{"id":10006302,"date":"2019-05-07T13:02:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T11:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/?p=10006302"},"modified":"2019-06-06T10:34:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T08:34:51","slug":"radicepura2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesignmoak.com\/en\/radicepura2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Radicepura Garden Festival: gardens and orchards become microcosms of regeneration."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Europe\u2019s largest botanical park is situated in Sicily<\/h3>\n

There is a place where you can regenerate by strolling around orchards and gardens. You’ll chance upon fascinating bucolic mazes, walking along terraces that host a small hemisphere of biodiversity. In front of you the sea boasting a warm and humid breeze and behind\u2026 just look up and you\u2019ll be overwhelmed by the volcano mountain. This glimpse of paradise is at the Radicepura <\/b>Botanical Park located in Giarre (CT), Sicily \u2013 Europe\u2019s biggest one boasting more than 5000 plant varieties<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Aim of the Faro family was to make such space accessible and explorable even to those who are not acquainted with plants. Thanks to the Radicepura Garden Festival \u2013\u00a0<\/b>the first international event in the Mediterranean Basin dedicated to garden design, promoted by the Radicepura Foundation \u2013 the space is now seen as a real cultural heritage<\/b><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its second edition was launched on April 27th. 14 gardens and 4 artistic installations\u00a0<\/b>set up by major protagonists as well as young designer can be visited within a timeframe of six months (until October 27th<\/sup>). <\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, at Radicepura plants are not only cultivated to be sold and exported: they also act as architectural elements, adorning open spaces where one can regenerate, relax and have fun. A place where you can nourish yourself with pure oxygen, allowing yourself to be inebriated by mixtures of scents<\/b>emitted by plants from all over the world<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Anna Rhodes and Clare Flatley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is no coincidence that the topic of this edition is connected to \u201cProductive Gardens<\/b>\u201d. In other words, how natural spaces are more and more becoming the new habitat to be rediscovered and experienced at 360 degrees. For example the \u201c<\/span>Carmine Catcher\u201d: <\/span><\/strong>the garden by\u00a0<\/span>Anna Rhodes<\/span><\/em>\u00a0(landscape architect) and\u00a0<\/span>Clare Flatley<\/span><\/em>\u00a0(ceramic and glass artist)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0thanks to the contribution of\u00a0<\/span>Moak<\/span><\/strong><\/a>(which has been partner also in the <\/span>previous<\/span><\/a>\u00a0edition).<\/span><\/p>\n

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The “Carmine Catcher\u201d project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This project expresses the value of a colour – carmine red<\/b>\u2013 which is naturally produced thanks to the extraction of the colour from the dried body of the <\/span>cochineal scale<\/span><\/a>. This very same red distinguishes the Moak brand designed by Bob Noorda, but is also an ancestral symbol of strength and boldness. Values that have strengthened and pushed Sicilian businesses (such as Moak and Piante Faro) to open up to the world without eradicating their roots from their region<\/span>.<\/p>\n