Padua celebrates National Tree Day with events and new plantings.

Like every year, the Municipality of Padua, On the occasion of National Tree Day on November 21, it is organizing a program of events to celebrate its precious tree heritage of over 65.000 specimens, an irreplaceable source of well-being available to the entire community.

A resource that has grown significantly in recent years, thanks to over 22.000 new plants, new urban forests such as the one in Via Armistizio and the ordinary management of public greenery, aimed at making the city of Padua an increasingly beautiful and healthy place to live. The initiatives, addressing different categories of public, intend to underline the value of urban greenery for the quality of life of all citizens, examining aspects related to the care of this resource so fundamental for the city and its strategic valorization in a sustainability perspective.

It starts on Tuesday 19th November with the evening organized by the CAI – Italian Alpine Club dedicated to the monumental trees of Padua, an opportunity to learn more about our green “jewels”: trees that, due to their characteristics and value, have been included in the national register of monumental trees. The meeting is at 20.45:10 pm, at the association's headquarters, in via Gradenigo XNUMX.

Thursday 21 November, instead, meeting in the new green area of ​​Pua Margherita, in the Forcellini area. From 9.30:250 am, citizens are invited to participate in the planting of some trees in the new park under construction, which will be embellished with over 12 trees. The event will be attended by the Councilor for Green, Parks and Urban Agriculture Antonio Bressa, the volunteers of Legambiente, the forestry carabinieri of Padua and the classes of the Forcellini and San Camillo primary schools. Also in the Pua Margherita area, at XNUMX pm a special ceremony is also planned during which the planting of an olive tree, a symbol of peace, freedom and solidarity, will be completed.

The initiative aligns with Padua's historical commitment to promoting the culture of peace, justice and international cooperation and intends to represent a significant moment of reflection and collective commitment to promoting peace and human rights.

Following this, the Altinate/San Gaetano cultural centre, on Friday 22 November, from 9am to 18pm, will host the event “Forests in common – urban forestry strategies for climate change”, an important national forum on the topic of urban forestry and the management of greenery in cities, which will be attended by public administrators, experts, technicians, university professors, architects and urban planners. In particular, during the meeting space will be given to the various experiences implemented by cities (Italian and foreign) on the subject of urban greenery as a tool for mitigating and adapting to climate change, trying to bring out the most innovative and effective solutions to be shared in a perspective of institutional collaboration. Participation in the event gives the right to the acquisition of training credits for members of professional orders related to the subject.

Then, on Sunday 24th November, there will be a grand extraordinary opening of the Ambarabà municipal playroom, in via Marghera 48. From 16.30pm to 18.30pm, lots of games, activities and workshops designed for boys and girls aged 3 to 14, dedicated to the theme of the tree, in order to make these wonderful living beings better known to the little ones, through storytelling, artistic creation and sharing moments of healthy sociality.

Finally, remaining on the subject of childhood, in the context of National Tree Day, approximately 30 specimens will be planted inside the school gardens of some buildings to make the living spaces of boys and girls increasingly beautiful and welcoming, with the simultaneous creation of moments of environmental education linked to plant life.

The Councillor for Green, Parks and Urban Agriculture Antonio Bressa comments: “The Tree Festival is an opportunity for reflection but also for planting new trees through moments open to citizens and with the involvement of schools, according to the aim of raising awareness as much as possible on the benefits that trees and urban forestry policies bring to the city.
Every additional tree absorbs Co2 and pollutants, helps us deal with climate change by reducing heat islands and increasing soil permeability, but above all gives the city a higher quality of life. For this reason, our commitment is to continue on the path we have undertaken to increasingly increase the number of trees per inhabitant. Green has become a protagonist in all respects of the transformation of the city thanks, also thanks to the constant expansion of public green surfaces capable of hosting new tree species and offering the ecosystem services associated with them."