[medit-plants] Re: Fwd: *** INVITE MGS WEBINAR WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 6pm (CET - Rome)***

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Thank you Sean, 

Sorry to be a pest. I will try to watch/hear some of these. I am going out on the 14th, though, in the morning. At first I thought I could do it, but when I realized it was in the morning, I realized that I could not. 

Happy New Year! May it be better than the last.

Pam P.

On Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 10:24:30 AM PST, Sean A. O'Hara <d*@freelists.org> wrote:

Hi Pam - 

Yes, the time in California is 9am.

You register ahead of time to be send a link to allow you to join the Zoom live (make sure you have Zoom on your laptop or other device).

In registering, you will also receive a direct email about all future Zoom meetings.

You are correct that there is a delay before the Zoom recording is uploaded onto the Youtube channel - not sure how long, this is done by volunteers.  The Youtube channel is public, no registration required.

Seán A O'Hara
https://seanaohara.wordpress.com/

https://gimcw.org/ (gardening in mediterranean climates worldwide)

On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 8:27 AM Pamela K Peirce <d*@freelists.org> wrote:

Sounds great. Thank you. However the time is given as 6 pm (CET Rome). I think that is 9 am our time. Could you check, please, and post the time in Pacific Time.

I guess we can see the webinars on YouTube, but maybe there is a delay after the actual event before it is viewable. Any idea what that is? Do we need to register to see the webinars on YouTube?

Best wishes,

Pam Peirce

On Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 06:27:44 PM PST, Sean A. O'Hara <d*@freelists.org> wrote:

The MGS webinars resume!!

Wednesday 14 January, 9am our time here in California

"Giardino di Piuca: Inspired by Wilderness"
Antonio Perazzi

Principal, Studio Antonio Perazzi Landscape Architects, Italy

Register using the "JANUARY WEBINAR" link in Angela's email.  Future webinars are also listed at the end.

Recordings of past webinars can be found on the Mediterranean Garden Society video channel: https://www.youtube.com/@mediterraneangardensociety5466

Seán A O'Hara

Your No California MGS contact person
https://seanaohara.wordpress.com/

https://gimcw.org/ (gardening in mediterranean climates worldwide)

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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: 

JANUARY WEBINAR

"Giardino di Piuca: Inspired by Wilderness"

Antonio Perazzi, Principal, Studio Antonio Perazzi Landscape Architects, Italy

Antonio is the principal of Studio Antonio Perazzi, where his work explores the profound relationship between plants and people. He designs gardens throughout Italy but also in far-flung locations such as Jaipur and Quebec, creating spaces that are rich in biodiversity, low in maintenance, and are instinctively welcoming. His goal is simple yet ambitious: to make people feel at ease in nature. He is the author of three influential books - Contro il Giardino;  Il paradiso è un giardino selvaggio; and Ponte alle Grazie. He currently writes a monthly column for Gardenia, Italy’s leading gardening magazine and contributes regularly to Il Sole 24 Ore’s weekend edition, Domenica.

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