One of six groves in our care
Isone.
Not yet restored.
About 150 olive trees between Osteria Nuova and Antella, among forest and wild brush. In our care since 2023, and no oil from it yet.
The land
What the brush is hiding.
Isone is forest, wild vegetation and abandoned olive trees in a valley that gets sun all day, with its own water source. As we walked it, traces of an older, mixed farm appeared among the trees.
What grew here before the olives took over.
Grapevines growing among the olive and fruit trees, the way Tuscan land was once worked.
A stone wall no one has dated.
The remains of an old stone wall run through the grove. We don't know how old it is.
About 150 trees, waiting.
None has been pruned or harvested in our care yet.
The grove.
- Between Osteria Nuova and Antella
- 7.7 acres
- 189 metres
- In a valley, sun all day
- About 150 trees
- In our care since 2023
- Awaiting permission to plant
What comes next
Why we haven't started.
Because the land was left abandoned, planting new trees at Isone needs permission from the municipality. We're waiting for it, and until it comes, the work is on hold. When it does, we'll rescue the trees that can still be saved, then plant new ones around them.
Belong to the groves in harvest.
Isone has no trees to assign yet. Every Guardian is connected to a real tree in one of our five groves in harvest, assigned after you join, with its grove, its number and its coordinates. Each harvest, two bottles of that grove's oil are yours.
Guard a tree by December 31 for this year's harvest.
