6th and 7th June
Thursday 6
9:00-10:00 h
Registration of attendees, visit to the exhibition space, coffee.
10:00-10:30 h
Presentation of Viridalia Forum. In charge of the Association of Nurseries of Barcelona, Mercat de Flor i Planta Ornamental de Catalunya , DACC and Vilassar Town Council
10:30-11:15 h
Sergi Massanés Borrós, gardener and teacher, specialized in Mediterranean gardening: “Training the gardeners of the future under the light of Mediterranean Gardening”
11:15-12:15 h
Coffee break
12:15-13:00 h
Ricard Fernàndez, Geologist and professor of the Postgraduate Forest and Health at the University of Girona: “The relationship between Health and Urban Green”
13:30 h
Lunch
15:30-17:00 h: Round Table
“Challenges and opportunities of the green sector”. Moderated by Jorge Muñiz
- Francesc Casas Crop consultant
- Pepe Ruiz Producer and wholesale exporter of Horticultura Ruiz
- Josep Maria Pitarque. Manager of the central purchases and services Aliat Grup.
- Cati Montserrat Head of gardening projects in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
- Xavier Fabregas Agronomist and Landscape Engineer, Professor and Director of the School of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in Barcelona
17:00-18:00 h
Afternoon snack
Friday 7
9:00-10:00 h
Registration of attendees, visit to the exhibition space, coffee.
10:00-10:45 h
Dani Lacueva from Jardineria Artística Babilon: “New trends in vertical gardening in Barcelona”
10:45-11:45 h
Coffee break
11:45-12:30 h
Joan Batlle, architect and landscape architect from Batlle i Roig, “Merging city and nature”
12:30 h
Closing
13:00 h
Lunch
16:00 h
Closure of the Viridalia Forum
