Attività – Agriturismo Il Gelso

Our Activities

A list of the services that the Agriturismo Il Gelso offers to you:

Guided tours tasting.
Educational farms, summer camp.
Course of traditional parmesan recipes with herbs, recognition and use of wild plants.
Training course of organic cultivation , fruit growing, gardening, residential, various ...

The Paths:

L’ arboreto dei frutti antichi, il vigneto e i frutti minori

From April to October

The "minor fruits", the vineyard.

the apples of the past and all the other fruits.
Organoleptic characteristics.
Cultivation, planting, pruning and biological treatments.
Pollination, fruiting, harvesting.
Grapes: pruning, cultivation, harvest, must, "sauce", wine.

Laboratorio del gusto: Flavors and aromas of the many varieties present in the farmhouse.

Laboratorio di trasformazione: Ancient recipes of "mixed" jams, sweet and sour preparation, syrups and drinks, cakes!

Laboratorio del fare: Fruit-bearing treatments (tying of branches, strawberry transplants, fruit picking).

Il Bosco, ovvero, l'Arboreto della Fola

Available all year long

The hill forest.

Recognition of trees and shrubs.
Forest care.
The forest animals (roe deer, foxes, badgers, squirrels, birds ...) Burrows, tracks, habits.
Walks and legends for young and old "inside the woods" or in front of the fire, according to the season.

Laboratorio delle emozioni: "Immersion" in the woods, embracing the tree, the two music of the forest, ancient fole.

Laboratorio del fare: According to the seasons, construction of huts, blocks, paths in the woods, role-playing games.

Laboratorio del sapere: Know and re-know the forms of life in the woods, photos, drawings, research (extensive bibliography available).

L' orto biologico e le erbe aromatiche

From March to October

Aromatic herbs, wild herbs

Many varieties of vegetables, even unusual ones. (yellow and purple green beans, thistles, borage)
Organic cultivation, sowing, transplanting and care, associations, composting, rotations.
Recognition and properties of aromatic herbs and wild herbs.

Laboratorio del fare: Sowing, transplanting, harvesting, composting.

Laboratorio di trasformazione: Raw salads with wild herbs, endless recipes with our vegetables, good for every season, flavored bread, colored pasta.

Laboratorio del sapere: Aromatic herbs: recognition, collection, conservation, use.