From next Friday 20 to Sunday May 22, 2016 Todi Fiorita, flower and gardening exhibition – organized by the local association Verdetodi and the City Hall of Todi – is back in town!
The event – ninth edition – is hosting more than fifty exhibitors: farmers, growers, keepers of rare seeds, exterior and interior designers, gardeners, craftsmen, small producers of excellent food and natural cosmetics.
The event is taking place in the historic center of Todi: Piazza del Popolo, Piazza Garibaldi, San Fortunato’s steps, Oberdan Gardens.
The flower and gardening fair is opening on Friday 20 at 4pm, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 from 9.30am to 8pm
The programme also includes concerts and art events among the beautiful colours and scents:
Friday MAY 20
4pm – Opening
Portici Comunali – Vaults of the Municipal buildings
4pm-8pm – Finestre aperte su Todi – Open windows on Todi
Painting exhibition by G. Bagli
Bar del Teatro – Theatre bar
5pm – Live music by Duo Acustico Babacar
Portici Comunali
Saturday MAY 21
9am-8pm – Finestre aperte su Todi – Open windows on Todi
Painting exhibition by G. Bagli
Bar del Teatro – Theatre bar
10am – Meet up with the American painter Caridad Barragan
Giardini Oberdan
3.30pm – Il mio Fiore: drop-in drawing workshop by Caridad Barragan
Giardini Oberdan
5pm – Il giardino di Jacopone – Jacopone’s garden
Musical and drama show on Jacopone da Todi, friar and poet born in Todi in the Middle Ages.
Following visit to Palazzo Pongelli Gardens and tasting of a local speciality: coratella d’agnello.
Booking required. Info: Todiguide.com cell. 3894246262 – info@todiguide.com
Cloister of San Fortunato – Chiesa di Sant’Ilario – Palazzo Pongelli
6pm – Live music in Piazza del Popolo by Duo Acustico Babacar
Sunday MAY 22
9am-8pm – Finestre aperte su Todi – Open windows on Todi
Painting exhibition by G. Bagli
Bar del Teatro – Theatre bar
3.30pm – Il mio Fiore: drop-in drawing workshop by Caridad Barragan
Giardini Oberdan
5pm – From Bizet to Morricone through Carlo della Giacoma – Concert
Ensamble Crispolti-Carlo della Giacoma
Conductor M° Claudio Baffoni
San Fortunato’s steps
This ninth edition is devoted to the Biodiversity and the preservation of the Umbrian environment with an area [Vaults of the Municipal Buildings and Piazza Garibaldi] dedicated to ancient tree and fruit varieties, ancient legumes and rare seeds saved from the exinction.
More information [in Italian]: www.todifiorita.it
Official hashtag: #todifiorita