The ASSOCIATES 

Adriano Altissimo

Adriano graduated in 1975 at the University of Padova. He started working as an agricultural technician, and between 1976 and 1983 worked as a teacher in agricultural secondary schools. In the meantime, (1979-1983) he set up a farmers' cooperative together with friends and colleagues (management of urban parks and gardens and market gardening). Between 1983 and 1985, he worked by himself as a professional planner for parks, gardens, sporting facilities and rural areas. Agronomi Associati was created in 1986 with the first aim to run and supervise projects in these technical fields. In 1990, he pointed his scientific attention on turfs, first participating in research projects with the Faculty of Agricultural Studies of the University of Padova, and then also on his own, working for private companies. During these same years (1990-1995) he was a councilor responsible for the environment in the municipality of Vicenza.He taught in many qualifying courses on turf in urban areas for nursery gardeners, and students in university and masters. His research field has widened to include organic and then mineral fertilizers, and is now oriented towards low impact agriculture. He now works also outside Italy. He takes part in international meetings and study groups maintaining relationships with many research Institutes and Universities. He also likes having university students running training periods at Landlab.
This is the meaning Adriano that gives to his profession: sharing, researching, growing up with people of different ages and with different vocational trainings, with the only aim of working for stable, simple, efficient and low impact systems, paying particular attention to limited natural resources.

Roberto de Marchi

Roberto graduated at the University of Padova in March 1987, with a degree thesis  on Phleum pratense's genetic improvement. He has always been interested, even before his graduation, in the planning of parks and gardens and in environmental problems, fields in which he started his working career.  He has worked as a professional since the beginning, first by himself (1985-1987), afterwards in Agronomi Associati (1988-2005), and finally in Landlab studio associato. He has always been interested in themes related to landscape and territory planning, with increasing commitment and satisfaction.At the moment he is concentrating his professional activity on public and private gardens and parks planning, designing of sporting facilities, landscape and territory planning (with attention to ecosystemic balance), interventions for environmental restorations. He is a councilor for the "Ordine Provinciale dei Dottori Agronomi e Forestali di Vicenza" (Agronomists and Foresters Provincial Association).

Lisanna Peserico

Lisanna graduated in 2003 at the University of Padova, Faculty of Agricultural Science, with a thesis on the evolution of soil fertility in conventional and organic agriculture. She has been working with of Agronomi Associati since May 2001.She is now working in Landlab research and development in turfgrass, in traditional and organic horticulture (nutrition samples and fertirrigation), in open field crops. The experimental part of her job includes trial designing and development, until the data analysis and the final report. She is also a consultant for turf maintenance.

The TEAM

Elena Berdin

Elena graduated as a company accountant at the "Istituto Tecnico Professionale Almerico da Schio" in Vicenza, a technical secondary school. In 1993, she began to work with Agronomi Associati. Throughout these years she has attended many training courses concerning the knowledge and the use of computer programs for accountancy.

Bruno Farinazzo

With a bachelor in agriculture, Bruno is attending the University of Padua. He is working at Landlab since 2005, following the realisation of experimental trials: setting, development and maintenance.

Emanuela Lapo

Emanuela graduated in 2004 at the University of Padua, with a thesis on phytoextraction of metals by means of agricultural crops. During her job experiences she got more and more knowledge about database managemement and organic certification. Since 2006 she works at Landlab, more specifically on land planning and green areas design.

Valentina Dezuani

Valentina graduated at the University of Padua in Landscape and garden design with a thesis on the behaviour of C. dactylon during its setting. She works at Landlab since 2007, as a research assistant, followind the development and first analysis of trials on turfgrass and other crops.

  
Massimiliano De Antoni Migliorati

Massimiliano graduated in 2008 at the University of Padua in Environmental Sciences, with a thesis on the screening of the performances shown by several constructed wetland systems. In Landlab he attends to environmental assessments and landscape studies, focusing on territory management and developement issues. Massimiliano recently joined also the "Research and developement area" working on statistical analysis and writing scientific articles.

   Sonia Bagnara