The paper aims at reflecting on the authors' experience in the drafting of the Landscape Plan of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region. The preliminary programming documents of the Region attributed a relevant role to the processes of citizens’ engagement in the reconnaissance step and for the development of the instruments of the Plan. The University of Udine, tasked with supporting the elaboration of the Plan, has organized and carried out the participatory processes aimed at bringing out the feeling of the local populations in terms of values, critical issues, visions and actions finalized to prefigure the "desired" landscapes of the future. It intends therefore to expose the methods and criteria followed to implement full-scale participation and evaluate its positive aspects (the pathways have been undoubtedly successful) and some criticalities related to previous and therefore unavoidable choices. The final aim of the contribution is to draw from such experience useful indications for other similar experiences.
