The party of lovers is approaching and many are looking for the "perfect" gift, with the desire to pleasantly surprise the loved one. If you are still undecided and would like your gift to also have an eco-sustainable implication, as well as a strong symbolic value, here is an idea that could be right for you, especially if you live in the Bologna area: donate a tree, to plant together. in the luxuriant park of Villa Ghigi.
La Valentine's day is approaching and many are looking for the "perfect" gift, with the desire to pleasantly surprise the loved one. If you are still undecided and would like your gift to also have an eco-sustainable implication, as well as a strong symbolic value, here is an idea that could be right for you, especially if you live in the Bologna area: donate a tree, to be planted together in the luxuriant park of Villa Ghigi.
The Villa Ghigi Foundation of Bologna recently launched A tree for you, an initiative that allows you to plant a tree in the park of the same name to celebrate an anniversary, celebrate an event or remember someone who is no longer there.
Since it is almost Valentine's day, as La Repubblica suggests, why not take advantage of this original and sustainable idea, planting a tree in honor of your sweetheart and making a special gift to both her and the environment?
"Someone asked us, in recent and even more distant years." - is explained in this regard on the website of the Villa Ghigi Foundation - “To plant a tree to remember someone who is no longer there or to celebrate a wedding, the birth of a child, another important event or simply for the fun of it. And there are already some trees in the park that are the result of these feelings. After all, planting a tree is always a great gesture, full of meaning. It is a metaphor for life, which has its cycle, its reasons, its infinite nuances."
"What we offer" - continues the Foundation - "is to choose the tree species, the place, the size of the plant with each one and to agree on the donation of a sum that takes into account the purchase of the specimen, some expenses for the its maintenance in the first three years and a small contribution to the Foundation. What we can give in return, in addition to the pleasure of planting a tree in the most beautiful park in the first hills of Bologna, is a personal thanks on our site, where we will open a specific section for this, with the location of the individual trees donated, and a respect particular, especially in the early years, so that the plant grows as well as possible. "
"We do this for three reasons." - the Foundation specifies - “To respond adequately and consistently to the requests that come to us from time to time. To support the Foundation's activities, starting with the management of the park. For contribute promptly and concretely to the renewal of the park's arboreal heritage, which is more or less slowly aging, and introduce new quality tree specimens in strategic points and areas, which today must be partially rethought, integrated, enriched. "
Donating a tree has one undeniable symbolic charge: who would not like to find, year after year, a plant that recalls an event or a person in their life or that celebrates, with sweetness and discretion, their love story?
However, it is a gesture that must be thought out and planned with care and attention, also because it's not exactly cheap: costs depend above all on the type of plant chosen and its size and, as a guide, they can range from 250 euros to over 1000 euros, with a wide range of intermediate possibilities.
That said, if for Valentine's Day you dreamed of giving a really important gift, one that is able to talk about you and what you care about most, giving a tree could be just the idea you were looking for.
Lisa Vagnozzi
Photo Credits: Villa Ghigi Foundation
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