Floreka 2025 will be held on May 10 and 11 at Parco Camozzi in Ranica (BG) with the theme “I love nature”, dedicated to biophilia: the innate connection between humans and nature. The event combines a flower and plant market exhibition, crafts, workshops, sensory laboratories, art and music. Organized by Petali & Parole with the Municipality of Ranica, it promotes environmental awareness and love for greenery. Free admission, rich program for all ages.

Floreka 2025

FLOREKA IS BACK, 17TH EDITION, IN THE NAME OF BIOPHILIA

Two days – May 10 and 11 – dedicated to the world of flowers and greenery, curated by the Petali e Parole association in collaboration with the Municipality of Ranica, under the centuries-old trees of the Camozzi Park in Ranica.

Biophilia is the theme chosen for the 2025 edition, the seventeenth.

April 2025, Ranica (Bg) – Feeling “alive” in the middle of a forest, on a meadow, caressing the bark of a tree, in nature to be experienced and perceived with all five senses. There is a word that tries to express a concept of rare power and breadth: “biophilia”, from the union of two Greek words, bio (life) and filia (love). And it will be precisely this love for vital processes, for nature in general (because nature is “life”),

the common thread of Floreka 2025, “I love nature”, the traditional Bergamo market-exhibition – organized by the Petali & Parole Association in collaboration with the Municipality of Ranica – dedicated to the world of floriculture and greenery care, now in its seventeenth edition.

The Show

A weekend – Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May – dedicated to environmental awareness and respect, or rather, love for nature, among the centuries-old plants and relaxation areas of the Camozzi Park in Ranica (Bergamo).

Two days full of flowers and “many other beautiful things”: exhibition – market, plants and gardening, quality craftsmanship, laboratories, workshops, aperitifs with music, refreshment area, silent disco and more. The novelty of 2025 is the presence, along the route of the event, of small installations that will allow visitors to have sensory experiences of nature and many of its aspects.

Theme of the year: Biophilia

The theme of the 2025 edition is “Biophilia”,

word first coined in the 1960s in psychoanalysis to describe the psychological orientation of human beings to be attracted to everything that is alive and vital.

A concept that has expanded to other fields of inner research (such as the aspiration to achieve harmony with what surrounds us), and is also used in the field of evolutionary biology and sustainable architectural planning. For Floreka, the key concept is precisely that of the co-evolution between man and nature, to be perceived as interdependent and intertwined elements: the human being is in fact an inseparable part of nature, with which he evolves in a continuous process of transformation and adaptation.

The talk with Sandro Degni at Floreka 2025

Let’s talk about Biophilia

Sandro Degni sostiene che la prima lotta biologica siete voi come anche per l’acqua.

Alle piante non serve tanto l’acqua quanto l’umidità del terreno che gli permetta di vivere, quindi meglio poca spesso che tanta una volta al giorno. Il minuto anche nell’orario caldo può aiutare l’umidità, soprattutto se si hanno dei vasi in metallo.

The exibitors

This year too, over fifty exhibitors are expected, coming from all over Italy, ready to present a rich offer of plants, flowers and gardening products, as well as agricultural and artisanal products.

The program of the two-day event

Saturday 10th May:

• 10:00 am: Opening of the XVII Edition of the Floreka exhibition-market
• 10:30 and 14:00: Workshop Discovering wild plants

Excursion to the Ranica hills with Erica Pozzi – Gli Orsini (booking by email gliorsini.erbe@gmail.com; cost per person €25.00)

• 12:00 Talk Good, beautiful and … different with Cristina Coletto of ISchool and the Association of Friends of the Botanical Garden

Show Cooking and biodiverse auction with refined varieties of lettuce grown by the Aretè Social Cooperative

• 2.30pm Basket Weaving Workshop with Davide Gotti from I Cesti dell’Orso (book by phone at 3383772589, cost per person €20.00)
• 3:00 pm BeeLab Workshop, Natural Laboratory with Nicole Scudeletti of BZZZ: working with and for bees at the bee house in Camozzi park (booking by phone at 328 6183674, cost per person €3.00)
• 3:30 pm Talk, Biophilia on the terrace

Conversation and workshop with Sandro Degni of 100Giardini

• 6.30pm Aperiflower dj set with Dj Lola and then, at dusk, Silent Disco SHHHH: let’s dance with the trees and among the trees

Sunday 11th May:

• 10:00 am Tour Gianfranco’s garden, guided tour with Doctor Gianfranco Cattaneo for his extraordinary private garden, a green jewel of 2000 square meters. Departure from Parco Camozzi at 9:45 am – 10:45 am – 11:45 am – 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Free participation upon reservation via email to biblioteca@comune.ranica.bg.it
• 10:30 am and 4:00 pm: Botanical Bookbinding Workshop with Caterina Francolini: stop time by making a small botanical notebook (reservation required via email caterinafrancolini@hotmail.com, cost per person €10.00)

5:30 pm Performance Risonanze Live Guitar Solo with Davide Capoferri, an acoustic, vibrational and tactile experience.

The talk with Sandro Degni at Floreka 2025

Let’s talk about Biophilia

Also this year the long-awaited meeting with the garden and terrace designer Sandro Degni arrives. Long-awaited because there are very few opportunities to listen to the experience of a professional who puts his preparation at everyone’s disposal. You can find him on Saturday at 3:30 pm in the central lawn.

Also scheduled for Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th May are:

Kokedama Workshop, creative workshop with Miss Kokedama (booking on site);

Art Lab Workshop: Natural Instinct, workshops for children 3+ by Trentunodi (10:30 and 15:30, cost per person 10.00 euros, booking at info@trentunodi.it)

Shiatsu massages in the green with Luca Cammarota (to be booked on site).

If you want to know what other events are scheduled in the north, center and south of Italy just consult this article Spring Market Exibitions 2025

Now on horseback! The work awaits us! Our new wonderful outdoor space is about to be born!

GOOD WORK and…if you have any questions, write to info@mondodelgiardino.com

Image sources: for the photos, thanks to the Petali e Parole Association.