Anchiano was the landscape where one of history’s great observers first learned to look at the natural world. Leonardo da Vinci grew up observing the landscapes around Anchiano. Long before his notebooks were filled with anatomy, engineering, water, flight and biology, there was curiosity about the world immediately around him.
What draws us to Leonardo is not simply his reputation as an inventor. It is his way of approaching the unfamiliar. His drawings and notebooks reflect a curiosity that moved across plants, landscapes, anatomy, engineering, and the movement of water, using careful observation to investigate connections throughout the natural world.
For us, Anchiano represents the spirit which that curiosity can cultivate: access to nature, time to observe, encouragement to ask questions, and the freedom to follow an idea across disciplines. We chose the name because we want to make those opportunities possible for more people, in more places.