We called it THE GARDEN OF NECESSITY because it is inspired by the custom of the past of recovering old aluminum pots to use them as pots for plants.
In the absence of anything else, therefore out of necessity (especially here in Romagna, but it was a widespread custom throughout Italy) real gardens were created using pans, pots and jugs of all kinds.
The Romagna poet Tonino Guerra wrote as follows:
“The most beautiful garden of my life is the one my mother had created in an area of ​​the courtyard: a rectangle of beaten earth surrounded by old kitchen pans full of geraniums, beautiful at night, gardenias and other flowers.
In the center an old ramshackle armchair where you can stop to fill your eyes with colors. THIS IS WHERE PARADISE IS. “
Today we carefully recover and restore every single discarded pan. When we find them they are inevitably damaged, but we restore them all with patience, especially when they are antique and have handles in beaten brass or bakelite.
We decorate them by hand with delicate shades and finish them so that they can withstand the elements.
The idea was born following the death of Maurizio’s mother who had a real green thumb that she expressed above all in a beautiful terrace set up with pans.
We inherited, restored and decorated them for the first time in memory of her.