We could define it as a vegetable garden or a garden of ancient flavors because here fruit trees and edible plants are cultivated and recovered, which risked disappearing forever.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himWe could define it as a vegetable garden or a garden of ancient flavors because here they are cultivated and recovered fruit trees and edible plants, which risked disappearing forever.
We are San Lorenzo di Lerchi a Castle town, a safe and peaceful place in the Umbrian hills, the magical kingdom of queen of biodiversity, the agronomist Isabella of Reason that after the death of his father Livio, he pursued the pioneering idea of transforming his farms into a garden for saving and reproducing dozens of varieties of fruit trees by founding the Arboreal Archeology Association with the aim of recovering forgotten foods and lost varieties. Her beautiful initiative also reached overseas, arousing the interest of the New York Times which dedicated a long study to her and her garden in her pages.
Already as a child, the agronomist dreamed of taking care of nature, which is why after studying agriculture she dedicated herself body and soul to her orchard where today there are more 400 specimens of different species including apple, pear, cherry, plum, fig, almond, medlar and quince, in 150 different varieties found in the research areas.
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“The plants, cultivated with the traditional local systems, are inserted in a context that recovers and restores the harmony and suggestions of an agricultural landscape of ancient wisdom. The collection serves to maintain plant and cultural resources; it testifies and preserves an important segment of the historical, cultural and landscape heritage; has strong potential from the didactic point of view; it has an important function as a reservoir, favoring the maintenance of biodiversity and local production ”, reads the association's website.
If a plant dies it's the end. The desire to recover fruit trees that were disappearing is a passion that her father passed on to her, who loved to go in search of all that part of nature, which was no longer able to satisfy the needs of the market and new food tastes.
Collecting gems and grafting orchards Livy of Reason he had managed to transform a courtyard of an old deconsecrated church, abandoned and purchased in the XNUMXs, into a garden of ancient flavors, calling his collection "Arboreal archeology ".
An initiative now considered unique in its kind, which is why the garden is also a place to visit for students and enthusiasts who want to know the variety of nature, because each plant has its own history and traditions.
Dominella Trunfio
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