This course aims at providing theoretical and practical knowledge on horticultural and ornamental cultivation techniques for who wants to start a garden.
Calendar (lessons are held in Italian):
- Friday 3.27.2026 < 18 - 20 > CLASSROOM ON LINE 1
- Saturday 3.28.2026 < 15 - 17 > OUTDOOR
- Friday 3.20.2026 < 18 - 20 > CLASSROOM ON LINE 2
- Saturday 3.21.2026 < 15 - 17 > OUTDOOR
- Friday 4.10.2026 < 18 - 20 > CLASSROOM ON LINE 3
- Saturday 4.12.2026 < 15 - 17 > OUTDOOR
- Saturday 5.9.2026 < 15 - 17 > CLASSROOM 4 + OUTDOOR
- Saturday 6.6.2026 < 15 - 17 > CLASSROOM 5 + OUTDOOR
- Saturday 6.27.2026 < 15 - 17 > CLASSROOM 5 + OUTDOOR
For practical activities in the field there is also the possibility of participating in gardening work in the garden for volunteers.
Topics
- Soil
- flowerbed arrangement
- intercropping
- sowing in pot and soil
- plant’s maintenance, diseases and remedies for parasites
- harvest
The lessons are held by Enrico Lazzari agronomist, friend of the Hortus Urbis, expert in natural horticulture and ornamental gardening.
- Address: Hortus Urbis, via Appia Antica 42/50, Rome
- Fee: Suggested donation of 80.00 € for person
- Free placements reserved to 3 teachers.
- Limited availability
Additional information:
- Outdoor parking
- On line lectures and outdoor hands-on gardening in the Hortus Urbis
- In case of rain the activities will be post-poned
How we will spend your donation:
- We’ll buy materials and plants for the course activities
- We’ll buy materials and plants for the maintenance and improvement of the Hortus Urbis
FOR INFORMATION OR TO SIGN UP: hortus.zappataromana@gmail.com – www.hortusurbis.it
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How to reach us
Hortus Urbis at the former paper mill “ Cartiera Latina”, via Appia Antica, 42 /50 (near the fountain)
Bike: Cristoforo Colombo bike route and Circonvallazione Ardeatina.
Bus: 118 and 218 on the Appia Antica (Domine Quo Vadis stop) or 30express, 714 and 715 (Cristoforo Colombo/Bavastro stop or Cristoforo Colombo/Circonvallazione Ostiense stop) and then short walk along the Circonvallazione Ardeatina in the Scott Park.
Car: parking at via Carlo Conti Rossini, Largo Gavaligi, via Omboni, via Scott and surroundings and then short walk along the Circonvallazione Ardeatina in the Scott Park.
