Welcome to Vignamaggio, where nature wastes nothing and every leftover becomes something valuable. We’re right in the middle of the estate’s composting site—a place where garden clippings and agricultural waste are transformed into rich, natural fertilizer for our vineyards, gardens, and fields. It all begins with green waste: things like branches, pine needles, leaves, and […]
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Olives’ Harvest
In recent weeks, the entire estate has been focused on harvesting olives from an exceptional season: over 7,000 olive trees which, thanks to a hot and dry summer, are laden with green, plump fruits. A plentiful harvest of healthy olives with increasing yields, making for a satisfying collection that will conclude on December 8. THE […]
Collecting Wildflowers on the estate: A Seasonal Journey
(Italiano) Essiccazione all’aria: È il metodo più semplice e naturale. Basta appendere le piante a testa in giù in una stanza calda, buia e arieggiata. Dopo aver raccolto le piante, rimuovete il maggior numero possibile di foglie dagli steli e legatele insieme in piccoli mazzi.
Vignamaggio Christmas Flag
Christmas is coming: the mantra that resounds at this time of year almost everywhere, from cities and the countryside, hills and autumn-coloured woods, to the Borgo. A lightweight iron support to make the flag’s supporting structure. A beautiful oak branch dotted with lichen, on which red sprigs of Cornus sanguinea are woven, to make the […]
The Artichokes Harvest
A sea of green, fragrant and bountiful: it is time to harvest our artichokes, starting with the large spring “mother” artichokes that we use for our artichoke paté. Between the end of April and throughout the month of May, the artichoke fields in the area, along the edges of gravel roads or leaning against dry […]
BULBS GALORE
The mild temperatures have delayed a lot of the garden work and changed the growth habits of most of our plants. Our beloved bulbs in particular, needed a short cold spell after their hibernation phase between September and December, but have had to adapt to the milder climate during this period. Vignamaggio’s gardening team, guided […]
THE BORGO’S ROSES
Roses have been a cultural tradition on the Italian peninsula since antiquity: in fact, we see them in the classic iconographic of the horti picti of Pompei. In later centuries, they are used architecturally and geometrically as espalier roses, and then become the uncontested feature of spaces dedicated to them: rose gardens. During the nineteenth […]
DIY: VEGETABLE GARDEN LABELS
With Massimiliano’s help, we made some home-made vegetable garden labels, using only organic and recycled material. Labels for the garden make it easier to quickly identify the plant you are looking for, to mark the variety of squash you particularly liked the year before or to remind you, when you see those little leaves sprouting […]
A SUMMER BOUQUET
A combination of drought-resistant flowers and plants arranged into a tenacious summer bouquet: Cristiano made this bouquet for us, using only the hardier plants on the estate, and inspired by the soft golden light of august afternoons. ACHILLE’S PLANT The Achillea is a European herb of which there are many varieties. The most abundant variety […]
ABOUT LAVENDER
(Italiano) Scopri tutto sulla lavanda con Francesca, responsabile dei giardini di Vignamaggio:la storia e le caratteristiche di questa profumata pianta mediterranea, ma anche qualche consiglio pratico sulla potatura e la riproduzione.