Our GREEN project
Like the colour of the olive trees in the Salento.
The Garden of Baia di Gallipoli.
We plant trees to restore history, traditions, jobs and clean air to our land.
We plant trees to restore history, traditions, jobs and clean air to our land.
A project for our land
Olivami and the Garden at Baia di Gallipoli.
How the project came about.
Our commitment to and collaboration with Olivami stems from a goal in which we deeply believe: The reforestation of olive trees in Salento destroyed by Xylella.
Over the past five years, the Xylella epidemic has caused irreparable damage in the Salento:
21 million Salento olive trees have disappeared
and the Salento was forced to eradicate centuries-old olive trees that represented the area's liveliest tradition.
Over 5,000 olive growers have lost everything:
fields, work, traditions and the future.
The production of our beloved Salento Extra Virgin Olive Oil has decreased by 80%.
National production has decreased by 50% and Italy has become an importer of olive oil.
The rate of pollution has increased by 8%.
Olive trees are one of the plants with the greatest capacity to remove Co2 from the atmosphere: each olive tree removes around 730 kg of Co2 from the atmosphere per year.
Once we were an olive grove
Once upon a time, the Baia di Gallipoli was also a wonderful forest of olive trees that, over the years, we have seen suffer and then die, without being able to do anything to save even a single tree.
Why we have chosen Olivami.
Olivami is a non-profit association made up of a group of young people who love our land and advocate the revival of the Salento.
Like them, we believe in participation, in the importance of acts and in the strength of our olive growers who want to go back to the fields to start from scratch. Moreover, everyone can help, because all it takes is to adopt or give an olive tree to help the Salento.
We have adopted 200 of them!
Like them, we believe in participation, in the importance of acts and in the strength of our olive growers who want to go back to the fields to start from scratch. Moreover, everyone can help, because all it takes is to adopt or give an olive tree to help the Salento.
We have adopted 200 of them!
“We are deeply in love with our land and ready to actively commit ourselves to preserving it and seeing it flourish again.
Thanks to the Olivami Association, we are delighted to be able to contribute, together with our staff, our guests, and all the friends of Baia di Gallipoli, to reforesting the Salento, helping our farmers, and returning to future generations, the wonderful land in which we grew up.”
Thanks to the Olivami Association, we are delighted to be able to contribute, together with our staff, our guests, and all the friends of Baia di Gallipoli, to reforesting the Salento, helping our farmers, and returning to future generations, the wonderful land in which we grew up.”
A goal that can be achieved with the help of everyone, even from a distance.
To adopt or give an olive tree is a sustainable act with a profound value.
A sign of rebirth following Xylella. And thanks to Olivami, everyone can do it.
It is a new form of sustainable and participatory olive cultivation, which allows everyone to adopt one or more Salento olive trees from a distance, supporting the reforestation of the area and obtaining an annual supply of EVO oil of certified origin and quality.
A sign of rebirth following Xylella. And thanks to Olivami, everyone can do it.
It is a new form of sustainable and participatory olive cultivation, which allows everyone to adopt one or more Salento olive trees from a distance, supporting the reforestation of the area and obtaining an annual supply of EVO oil of certified origin and quality.
The Garden of Baia di Gallipoli.
Our Engagement
Our project is green, first and foremost, because it was created to restore the greenness of Salento, for which we are so nostalgic.
Green means the green of the leaves, which in the vast olive groves create expanses of colour in which to lose your gaze.
Green menas the green of the fruits, delicious in traditional recipes but even better when pressed. An ancient process that gives life to Salento's Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Irresistible on our bread.
But “Green” is also the blue of our sea, which is wonderful, but is even more beautiful when combined with the intense green of the majestic olive trees.
Green because it exudes a feeling of the future.
Green means the green of the leaves, which in the vast olive groves create expanses of colour in which to lose your gaze.
Green menas the green of the fruits, delicious in traditional recipes but even better when pressed. An ancient process that gives life to Salento's Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Irresistible on our bread.
But “Green” is also the blue of our sea, which is wonderful, but is even more beautiful when combined with the intense green of the majestic olive trees.
Green because it exudes a feeling of the future.
Our project is green, it is sustainable, and above all it comes from the heart.
Together with Olivami, we have planted 200 olive trees:
provide employment for 4 farmers
reduce Co2 emissions by 120,000 kg
contribute to the increased production of olive oil from Salento
help restore the Salento region and its ancient beauty to future generations.
The Olive Grove by the Sea
There is also an expression of gratitude in our engagement.
A reminder of what we have always been: a wonderful Olive Grove.
The Olive Grove by the Sea marks a new beginning. A group of young olive trees newly planted, to recreate, in a small way, what we once were.
A reminder of what we have always been: a wonderful Olive Grove.
The Olive Grove by the Sea marks a new beginning. A group of young olive trees newly planted, to recreate, in a small way, what we once were.
“Your sea in the green” goes green again 💚
We have begun. Now we are counting on you!
Do a small deed for Salento and a big deed for the Planet!
Help us plant more olive trees:
Contribute to the reforestation of the Salento region
Help farmers get back to the fields
Do something good for the planet
Help farmers get back to the fields
Do something good for the planet