At Reschio, spring arrives quietly, yet it never goes unnoticed. It announces itself in the quiver of fresh grass, in the light that returns to dance upon stone, to shimmer across the surface of the lakes, in the birdsong that stirs the woods back to life. This year, for the second time, its return will be marked by a celebration: the Spring Affair, a gathering born as spontaneously as the season it seeks to honour.

This coming March, the doors of the Old Stables will open to welcome local master artisans — rare custodians of precious knowledge, ancient crafts that at Reschio we protect and pass on under the name Household Habits. Household Habits are those gestures and skills that once shaped daily life in the great houses — now, for many, fading echoes of a bygone world, too often cast aside by the pace of modern life. But here at Reschio, it is modernity that cannot fully erase the past — a past that continues to breathe within the present, like sap rising from roots too deep to sever.

The Spring Affair is a celebration of the love we bear for the culture that gave us life, and upon which we laid our foundations. Not a conventional fair, but an encounter — a dialogue between past and present, between seasoned hands and wide-eyed wonder. Guests and friends will rediscover the slow, essential gestures that once sustained the home economy, finding in them meanings far beyond utility. Through the work of their hands, they will uncover a new way to understand and experience the world. Participants are not merely spectators — they are invited to try these practices themselves, guided with care and patience by the masters. It is an opportunity that lives on throughout the year for those staying at Reschio, where each day offers a workshop in tune with the land and the philosophy we quietly uphold.

Thus, in the Old Stables, clay will be shaped on the wheel; ancient looms will weave; and faded fabrics will be revived with natural dyes drawn from wild herbs in the estate’s meadows. Stories will be embroidered in thread and written anew through calligraphy, while baskets are woven with gestures refined over centuries. Paper will be marbled—an Eastern craft brought to Florence in the Middle Ages—creating swirling, vivid patterns. In the Teatro Equestre, Florentine bow masters will teach archery with hand-crafted longbows fashioned from reedwood trunks. Above, the falconer’s birds will circle the sky before returning to the gloved hand.

This is, therefore, a celebration not of grandeur, but of depth — steeped in Reschio’s vision: to live in harmony with time, with nature, and with beauty. A beauty we strive — urgently, and with quiet resolve — to preserve through attention, care, and respect for what came before us and continues to sustain us