Ilaria

I come from a small town in the Italian countryside, close to the mountains at the border between Italy and France. As a child, I witnessed all sorts of plants, fruits and vegetables grow in my family’s garden. My favorite thing to do as a little kid was to go and check on the apricot tree, witness its blooming season and wait for actual apricots to grow on it during summer. Seeing nature evolve during different seasons is something that always surprised me as a child and that I still carry with me when going to the farmers market or picking produce for the week now that I am in a big city, and I am grateful for that.