May 23 - September 28, 2025
Cervia, Milano Marittima, Pinarella, Tagliata
Cervia Garden City
From May to September, the green spaces of Cervia, Milano Marittima, Pinarella, and Tagliata dress up with plants, flowers, and artistic decorations, transforming the town into an explosion of colours and scents that enchants visitors and residents alike during Cervia Garden City - Green Energy, the Seed of the Future.
The event is now in its 53rd edition and starts with Green Market, the market exhibition in the centre of Cervia of nurseries, plants and flowers, bonsai, succulent plants and natural products.
The inauguration of Cervia Città Giardino is scheduled for 28 May, with the presentation to the city of the high quality, creative and truly excellent work carried out by all participants.
The original gardens and incredible floral arrangements, created by the Masters of Green from cities, companies, institutions, schools and Italian and foreign associations and taken care of by the Green Service of the Municipality of Cervia, can be seen throughout the summer. In total, about sixty cities and Italian and European delegations are collaborating with the administration to realise the initiative.
A rich programme of collateral events will offer engaging experiences for adults and children, such as guided tours, exhibitions, workshops for children, teenagers and families, honey extraction, meetings with experts, show cooking, performances, artistic and craft creations, and much more. Initiatives include guided tours in the evocative Duca d'Altemps Wood, explorations of the botanical garden of forgotten fruits, and meditative walks in the greenery.
An event dedicated to lovers of gardening, herbalism, natural products and more.
Discover all the initiatives, stroll along the flowery paths and be inspired by the beauty of nature!
Program
Preview - 25th-26th May
Mi.Ma in Bloom
On Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May in the centre of Milano Marittima Mi.Ma in fiore anticipates the inauguration of Cervia Città Giardino.
A flower market where you can indulge in plant and flower shopping in the heart of the Garden City, cheered by musical shows and performances by street artists.
Tuesday 28th May
Cervia Garden City Opening Ceremony
Viale Roma, Rotonda della Pace
3.30 p.m.
Inauguration of the 52nd edition in the presence of the delegations taking part in the event.
Guest of honour H.E. Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna and President of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
AalenFriendship Concert Big Band der Musikschule
Piazza Garibaldi, Cervia
9.00 p.m.
In concert the Big Band of the Aalen Music School (Germany).
Guided tours of the Casa delle Aie and the Botanical Garden of Forgotten Fruits
17 June, 8 and 29 July, 19 August, 9 September
Casa delle Aie, Via Aldo Ascione 4, Cervia
5.00 p.m.
Discovering some of Cervia's traditional places, real gems with an ancient and genuine flavour: the Casa delle Aie (farmyard house) and the Botanical Garden, where there are over 40 tree species of forgotten fruits.
Organised by the Casa delle AIE Cultural Association.
Free participation, no booking required - Only in Italian
Meditative Walks in the Pinewood
18 June, 16 July, 20 August
Entrance from Via Emilia - Pinarella pinewood
from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
2 July, 6 August, 3 September
Entrance from Via Sicilia - Tagliata pinewood
from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Meditative Walks are free of charge and suitable for anyone wishing to return to the calmness of the heart, the stillness of the mind and their own essence, which is our true nature.
Led by Maria Teresa Tartaglia.
Info and bookings: +39 338 8236900
Reading cycle “Storie in giardino”
Readings and workshops for children aged 2 to 7.
Tuesday 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 July
Biblioteca Cervia Maria Goia, Circonv. E, Sacchetti 111/Cervia
5.00 p.m.
The readings will be held in the garden of the Alessandrini School - Entrance from the Library. In the event of bad weather they will be held inside.
Free activities - Only in Italian.
Reservation recommended.
Info and bookings: +39 0544-979384 / biblioteca@comunecervia.it
Festival of RIGHTS at the Slow Park
4 September
Entrance from Via Emilia - Pinarella and Tagliata pinewood
3.30 p.m.
A funny afternoon looking for tracks and clues throughout Pinarella and Tagliata pinewood.
Free participation. Info: +39 320 2213954
52nd edition Cervia Città Giardino: for RIGHTS Environment Sport Education
Europe’s largest Open-Air Floral Art Exhibition
Until the end of September
The gardens, flower beds, sculptures amidst the green are displayed like in an “open air museum” during all Summer, spread in different spots of Cervia, Milano Marittima, Pinarella and Tagliata.
Cervia Garden City
Founded in 1972 under the name ‘Maggio in Fiore’ (May in Bloom) from an idea of Germano Todoli and continued by his son Riccardo, the event took on its current name in the 1990s, to enhance the environmental characteristics of the area, which in the early 20th century stimulated the painter and town planner Giuseppe Palanti to create the garden city here. Today, as in the past, the world-famous event aims to safeguard greenery and nature in the name of friendship between peoples. Every year, Master Gardeners from over 60 Italian and foreign cities, organisations, companies, and associations are invited to Cervia to set up more than 60 green areas in May, creating Europe’s ‘largest open-air floral art exhibition’.
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