Where Tuscan Heritage Meets Everyday Life
The Garden:
Growing Food, Traditions &
Herbal Wisdom in Tuscany
The garden is the intersection and the core that connects Massi and Jordana’s everyday rituals and practices. From carrying on Massi’s family heritage, to growing nourishing food for their family and their community, to Jordana’s apothecary and medicinal herb garden.
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” Hippocrates
Italy is a land full of earth connection, where people have tended to land and food for generations. This is one of our inheritances and traditions that we honor and do not take for granted. Massi’s grandfather was a farmer, and Massi’s father continues, passing on his knowledge to Massi and Jordana, and their children, keeping the traditions of local agriculture, and the stories that accompany the process alive. This is important work for us.
What grows here
throughout the seasons
The garden changes constantly throughout the year, following the rhythm of the seasons and the Tuscan climate.
Vegetables & Fruits
A variety of lettuces, arugula, kale, spinach, chard, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and zucchini flowers, eggplant, peppers, peas, beans, squash, melons, plums, lemons, strawberries, and raspberries.
Culinary Herbs
Rosemary, thyme, sage, dill, cilantro, parsley, tarragon, and several varieties of basil and mint. These herbs are used daily in the kitchen and often become part of cooking classes, private chef experiences, and shared meals.
Jordana's Medicinal Herb Garden
Lavender, passionflower, rose, chamomile, ashwagandha, pleurisy root, goldenrod, elecampane, acai berry, raspberry leaf, yarrow, dandelion, and violet. This living apothecary supports Jordana's work with herbalism, seasonal wellness, wildcrafting, and the study of traditional plant medicine.
Feeding people sustains life, it takes time.
It is essential for us to know where our food comes from, who is growing it, what care or lack of is put into it, as that food becomes our bodies. Everything is interconnected, and every plant or animal is connected to a land, a story, and a people.
Our garden is organic. We rely on the bees and insects from our local ecosystem to help fight off disease or infection.