Workshop of Spanish partners

Madrid, Spain On the occasion of Science Week, which will take place in November 2018, it will be held an activity organized by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and by Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Spain at the Parque del Buen Retiro and related to the European Erasmus+ project Campo dei Miracoli. In order to improve dissemination and collaboration between partners, the workshop carried out by Spanish partners is a symptom of good health and of the work done so far. The worskshop will include around 40 participants. It will take place, as has been done in other laboratories in Italy , within historic gardens surrounded by greenery, underlining the concordance of these… Read more

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Television service

Florence, Italy The Erasmus+ European project “Campo dei Miracoli”, on the occasion of the second Multiplier Event, had the merit of attracting the attention of the TGR, the regional public network of RAI. The video can be seen here. For the occasion, Monica Baldi, President of Associazione Culturale Pinocchio di Carlo Lorenzini , Antonella Falugiani, President of Associazione Trisomia 21 Onlus , Eleonora Pecchioli, President of Associazione per Boboli were interviewed. There was a remarkable attendance at the event, a sign of a heartfelt approval and dissemination of the Erasmus+ Project Campo dei Miracoli.

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Multiplier event

Florence, Italy Tuesday 2 October 2018 at 4.30 pm the second multiplier project event was held in Florence at the Giardino Torrigiani. The meeting, entitled “Beauty and usefulness: the double soul of historic gardens”, provided the opportunity to present the progress of the European project “Campo dei Miracoli” and the outputs so far achieved in enhancing the productive dimension of historic gardens through workshops and experiential visits aimed at people with Down Syndrome and other physical or intellectual disabilities. For the occasion, the fourth volume of the monumental work “I Giardini di Firenze” by Angiolo Pucci was presented, dedicated to the “Gardens and private gardens of the city” and together… Read more

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Second project mobility in Madrid (25/9-29/9)

Madrid, Spain All project partners met in Madrid to promote a concrete exchange of ideas and best practices developed within the European project Campo dei Miracoli. Meetings were held at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos to monitor the progress of the project and to trace the future lines of intervention. Particular attention was paid to the theme of social inclusion, with a visit to the Unidad de Atenciòn a Personas con Discapacidad and to the Juan XXIII Roncalli Foundation , as well as the enhancement of the historic gardens with a visit to the Jardin del Buen Retiro , of the present vegetable garden… Read more

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European Heritage Days 2018

Florence, Italy On the occasion of the European Heritage Days 2018, another of the experiential visits planned for the European project Campo dei Miracoli took place at the Boboli Gardens. The participants were able to discover the wonders of the garden and the lesser-known corners, such as the pomarium and the vineyard, which handed down the agricultural and productive vocation of the garden and preserve those ancient and rare varieties of fruits already recorded, between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , in the botanical inventories of Pier Antonio Micheli and in the most famous still lifes of the painter Bartolomeo Bimbi.

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Multiplier event “Beauty and utility: the double soul of historic gardens”

Associazione “Per Boboli” is happy to invite you to the multiplier event scheduled for Tuesday 2 October 2018 at 16.30  at the Giardino Torrigiani ( entrance from via Gusciana, 21 – Florence). For the occasion, the state of progress of the European project “Campo dei Miracoli”  will be illustrated, which aims at enhancing the productive dimension of historic gardens through laboratory activities and experiential visits to people with Down Syndrome, and the IV volume of the great book “I Giardini di Firenze” written by Angiolo Pucci, dedicated to the “Gardens and private gardens of the City”. Together with the curators of the work, Prof. Mario Bencivenni and Arch. Massimo de… Read more

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Pinocchio’s Birthday

07.07.2018, Florence, Italy On the occasion of the celebrations organized at Villa Bardini by Associazione Culturale Pinocchio di Carlo Lorenzini for the 137th anniversary of the world’s most famous puppet, the progress of the European project Campo dei Miracoli was presented,. Falling exactly in the middle of this important biennial course of growth and social inclusion, aimed at people with disabilities, the meeting provided an opportunity to realize what has been done in these first 12 months of work and to announce some of the important innovations that covered the second year of the project, such as the extension of activities to people with autism and depression as well as… Read more

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