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The forests we grow
Italy
Carlentini (SR)

A forest for air, water, soil. A forest to reconnect a community to its land, which was abandoned for too long.

“A forest for air, water, soil. A forest to reconnect a community to its land, which was abandoned for too long. A project that starts from a small district and looks far beyond, to search for beauty in our countryside.” San Lio forest is all this and much more. Located in the northernmost part of the Syracuse province, in a hillside area within the small district of San Lio, in Carlentini, this forest will be expanded over lands having a long agricultural history: populated since Greek times, they have been used over the past centuries, and up until four decades ago, for the production of almonds, wine grapes and oil. But since agricultural use has declined and eventually stopped, there has been no natural renewal of the forest, as the area – not far from the town of Lentini – is subject to ever-present seasonal fires and intense pastoral activity.

San Lio reforestation project has many goals: fire prevention through annual mowing and firebreaks, fencing nets for grazing animals, creation of tracks, trails for sportspeople, outdoor lovers, families and kids, but also public toilets, agricamping, and activities for childern such as kindergarden and after-school in the woods. With this project we aim to strengthen the bond between land and community, so that citizens, residents and anyone visiting San Lio forest can feel a responsibility for this forest.

See you in 2023

Choose your favorite tree
35 Kg CO2
WOWnature illustration of a carob tree
  • Adventurous people
  • Lovers of good things
A slow-growing perennial tree, it live to be hundreds of years old.
24,00 €
30 Kg CO2
WOWnature strawberry tree illustration
  • Lovers of good things
  • Trendiest people
  • Who wants to say
A typical Mediterranean shrub, because of its colors it has become a symbol of the Italian tricolor.
26,00 €
8 Kg CO2
WOWnature illustration of juniper tree
  • Determined people
  • Lovers of good things
An evergreen shrub that grows in sunny, rocky places and produces the famous blue-purple berries.
28,00 €
9 Kg CO2
WOWnature illustration of a Mount Etna broom
  • Lovers of good things
  • Who is always there
Called "the volcano yellow gold" for the bright yellow color of its flowers.
24,00 €
27 Kg CO2
Holm oak
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  • Wisest people
Evergreen oak is typical of Mediterranean areas.
28,00 €
12 Kg CO2
WOWnature illustration of a myrtle
  • Lovers of good things
  • Trendiest people
A spontaneous species typical of the Mediterranean shrubland.
24,00 €
52 Kg CO2
illustrazione WOWnature pino d'aleppo
  • Determined people
  • Wisest people
In Greece its resin is used to make "retsina," a resiny wine.
24,00 €
27 Kg CO2
Cork oak
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Evergreen tree from which cork is extracted.
32,00 €
73 Kg CO2
WOWnature illustration of a oak
  • Determined people
  • Who is always there
  • Wisest people
Oak
Symbol of strength, one of the most beloved species in the common imagination.
45,00 €