On 20 April, the young biodiversity guardians returned to explore L’Orto di ClaPi, a micro-farm designed according to permaculture principles.
The young farmer and agronomist Lorenzo Maggi guided us through the garden to observe the transformation of the agroecosystem with the arrival of spring, seasonal agricultural activities such as the preparation of the summer vegetable garden, transplanting and sowing.
The participants drew free-hand drawings of both wild and cultivated plants.
A workshop on wild herbs identification was also held by the expert Dafne Chanaz, who taught us how to recognise some of the most common edible plants in the area and their beneficial properties.
Once again, we observed how organic farming, agroecology and permaculture allow biodiversity to coexist and multiply within the cultivated environment, preserving the balance of the micro-ecosystem and its ecological value.
Workshop
We held a Wild Herb Recognition Workshop with university lecturer, cook and journalist Dafne Chanaz, an expert in peasant cooking, ecology, wild plant recognition and natural cures, who taught us how to recognize some of the most common edible plants in our area and their beneficial properties.
We observed and delved into the uses of oiosa (Tordylium apulum), poppy (papaver roheas), twigweed (raphanus raphanistrum), silene (silene latifolia), plantain (plantago lanceolata and plantago maior), wild leek (allium ampeloprasum), shepherd’s purse (capsella bursa) and many others.
Once again we observed how organic farming, agroecology and permaculture allow biodiversity to coexist and multiply along with the cultivated environment, preserving the balance of the micro ecosystem and its ecological richness.
