MadeinPistoia : visiting some of the greenhouses’ industry

Last week I had the pleasure to visit some nurseries in the suburb of Pistoia in occasion of the international meeting ‘Vestire il paesaggio’ http://www.vestireilpaesaggio.provincia.pistoia.it about floriculture & nurseries in Pistoia area . My passionate guide was Gilberto Stanghini – vice president of the nursery industry association – who showed our group , (which was … More MadeinPistoia : visiting some of the greenhouses’ industry

MadeinPistoia : Pistoia the capital of the green !

Maybe not everybody knows that Pistoia, my birthplace , is the capital of green! Yes, we export thousand of plants every year to create the best private and public garden of the WORLD! Here follows an extrat from a very interesting book written by Francesca Bardelli about the history of the nursery industry in Pistoia: … More MadeinPistoia : Pistoia the capital of the green !