[medit-plants] Fwd: *** INVITE MGS WEBINAR WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 6pm (CET - Rome)***
- Subject: [medit-plants] Fwd: *** INVITE MGS WEBINAR WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 6pm (CET - Rome)***
- From: &* A* O* <d*@freelists.org>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 18:27:26 -0800
Antonio Perazzi
https://seanaohara.wordpress.com/
From: Angela Durnford <a*@mgsitaly.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Subject: *** INVITE MGS WEBINAR WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 6pm (CET - Rome)***
To: Angela Durnford <a*@mgsitaly.org>
Dear Members and Friends
You are warmly invited to join us for our November Webinar
on
Wednesday 14 January at 6pm (CET - Rome)
Pre-register via this link to receive a secure link to access the meeting:
"Giardino di Piuca: Inspired by Wilderness"
Antonio Perazzi, Principal, Studio Antonio Perazzi Landscape Architects, Italy
At just nineteen, long before he became a landscape architect, Antonio was given a plot of land surrounding an abandoned monastery in the Chianti hills near Florence. There, 600 meters above sea level, he began what would become a lifelong experiment: a garden shaped by curiosity, patience and climate. For years, while he was still immersed in his university studies, the garden was his true home. His companions were plants - countless species tested for resilience on a Mediterranean hillside defined by cold winters and long, arid summers. This early immersion in a demanding landscape laid the foundation for his approach to garden-making. Decades later, after a long career in garden design, Antonio still says that his deepest knowledge comes from Piuca, a garden he continues to tend with his own hands. It has grown into an expansive landscape of many microclimates and habitats, where an extraordinary diversity of plants thrives. Most are propagated from seeds and cuttings gathered during Antonio’s travels across the Mediterranean and beyond - from Iran to Yunnan to India - each carrying a story of place and adaptation. In his talk to members, Antonio will recount this gardening story and share some of the lessons to be drawn from it.
Please note:
When you pre-register for the talk you will receive an automatic confirmation email and you will also receive a reminder email on the day of the event. You can use the unique access link contained in either of those emails to get into the Webinar. Please do not use the link you have received in this email as you will only be routed to pre-register again or to relaunch the Zoom app.
The “meeting room” is always open from 17.50 to enable participants to enter in time to start the presentation promptly at 18.00.
See you all online!
All best wishes.
Angela
UPCOMING WEBINARS 2026
Winter
Wednesday February 11
"Championing Bees in Garden Habitats" - Jean Vernon, Bee & Pollinator Champion & Botanist, UK
Wednesday March 11
"Indigenous Plants of the Mediterranean" - Enric Sancho & Oriol Diego, Cultidea Nursery, Spain
Spring
Wednesday April 8
“From Provence to the Peloponnese:around the Med in Three Gardens” - Tommaso del Buono, Principal, TdB Studio, Italy/UK
Wednesday June 10
"Sustainable Approaches to Gardening in a Mediterranean Climate" - Nan Sterman, The Waterwise Gardener, USA
Autumn
Wednesday October 14
“Incorporating Waterwise Grasses into your Garden” - John Greenlee, Horticulturist and Landscape designer, Greenlee & Associates, USA
Wednesday November 11
"What can Gardeners learn from Rewilding at Knepp Castle?" - Charlie Harpur, Head Gardener, Knepp Castle UK
Wednesday December 9
"Low Impact Development and Rainwater Harvesting Earthworks in California and Mediterranean gardens" - Fred Hunter, CEO, Regenerative Landscape Alliance and Adjunct Professor Environmental Horticulture, Santa Barbara City College, USA
- Follow-Ups: