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In 2025, we opened Horti Bistrot, a place that is not just a restaurant, but a space for growth and new opportunities. Every day, people with disabilities and prisoners benefiting from Article 21 participate in a training course for waiters and waitresses.

Here they learn about service, mise en place and professional skills, but above all they regain self-confidence and build their future. All this is possible thanks to work grants, which are essential tools for ensuring a real, dignified and supported path to integration.

With concrete support, our young people have the opportunity to test themselves, train and start afresh. Supporting a work grant means offering a chance for independence, inclusion and redemption. You too can make a difference: support a work grant, support the future of Rebecca and Adil.

Watch the video, to find out how much good you can do.

The next Aperilibro event will take place on Wednesday 10 June at 7:00 pm, featuring Edoardo Lombardi Vallauri and his book "L’italiano in bilico" (Il Mulino, 2026). The author will be in conversation with journalist Mauro Querci.

Admission is free, and those who wish may enjoy an aperitif for €10 (including a drink). Book via the link. Download the flyer.

Horti is organising a Farmers’ Market to support food biodiversity, small-scale farms and social projects in the Pavia area.

Farmers and producers affiliated with Alveare che dice sì Pavia, Cooperativa Sociale Balançin, Acli Terra and Coldiretti Pavia, together with Orto del noi – a social farming project involving vulnerable young people and unaccompanied foreign minors – will take part in the Farmers’ Market throughout the day on 21 June. Seasonal fruit and vegetables, honey and saffron, wine, bread and cured meats, cheese, preserves and much more. Learn more about the Domenica di Comunità programme

Is your favourite jumper full of holes? Are your jeans torn or worn out? Marta Ricchiardi, known as Rapazebu, is a professional mender who teaches people how to mend (and do all sorts of other things with soft threads).

She has been featured on Radio Popolare and in Vanity Fair. In this workshop you’ll learn the basics of visible mending before getting stuck into mending your own beloved garments. We’ll discuss fibres, the properties of materials and stitches, as well as the stories behind the garments and the people who wore them. Bring along the item you want to mend and book your place at the link. 

Free entry with a compulsory sign up. Learn more about the Domenica di Comunità programme

Simone Miraldi, the park guide, will be taking us on a walk through the Horti on 21 June at 3:30 pm. We will explore the different areas of the park, from the Comunità degli Alberi to the pond, and on to the new artwork, "Origine" by Maria Cristina Carlini.

Learn more about the Domenica di Comunità programme

Horti Poetry Slam is back. Hosted by Sam Kabauter and Antonio Amadeus Pinnetti. We look forward to seeing you on 21 June at 6:30 pm at Horti Bistrot!

Would you like to take part? Send an email with two poems attached and a short biography to poetryslamlombardia@gmail.com with the subject line "Horti Poetry Slam".

The rules are simple: 

- poems must be original and written by the participant themselves

- props, costumes and background music are not permitted

- each round lasts three minutes

- the audience votes

Learn more about the Domenica di Comunità programme