Seeds, herbs and woody species tell of gardens, open fields and woods, often linked to the sheep tracks of the transhumance shepherds, providing a connecting thread between Puglia and Abruzzo, between the collection of the Regional Seminary of Don Ciro Padalino with his Puglian origins and the plants of our Abruzzo region. Abruzzo stretches from the sea to the highest peaks of the Apennines, as a border area between the continental and Mediterranean macro-regions, and it has had exchanges with people coming from the North and the South, and from the other shores of the Adriatic Sea. This influx enriched and characterised the ancient cultures of the Italic people, with the input of new seeds that could adapt well to the various climate and soil conditions. With time, some of these have been lost, but the establishment of the protected areas has given a new lease of life to the inland areas. The protagonist is the farmer, who is also the caretaker of traditional local dishes.
Throughout the territories of the Abruzzo region there is a wide variety of places where most of the plants that are presented here are still grown: three National Parks, 25 Regional Natural Reserves, one Regional Natural Park.
In the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise
Species that are present: wild rose, apple and gentian
In the Majella National Park
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Species that are present: apple, fig, peach, plum, olive, tomato, lentil, various beans, broad bean, and local varieties of cereals, including carosella, solina and marzuolo wheats, and rye (known locally as sécina)
In the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park
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Species that are present: chickpea, grass pea, bean, lentil, broad bean, tomato, grass pea (robiglio), celery, saffron, apple, peach, chestnut, lime, fig, almond, olive, grape, local grains such as carosella, solina and saragolla wheats, rye, maize, barley, broom corn (Sorghum), cabbage, scallions and coriander.
In the Sirente-Velino Regional Park
Species that are present: mountain ash, wild rose, hawthorn, gentian, narcissus and saffron.
Lake of Penne
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Species that are present: hulled barley, lentil, chickpea, grass pea, alfalfa, peach, apple, wheat, two-row barley, rye, hemp and flax.
