Forgotten Groves in Tuscany Return to Harvest.

Care for a tree and share in the extraordinary olive oil it produces.

Restoring abandoned olive groves in Tuscany through guardianship.

Members care for individual trees within restored Tuscan groves and share in the extraordinary olive oil each harvest produces.

Become a Guardian

Care for a tree and receive extraordinary olive oil each harvest.

Guard a Tree

Gift a Rescued Olive Tree - Abandoned Grove

Gift a Rescued Tree

Give someone a one-year guardianship and their first harvest.

Gift a Tree

How Guardianship Works

Guard a Tree

Become a guardian of a restored olive tree within one of our Tuscan groves.

Oil from the harvest

Working with nature rather than volume, we produce extraordinary extra virgin olive oil each season, shared with guardians as the reward of the grove.

Care Sustains the Grove

Your guardianship sustains the land, the trees, and the community that keeps these groves in harvest.

Why This Matters

Across the Mediterranean, traditional olive groves are quietly disappearing. As olive oil becomes increasingly commoditized, speed replaces care, and groves that once sustained communities fall out of harvest. When groves disappear, we lose more than trees. We lose knowledge, culture, and real food rooted in place. Abandoned Grove exists to restore these groves, protect their harvest, and return value to the land and the people who care for it.

The Groves

Across the hills of Florence, Italy, abandoned groves are being brought back into harvest, one tree, one season, one guardian at a time.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Without Compromise

Great extra virgin olive oil begins long before the mill. It emerges where land, season, and care determine what is possible.

Balance & Complexity

Great oil is defined by balance and complexity, the harmony of fruit, bitterness, and pungency, each expressed with depth and character.

A Sensory Vision, Every Harvest

Each harvest follows a clear sensory vision: oils designed to elevate food, endure over time, and deliver their benefits without compromise.

Explore Our Oils

"Delicious-fragrant, spicy and complex."

MICHAEL POLLAN
American Author

“I opened a bottle yesterday and I only have a half left.”

DAVID ROCCO
Celebrity Chef, Author, Syndicated TV Show Host

“Abandoned Grove is the freshest and purest oil coming into Toronto, highlighting the passion for sharing great oil by the AG team.”

Chef KYLE RINDINELLA
Enoteca Sociale - Michelin Bib Gourmand

“Elegant and pungent, it never gets lost in the gelato.”

Chef KAYA OGRUCE
Awarded Gelato Master, Death In Venice Gelato

“Sublime and potent, this oil tastes and feels like fresh olives in the warm sunshine - versatile and strong.”

Dr. ARTEMIS MORRIS
Integrative Medicine Doctor, Acupuncturist and Author

"It's beyond WONDERFUL!!"

Chef ALIDA SOLOMON
Tutti Matti Ristorante Toscano

“There is olive oil, and then there is Abandoned Grove. The wake-up call that our recipes needed. A total game changer in our kitchen.”

DAVE BASSETT
Multi-Platinum Songwriter and Producer

A Life Dedicated to Olive Oil

Olive oil is not something we discovered.

It is a discipline we chose to master.

For nearly two decades, Abandoned Grove’s founder Fil Bucchino has worked across the full craft of olive oil: in the groves, at the mill, in sensory evaluation, and in global education.

A certified olive oil taster, international judge, and creator of the documentary Obsessed with Olive Oil, he has helped bring a deeper understanding of real extra virgin olive oil to audiences worldwide and has shaped the global conversation around quality, authenticity, and the future of olive growing.

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