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BOOK

GARDENS IN THE SHADE
OF MOUNT ETNA


by Cristina Archinto

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A book that tells the story and the landscape of this enchanted place.

Eight gardens, eight different realities linked together by the lava flows of this majestic volcano.

In the shadow of Etna, lichens and broom replenish the woods of the slopes crossed by the lava: it is nature that regenerates itself after each flow. Observing the vitality of these processes, the communities of Etna have learned to recognize their richness and ability to adapt. This is how the citrus scented landscape was born and a pioneering science of ecosystems developed: a culture of coexistence with the volcano that gardens have celebrated, acclimatizing specimens from all over the world alongside the local species.

Cristina Archinto's photographs tell of the extraordinary adventure that involved the first herbalists and the botanists of the Catania Garden, the wisdom that unites enthusiasts of yesterday and today in continuous experimentation. Portraying the strength of centuries-old olive trees or the elegance of agaves, his shots take us to the most evocative places of seven Etna gardens; and showing the tenacity of opuntias or the poetry of eternal blooms, they reveal the range of greens and the play of light that only Sicily can offer.

Alessandra Valentinelli

 

Index

ETNA Between nature, history and culture

PARCO PATERNÒ DEL TOSCANO In the shadow of the volcano

CIANCIO GARDEN In the green of the lava

GRAVINA GARDEN The terrace on the Timpa

ROOMS IN FLOWER The art of colour

VILLA ORTENSIA The beautiful landscape of the citrus grove

ETNA BOTANIC GARDEN Iddu

CATANIA BOTANICAL GARDEN The Etna road of science

FORM

Title: GARDENS IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT ETNA

Author: Cristina Archinto

Text: Alessandra Valentinelli

Photographs: Cristina Archinto

Translation: Stefania Bellingardi Beale

Text: Italian and English

Illustrated book with 80 photographs

Format 24 x 23cm

Number of pages 108,

Soft cover

Paperback packaging

Cost €26.00    ONLINE PURCHASE DISCOUNT €23.00

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