Their Tree and Grove
Once the gift is revealed, the recipient is connected to a named, geo-tagged, and photographed olive tree in one of our restored Tuscan groves.
They can see where it stands, follow the seasons that shape it, and remain connected to the grove throughout the year.
Their tree is assigned once your gift is confirmed, wherever one is available.
It all starts in the grove.
Left behind.
Traditional groves are slow and hard to tend. When the work stopped paying, families walked away. In Tuscany alone, four million olive trees have been abandoned.
Brought back.
These trees still stand on rare hillsides, in singular microclimates. Restored with skill, they give exceptional fruit for extraordinary oil.
Protected.
One tree at a time, we bring the grove back into harvest without forcing it past its nature. Our members keep it there.
Made by hand, in the grove.
Your nameplate begins as reclaimed olive wood from rescued groves, cut by Enea and hand engraved by Federica, both artisans from the grove's community.
You choose what it says.
Once it's made, we photograph it at your tree and send you a short video. Then we invite you to come place it yourself, or take it home to keep.
Restoring or sustaining a grove is one kind of work. Knowing what it can become, how to express it, and what to refuse is another.
One standard, carried through every harvest.
Fil Bucchino is a certified olive oil taster, educator and international judge, and the only Canadian listed in Italy's National Directory of Virgin and Extra Virgin Olive Oil Experts. He hosted and co-produced Obsessed with Olive Oil, the first feature documentary on olive oil quality, and is the co-host of The World of Olive Oil on PBS.
The oil is the work of growers, millers, agronomists, harvest teams and tasters. Fil carries the standard across it all.
A Year Inside Abandoned Grove
After harvest, they receive two bottles of extra virgin olive oil from the grove where their tree stands, shaped by its varieties, land, weather, and work.
For one year, access connects them to letters, seasonal updates, invitations, tastings, gatherings, and selected releases.
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