Making Wilden: the potted vegetable gardens of Piccolo Seeds
The folks at Piccolo Seeds began their adventure with a dream: to create vegetable gardens on the balcony or terrace. This is the story of a seed capable of sprouting a new world.
Start again from simple things and revolutionize the way we live. Behind every small cultural act lies a passion. It is first and foremost respect for nature that moves projects and producers close to Wilden.herbals. The common thread that binds them is the desire to see the world with renewed eyes, and this is their story.
We have been taught that only in large spaces can nature express itself at its best. This is not the view of the guys at Piccolo Seeds who started their adventure with a dream: to create vegetable gardens on the balcony or terrace. Their seed combinations are born with the intention of creating small potted gardens with compact, easy-to-grow plants or edible flowers for those who do not want to give up the aesthetic side. This is the story of a seed capable of sprouting a new world.
Where do you find them?
On our new website, where you can purchase the combinations that best suit your vegetable garden. [Also coming soon to Wilden’s new website!]
What is your philosophy?
PHILIPPE: This is not a question to ask someone who studied Philosophy in college, it would take too long to answer. Today, in any case, it is: love is the law.
SOIRA: I don’t know how to answer open-ended questions; I’ve always preferred crossword questions. What I can say is that I know I don’t know.
What does it mean today to rediscover the earth?
F: Knowing how to make magic.
S: Knowing how to see. The earth is all around us never hides.
Food: a childhood memory
F: My mother’s parmigiana, which has remained unparalleled.
S: My grandmother Renata’s milk thistles, which I now try to cook as well.
How does one of your products come about?
F and S: From research. It starts with old seed catalogs, a friend asking if you know anything about a given plant, a chef using a particular herb in a dish. Then you dig deeper and figure out if this plant meets our customer’s taste and needs, check availability, imagine a pack, and you’re done.
What does it mean to you to be “Healthy and Wild”?
F: Knowing how to get food. By the sea (mussels, tellins, and mussels in general), in the mountains (freshly popped porcini mushrooms), in the plains (grisol or silene and bruscandoli).
S: Going to the river with a bottle of wine and friends, sitting on the bank with your feet in the water and waiting for the sunset.