What if the biodiversity of nature could truly save us from the devastation of war? What could we do? We could plant it. We could create orchards of different sizes and with different kinds of fruit, turning them into a unique and far-reaching message of peace and inclusion!
said Maksimov as he took his leave. “If we all had a couple of his little apple trees, I believe we would have no need for wars and fascism would be defeated. Those gnarled branches look like honest, straightforward arms capable of saving the world from the danger of war, brutalization and death.”
Vasilij Grossman, StalingradWe ask the plants to help us correct the many mistakes made in the development of our society and in the exploitation of the environment, to support us with their infinite patience.
In this project, the orchard becomes a place for understanding the complexity of the natural and cultivated world, of which we too are a part; a place for restoring connections with living beings that are different from us, yet share this world with us. A place where we can learn to live together in diversity, enriching one another just as different plants do, each distinct yet closely interconnected. A place where experiences and knowledge can be exchanged.
