Orticolario 2024
"Terrae," between soil and phytodepurative plants
From October 3 to 6, 2024, at Villa Erba, on Lake Como.
Rare plants and artistic craftsmanship with over 250 carefully selected exhibitors.
Art and design installations tailored to theme and plant of the year.
Creative Projects in Competition.
An extensive cultural programme including workshops, meetings and performances.
A wide range of workshops and experiences for children.
A centuries-old park overlooking Lake Como.
A meeting place for lovers of beauty, innovation and culture, where nature and art come together in an immersive and timeless experience.
The theme is the soil
To the cyclical nature of the soil which is the cyclical nature of life. To the memory of the soil that preserves the signs of our passage. To the fertility of the ground which is depth, momentum and growth. A return to the origin of everything, to the fallow land, to the secret place where the powerful magic invisible to us happens. Where the seed germinates and the root draws nourishment. Where everything begins and everything ends. From soil to soil.
Phytodepurators are the star plants
Silent friends of the planet, they restore water and soil polluted by humans in an alliance that is not always respected and appreciated.
They absorb carbon dioxide through their leaves, activating a chemical process useful for other plants and for the phytoremediation of the soil.
Over 400 species recognized for their precious activity of transforming pollutants: herbaceous, shrubby and arboreal plants guarantee the redevelopment of life’s source of survival.
IN THE CENTRAL PAVILION
Semi a terra, parole alate
by Vittorio Peretto | Hortensia
At Orticolario 2024, words fly quickly and sprout in the heart of the Central Pavilion, the agora, the cultural center of the event.
ph. Giulio Boem
THE GUEST OF HONOR
Michele De Lucchi
architect, founder of AMDL CIRCLE
“They are the ones who take care of the landscape, who make it beautiful, fresh, and natural. They don’t even know what ugly means. Everything they do is beautiful, original, and authentic. They never make mistakes and know how to transform the dirtiest and most disordered corner into a piece of earthly paradise.”
They are the trees, and to say so Michele De Lucchi
Altro Livello (Other level)
By Annalisa Ferraris and Lino Zubani
In the “Piazza del Grande Prato”, the project dedicated to the Plants of the edition tells the story of phytodepuration from an unusual perspective, highlighting the extraordinary ability of plants and microorganisms to revive, transform, regenerate.
INTERNAZIONAL COMPETITION
Creative Spaces
Eight finalists are called to celebrate the importance of soil by creating original and innovative spaces. Livable and usable gardens capable of defining a different landscape experience.
ART & DESIGN
Shape to enchantment, to live according to nature
Art projects to reflect, transcend, and shape enchantment. Design installations to live according to nature, thinking of the garden as a true living room.
EVENTS PROGRAM
Preparing the soil to sow knowledge
Meetings, activities, performances. To inspire, surprise, and spread culture.
WORKSHOPS, PERFORMANCES, EXPERIENCES
For Children
di Vittorio Peretto | Hortensia
For the gardeners of the future, an immersion in the natural world.
RARE PLANTS
Folia
Orticolario 2024 celebrates wonder with its own unique cabinet de curiosités set up in the Gazebo in the Park, inspired by the ancient wunderkammer.
