Sulla via che percorrere la Valdelsa, fra Ponte a Elsa e Castelfiorentino, si trova l’Orto di Nanni, una piccola azienda orticola che produce ortaggi di stagione. Fra questi, i meravigliosi pomodori ‘Bistecca’ così chiamati per le enormi dimensioni di ciascuno.…
Devo al giovane amico agronomo Luca Leporati, un vero cecchino nel riconoscimento botanico, l’identificazione da una foto e dunque la scoperta di una specie spontanea in italia, che non conoscevo: Sambucus ebulus L., conosciuto come sambuchella, sambuco lebbio o ebbio.…
Not far from Turin, easily reachable from Genoa and Milan, the territory between the beautiful and ancient cities of Asti and Alessandria encloses a wonderful landscape patrimony: Monferrato, UNESCO World Heritage site, where valleys, gentle hills, vineyards, woods, castles, small…
Once, it was a land of marshes and bandits, governed for centuries by families and households often fighting among them. Wonderfully depicted by Giovanni Fattori, the Maremma is also beloved by international tourism, enchanted by its violent yet sweet beauty…
Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria: these three regions share an amazing landscape, ancient culture, great traditions, artisanship and food. Apulia, with its secular olive groves, the beautiful coastline, the great farmsteads and its exquisite baroque style. Basilicata, which has recently become…
“Born in water, dies in wine”, is a traditional saying of the plain between Vercelli and Novara, where about 50% of the Italian rice is produced (the second most important area is Lomellina, in Lombardy). Irrigated by dozens of canals…
Lake Maggiore, the widest of our pre-alpine lakes, has always charmed artists, poets, travellers, Italian and foreigners, that stayed there and created beautiful gardens. Of glacial origin, surrounded by mountains and hills that repair it from cold northern winds, it…
Veneto is a land rich in ancient villas, countryside and gardens, but also many special nurseries, some of old tradition and younger ones. This itinerary develops around Treviso, a city characterised by the presence of two rivers, Sile and Cagnan,…
This second itinerary across beautiful Sicily develops, on more days, from Catania and the slopes of Etna, to Siracusa and Ragusa, among nurseries with scented jasmines and geraniums and plumerias, nurseries with topical and subtropical ornamental and bearer plants, cactuses,…
Way less known than the coast, the hinterland of Campania, that starting from Caserta and passing by Benevento reaches Avellino and Salerno, has much to offer with its natural landscapes, ancient villages among the most beautiful in Italy, mountain villages…