini
The poet and painter Ivan Crico, one of the editors of this latest collection by the greatest Friulian poet of his generation, dialogues with the literary critic Umberto Alberini
Sunday 17 March
at 11 a.m. Stage in the Park
Apprentice of Happiness. A life in the garden(Ponte alle Grazie, 2019) by Pia Pera
Writer and Gardenia contributor Nadia Nicoletti, founder together with Pia Pera of www.ortidipace.org, talks with journalist Anna Piuzzi
at 4.30 p.m. Stage in the park
Marco Polo. La via della seta (BeccoGiallo, 2024) by Marco Tabilio
Author Marco Tabilio, illustrator of what is considered “the journey of journeys”, talks with journalist Emily Menguzzato
Information and reservations
Admission to the event Nel giardino del Doge Manin (In the Doge Manin’s garden) is €3.00 per person (free of charge for those under 16 years of age, disabled persons and those accompanying them).
Tickets can be purchased at Villa Manin during the day of the event or online from 1 March on liveticket.it
In order to access the Villa Manin’s proposals, visitors must have a ticket for €8.00 full price and €5.00 reduced price (people aged 65 and over, boys and girls aged 12 to 18, students up to 26, disabled people) which can be purchased directly on site.
Children up to 12 years of age, one accompanying person per disabled person, ICOM members, FVG Card holders and journalists with a valid National Order card on duty are entitled to free admission to the villa.
Exhibitors
1. Agricola Monte San Pantaleone Cooperativa Sociale Onlus
2. B- Orto Peppers di Bortolon Filippo
3. Az. Agr. Quarnero Angelo di Marino Roberta
4. Bechis Roberta Il Melo Selvatico
5. I Fiori di Ophelia
6. Più Pazzi di Sara Jane Bowles
7. Del Fabbro Daniela
8. Lucchetta Afra Mariarosa
9. Lalazzo Artelier di Laura Dell’Erba
10. Bottega Barbarigo
11. Az. Agr. Puress.oil di Malalan Martina
12. Toniolo Patrizia
13. Az. Agr. Artemisia Bio di Brunetti Isabella
14. Az. Agr. Parco dei Principi di Mazzariol Marilena
15. Erbeluna di Nicolò Gaetani
16. Az. Agr. Perotto Marino
17. Creazioni Scortegagna
18. Fabbruzzo Maria Luisa
19. Dorigo Martino
20. Zanon Stefania
21. Il Buco nel Legno
22. Miele di Giovanna Dallaturca
23. Glorio Annalisa “Le Rose profumate di Glorio”
24. Az. Agr. Ratto Angelo Paolo
25. Paolatto Fabio
26. Dalmonte Samuele
27. Aromatiche Clagia Az. Agr. di Nadia Rizzuto
28. Soc. Agr. Zanelli Mauro
29. Agnelli Guido
30. Il Peccato Vegetale
31. Raziel Soc. Agr. Semplice
32. Vivaio Fior di Rosa di Sinigaglia Monica
33. Il Giardino dell’Eden
34. Floricoltura Billo Federico
35. Il Giardino delle Essenze Perdute
36. Susigarden – Az. Agr. Geotti & Lukas
37. Arborea Farm s.s. Soc. Agricola
38. Gardenesque
39. Cipriani Piante
40. Il Giardino Commestibile
41. Dalle Coste Steven
42. Regione Autonoma F.v.g.
43. Libreria Elle sas
44. Ermini & Mangani s.s.
45. Goria Luisella
46. Rifnik Garden & Plants
47. Adipa-Ass. Diffusione Piante tra Amatori
48. Il Casale della Via Francigena
49. Kovacova Gabriela
50. Terrecotte Venturi Vasco
51. Soc. Agr. Semplice “Vecio Pomer”
52. Damaskina ltd
53. Tamoflor
54. Sandron Antonella
55. Il Sole Rarità Botaniche di Garbin Luigina
56. Italsementi snc
57. Az. Agr.” I Fiori della Barisella”
58. Vases & Vasi di Samuele Bianchi
59. Chirpy Project
60. Diana Fabio
61. Iop Aromatiche
62. Soc. Agr. Morello Austera
63. Az. Agr. Rosellini Felice
64. Soc. Agr. Tara s.s.
65. Il Giardino Segreto di Capitanio Monica
66. Agricoltura Bonini Ezio
67. Luli-Sogno Secondo Natura di De Paoli Laura
68. Az. Agr. di fiore in fiore di Francesca Tonon
69. Gruppo Lugli Igiene Ambientale s.r.l.
70. Azienda Apistica Mamma Ape
71. Mariotti Paolo
72. Club Sakura Bonsai
73. Zero Gravity Sedie Sospese
74. Strauss Keramik kft.
75. Di Pietre di Legni
76. Mazzucco Daniela Dacquacorrente
77. Gastaldello Francesca
78. Magie dalla Terra di Antonella Miotto
79. Giordano Maurilio
80. Laboceramica di Elena Borgna
81. Adimbra di Chiappo Manuela
82. Gioielli Tumbaga
83. Mele Antiche di Martinazzo Giorgio
84. Italbenessere Società Cooperativa
85. Erikin Vrt Il Giardino di Erika
86. Sds Import Export
87. Campinoti Leonardo
88. Az. Agr. Kroitzabeg
89. Agrivello
90. Venice Gallery sas
91. Galliussi Daniela
92. Filipuzzi Diana (Femminis dal Borg)
93. Floricoltura Corazza
94. De Vecchi Antonella
95. Tela e Gramigna
96. Dclass s.r.l.
97. Nicò Singolare Femminile
98. Dolomite Officinali
99. Az. Agr. Gladich Lucia
100. Premiata Tessitura T.a.c.s. srl
101. Heidi Romen
102. Corte Tomasin di Tomasin Ellis
