HORTICITY is a company specializing in planning, designing and implementing systems for the cultivation of fruit and vegetables in urban areas.

The garden made popular in the building of Via Gandusio

Horticity helps to satisfy the desire / passion to grow a vegetable garden on the terrace (mini-orchard) by creating a little piece of nature where not only grow traditional herbs (basil, rosemary and mint), but also tomatoes, zucchini and lettuce for home.

The techniques used are those typical of intensive crops off the ground but suitably modified to fit the space requirements, input and care of their little domestic production.

Horticity is also committed to the promotion and dissemination of the social value of the practice in urban horticulture and through participation in projects implementation and management of community gardens that provide counseling and training to associations of horticulturists.

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Saturday 22 and Sunday, October 23, 2011, from 9.30 to 18, the Masino Castle Park, in Caravino (TO), will host the seventh edition of the "Two days in the autumn", exhibition and market of unusual plants and special a spectacular show of colors and flavors of autumn, organized by the FAI - Italian Environmental Fund under the careful direction of the architect Paul Pejrone, founder and President of the Piedmont Garden.

The event this year will offer to all experts or simple gardening enthusiasts the unique opportunity to meet up with over 130 of the best Italian and European nurserymen, Masino to present their collections of point and interesting news. In this season of renewal and preparation for the next year, visitors can then read up on plants and flowers for the "garden that will be", and purchase rare and ancient orchard and garden products, which are usually difficult to find.

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WIP - WormInProgress is a nonprofit project which, first in Italy, promoting the spread of vermicompostaggio domestic

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providing information, assistance, recommendations, proposals. The vermicompostaggio home is a simple practice and virtuous, clean and hygienic, to turn waste into compost plant, through the action of earthworms. Requires only a tiny space in the apartment or on the balcony, needs no special maintenance. In addition, besides having a high ecological value because it reduces the problems resulting from landfill or incineration, can also become a source of income (with the resale of compost) or savings (with the reduction of the waste tax in regions rates apply "weight").

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FIORINSIEME BACK WITH "GREEN LIVING IN THE CITY" FROM 2 TO 25 SEPTEMBER TO BRESCIA

At the start of the eighth edition Fiorinsieme, an event organized by nurserymen Bresciani in collaboration with the Municipality of Brescia, which will be held 2 to 25 September 2011 and is ready to make a spectacular garden in Piazza Paolo VI, Piazza del Duomo Brescia.

The new edition is called "Living Green in the City" and will address the topic of wellness and life garden: architecture and design for the Green Brescia to transform into a Garden City.

Fiorinsieme 2011 will be a great urban living room decorated with a unique setting like the Brescia Cathedral with over 1200 square feet square for a month will provide citizens a new way to live downtown, including botanical walks, relaxation and exhibitions market.

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Floral Vanzo, the event dedicated to amateur gardeners will be back with the fifth edition in the traditional and prestigious park of Villa Giustiniani, St. Peter Viminario, Padua - Saturday 17 and Sunday, September 18, 2011. Vanzo Floral chooses the autumn, the best season for the garden to prepare land for planting bulbs, new plants, waiting for spring to give the best blooms.

It 's already in full swing the selection of exhibitors: nurserymen, nurserymen, craftsmen to ensure a quality required by our increasingly demanding and looking for ideas, suggestions and ideas.

In homage to the old rose garden of the park, always pride and passion of Robert and Lorenzo Giustiniani, the rose is the star of the exhibition with the latest collections: antique roses, botanical and modern. There are also over-blooming hydrangeas autumn, winter-flowering bulbous plants, the iris, ornamental grasses and herbaceous perennials. And more citrus and a rich collection of aromatic fruits antique and reclaimed materials, special attention to the apple in a wonderful collection of unusual species.

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There are many recipes for 'cooking' at home, with few resources and very little money, an effective pesticide DIY useful for most insect pests.

In this case we will have a product that does not damage the plants and which can be used up to the time of harvest because non-toxic. The ingredients are considered available without any effort, but it is certainly possible to replace them with others.

It would even be interesting to know the mixtures custom readers: if you want to share your recipe feel free to do so in the comments and we'll add it to this article.

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Saturday 14 and Sunday, May 15 will be held at Santarcangelo, the 23rd edition of the festival Balconies Bloom, an event born with commitment and creativity of the Association of We Rock., with the organization of Blue Nautilus srl.

Not just a flower market, but an entire city that is colored and dresses in colors and scents, with staging of the balconies and across the Square and the historic center, by nurserymen, producers and citizens.

They are expected to attract over 100 exhibitors divided between growers, producers and artisans, they will create a colorful garden where you can find: plants, flowers, succulents, bonsai, pots and crockery, garden furniture (wicker and wrought iron), machinery and equipment gardening, crafts floral essences, perfumes, herbal and natural products

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Return to successfully meet dedicated to green nursery.
From May 20 to 22 blooms again with the fourth edition of the "Perugia Flower Show", exhibition of rare and unusual plants.

Manufacturers specialized and accredited collectors bring on stage during the three days the best production nurseries.

The botanical peculiarities animate and adorn the gardens of Fronto, the green heart of the city of Perugia, as usual protagonists are therefore the flowers and plants from unusual varieties, colors and shapes more details.

Sponsored by the City and the Province of Perugia, the Umbria Region, the event is part of the most prestigious in Italy in the field of floriculture.
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In the month of blooming roses, which accompany the rows of the vineyards of Franciacorta, the wave of national success - and now even

international-that distinguishes this spring botanical shows that since the last edition has the honor to bear the Gold Medal of the President of the Republic, is preparing to welcome visitors with many new and excellent partner for a full program of events that will be the backdrop to the beautiful roses and colorful perennials, undisputed protagonists of the three days when the festival will take place.

After the Fattoria di Villa Maggi, and before that, Villa Monte Rossa, that were the backdrop for two full decades, in the middle of May, as usual, Franciacorta back in bloom, for the 13th edition at the Palazzo and Guarneri Bettoni Palace-Cazzago, two important historic houses of the Franciacorta area.

The event is organized by the City of Cazzago San Martino (Brescia) and the Pro Loco Hall and is sponsored by several public bodies, including relevant ministries, the Lombardy Region, the Province of Brescia, Brescia Chamber of Commerce , the National Union of Pro Loco of Italy (UNPLI) and the Presidency of the Republic.

Also this year the FAI delegation of Franciacorta - Sebino - Vallecamonica will be an active partner in the organization of Franciacorta in bloom, to guarantee the defense, preservation and promotion of the historical, architectural and landscape of this area.