Horti Tergestini in 2010  at its fifth edition,   has asserted itself as one of the most remarkable    flower show of  the Northern Italy. Many factors have contributed to this success. Certainly its historical role of gate to  Eastern Europe, but also our recognized organizational skills and last but not least the high quality of the exhibitors.

The  guest of honour of this edition   is Mirella Presot Collavini,  the most beloved gardener of  our region and  best known as the Dame of the Violets, a  title that really becomes her and  so charming as the garden that she has created in Rivignano.

During this year so quickly past, San Giovanni’s park has  undergone further  restoration work and a  Rose Garden has been formally inaugurated in October 2009, that aims at ranking among the most noteworthy  in our country with its – for now -  more than five thousand varieties. Yet,  the rose is not only a flower, as we can discover during our talk with the herbalist Christel Garassich.

The programme is rich. For the littlun’s it includes  the presentation of two books and the access to special workshops. For veteran gardeners there will be a most appealing opportunity to talk with Erika Skabar about the search for a new landscape language filtered through Ippolito Pizzetti’s and Renzo Piano’s achievements.
As usually, there will be practical lessons in composting, on  bonsai techniques and also on  orchids  cultivation.

Experience tells us that the  infectious enthusiasm of passions is not affected by crisis, yet  great help may come from local administrations, for instance through the competition “Comuni Fioriti del FVG”, now at its third edition, and from  citizens through events like “Giardini Privati Aperti”, as we shall learn from Valentino Filipin.
 
Hence, people may  come to Horti Tergestini not just to buy ‘plenty of plants’  but also to improve their   horticultural  theory and praxis while discovering that gardening can also be a powerful economic driving force.