OLIVE TREES

Fifty years ago, on this very land, my grandparents planted the first olive trees.

It wasn’t just work, it was a promise to the future.

After emigrating to Brazil and later choosing to return to Italy, they purchased these fields and filled them with courage, sacrifice, and hope. Olive trees and cherry trees were planted one by one, without machines, without shortcuts. Furrows were dug by hand, with a hoe. Simple gestures, yet deeply meaningful.

Today, in 2026, my father and I planted new olive trees. The olive tree — a symbol of resilience, slowness, continuity, and our roots. And we did it to carry forward what they had begun. Before welcoming something new, we first had to make space. Some of the cherry trees had reached the end of their natural cycle. Letting them go was part of the process. Through pruning and uprooting, we cleared the land, respecting what had been before. The dry branches were burned, and the wood was kept for winter — nothing wasted, everything transformed.

Casa Caroseno is born from and lives within this story. It is a contemporary, carefully designed, light-filled home — but what truly matters is not only its aesthetics or its modernity.

It is where it stands: in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by trees that seem to speak, that move with the wind, and that give back a deep sense of serenity — the kind that only nature can offer.

Here, time slows down. Silence is not empty, but full of life.

In recent years, Puglia has faced a deep wound: Xylella, a disease that has severely affected our olive trees, forever changing the landscape and the soul of this land. For this very reason, today more than ever, we feel the responsibility to plant new species, to care for them with attention, to educate ourselves, and to make conscious and respectful choices.

For us, sustainability is not a trend. It is a daily gesture. It is observing, waiting, protecting. It is living alongside nature without trying to dominate it.

Perhaps one day these trees will give life to our own olive oil. We don’t know yet. But we do know that every olive tree planted today is an act of trust in tomorrow.

And perhaps this is the deepest meaning of Casa Caroseno: a place where past and future meet,where beauty is not only what you see,but what takes root.

Giuseppe