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Vacanze ecologiche: 5 consigli per un’estate sostenibile

Eco-friendly holidays: 5 tips for a sustainable summer

Eco-friendly holidays are a way to travel sustainably and avoid damaging environmental and local resources with your leisure activities. Read our list of tips for planning your holiday, so you can enjoy a sustainable summer that is also beautiful and relaxing. 
Visitare la Maremma Toscana: tra storia e natura

Visiting the Tuscan Maremma: Between History and Nature

A premier tourist destination, the Tuscan Maremma is one of Italy's richest and most beautiful regions. Its ancient history and the incredible richness of the flora and fauna that inhabit it make it a region of great tourist interest and with an important enogastronomic tradition, which everyone, at least once in their life, should visit and explore.
Come prendersi cura del prato alternativo in estate

How to care for an alternative lawn in summer

How to care for an alternative lawn in summer? Discover all our tips to best handle the summers of a Dry Garden.
Il declino delle foreste europee

The decline of European forests

Forests around the world are weakening. This vulnerability is due to climate variability, that is, to a climate now characterized by sudden and very intense fluctuations in temperature and precipitation. Most of the plant species that inhabit forests are affected by these changes and become less resistant to any critical event. If native species are no longer suited to live in the climate they inhabit, they cannot survive for long. And this is precisely what is happening to European forests.
L’importanza del regime di irrigazioni nel Dry garden: focus sulla sub-irrigazione

The importance of the irrigation regime in the Dry garden: focus on sub-irrigation

Even in low-water-use gardens, irrigation may be necessary. However, this is a different process that should be carried out differently and only as a last resort.
Il suolo non è una superficie, ma uno spessore

Soil is not a surface, but a layer of a certain thickness

Soil is a wealth of life and biodiversity, but it is threatened by the encroachment of concrete, that monster guilty of rampant urbanization that consumes all the life in the ground before building cities and metropolises upon it.
Trifoglio in giardino, una ricchezza per il terreno

Clover in the garden, a wealth for the soil

Clover and small weeds are not a threat to the lawn but a real asset to the health of a garden. Furthermore, other more troublesome weeds can be kept at bay using natural methods and without the use of herbicides.
L’inquinamento chimico nella vita quotidiana e in giardino

Chemical pollution in everyday life and in the garden

Chemical pollution causes harm through the food we eat, the air we breathe, and even in our gardens, the first exposed to this type of threat. Fortunately, with our daily choices, we can learn to protect the environment around us, from the products we choose to buy to our lawns and balconies, and how we take care of them.
La terapia segreta degli alberi: la connessione tra benessere e natura

The Secret Life of Trees: The Connection Between Well-Being and Nature

“The Secret Therapy of Trees,” an essay by Marco Mencagli and Marco Nieri, explains the power of forest therapy and the importance of the relationship between human beings and nature.
Consigli sulla messa a dimora e sulla preparazione del terreno

Advice on planting and soil preparation

Alternative lawns require particular attention at the time of planting to be hardy and perform well once the growing and establishment period is complete. For this reason, we have compiled a list of tips for planting and soil preparation, to make it easier for everyone to get to know their new alternative lawn, even those who are not very familiar with these varieties.
Provare diverse varietà di prato per la messa a dimora

Try different grass varieties for planting

Incorporating a variety of alternative grass species into the same lawn makes it more resilient. Typically, two to four different plants are combined, but only a test involving as many varieties as possible can determine the right choice.
Garden therapy: i benefici, per la mente e per il corpo, del giardinaggio

Garden therapy: the benefits, for the mind and for the body, of gardening

Garden therapy is a treatment for many psychophysical ailments and can be used as genuine rehabilitation through nature: it is truly suitable for everyone, because caring for plants and flowers increases well-being from many different perspectives, and it is also perfect for treating anxiety and stress.
In Autunno cadono le foglie: l’importanza del sottobosco

In Autumn the leaves fall: the importance of the undergrowth

Whatever species inhabit them, our gardens are always full of dry leaves. However, these are not waste to be removed: it is precisely this layer of decomposing organic matter, so characteristic of the undergrowth, that provides nourishment and protection to billions of living beings, both plant and animal, which through their ceaseless work create humus, extremely rich in substances ideal for the life and growth of plants.
Perché la sostenibilità non è solo ambientale, ma anche economica e sociale

Why sustainability is not only environmental, but also economic and social

Sustainability is a three-dimensional concept: economic growth, social development, and environmental protection. These are three fundamental aspects, not only to ensure the survival of the planet but also that of all its inhabitants, who must be guaranteed high levels of well-being.
Wood wide web: come le piante comunicano

Wood Wide Web: How Plants Communicate

The way that plants, on their own and within an ecosystem, are able to store information and make decisions is an indication of their intelligence. But when they are part of a group, they are also able to communicate with one another. More and more studies and theories confirm these hypotheses, even leading researchers to imagine the Wood Wide Web, a hidden network made of roots and microorganisms, similar to that of the internet, which allows trees and bushes to communicate through the soil. And to exchange information essential for their survival.
Un Natale ecologico… dentro e fuori il giardino

An eco-friendly Christmas… inside and outside the garden

The holiday season is when the most is produced, purchased, and consumed, causing enormous amounts of waste. However, there is a way to have an eco-friendly Christmas, one that does not deny the joy of the holidays, but allows you to enjoy them sustainably.
Come gestire la manutenzione del giardino in inverno: focus sul dry garden

How to manage garden maintenance in winter: focus on the dry garden

By its very nature, a dry garden requires little maintenance. There are a few simple steps you can take to care for it properly, especially given the changing temperatures, which inevitably disrupt the plants’ natural life cycles. Here are our tips for maintaining your garden in winter.
Le conseguenze di un riscaldamento globale che accelera nel mondo e nel giardino

The consequences of accelerating global warming in the world and in the garden

Despite all the promises, global warming, along with its consequences, is accelerating. Eight years after the Paris climate agreements, which aimed to keep the average global temperature below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, we are now recording the hottest temperatures ever.
Biodiversità in giardino: un prato misto è più sano

Biodiversity in the garden: a mixed lawn is healthier

Biodiversity is one of nature's strategies that can be used to make a lawn more efficient. As always, the environment finds solutions on its own to many problems that we try to solve with artificial methods. By observing nature, therefore, we can learn a great deal, and adopting the strategies it develops on its own will make our gardens not only healthier, but also more resilient, without the need for intensive maintenance or chemical substances.
Verde urbano: come, dove e perché non è abbastanza

Urban greenery: how, where and why it is not enough

Urban greenery is the collection of small and large spaces within metropolitan areas dominated by nature. A counterbalance to the scorching, rough asphalt and the heat generated by motor vehicles, it is a tool that should not be underestimated in the fight against pollution and climate change. And, in fact, that is not all, because its benefits do not stop there.

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