Kozjanski Park joined the national project called Reviving of grassland orchards and fruit gardens in Slovenia in 1999. In 2000, we made a decision to conclude our year-long efforts with a celebration called the Kozjansko Apple Celebration. It was intended to be an opportunity for the protected area's inhabitants to present their knowledge and products.

Kozjansko Apple Celebration has been an international event since 2001. Our EUREX 21 partners present their work and at the same time we are offered a chance to join the international events, prepared by our partners in their countries. Podsreda has become a meeting point for people from all over Europe, and it offers numerous possibilities to exchange experience from all fields of knowledge.

A three-day event Kozjansko Apple Celebration has been expanded to take a whole week in 2005, owing to its promotional and commercial success. The event takes place every second week in October. This celebration helps us to protect natural and cultural heritage actively, it is our way of understanding sustainable development.

The celebration culminates at the weekend. On Friday we prepare an expert meeting where we discuss preservation of grassland orchards and sustainable development. We organise a fair with an entertainment programme on Saturday and Sunday. Ecological farmers, craftsmen, societies and partner organisations get the chance to present their work on our fair. Visitors are entertained by performers from Kozjansko region who also get the chance to present themselves. And we never forget about the youngest visitors; we offer special programmes for children.