Bosco Colto: Art and Agriculture Unite in Sicilian Landscape Regeneration

Bosco Colto, a territorial regeneration project at Borgo Santo Pietro near Caltagirone, Sicily, merges art, architecture, writing, agriculture, gastronomy, eco-design, and education. Conceived by architecture firm Marco Navarra, the initiative is anchored by the Rasoterra Campus titled 'Imparare dalla selva,' involving over fifty participants from various Italian universities. The project operates at the Stazione Sperimentale di Granicoltura, a 1930s agrarian center housing Europe's most important cork oak forest, now semi-abandoned, alongside ancient grain fields, olive groves, and prickly pear trees. Key interventions include restoring the orto-giardino of the former Educandato San Luigi by Analogique, rehabilitating a nursery in the forest by Antonio Scarponi Studio Conceptual Devices, repurposing disused horse structures by ErranteArchitetture, and creating a communal bread-making table by Marco Navarra. Chef Marco Falcone experiments with flours from the grain station. The project emphasizes self-construction, care for places, and reconnecting fragmented landscapes through collective knowledge transmission.