After the Second World War, the reconstruction was taking place in Italy. Expertise for the recovery of plants, trees and parks were requested to replace the ones lost in the war; the demand for technical consultation required specialized landscapers. Piante Mati, in the period before the war, carried out many different exhibition and realization of gardens, have had qualified member of staff able to give good advise on the type of plants and trees to utilize in the new garden layouts. Herewith started a new branch within the administration building, an office exclusively dedicated for new clients, able to advise on special requests, for the purchase of new plants and trees and the placements in their gardens.

During the years of the Italian economical boom, the garden acquired a luxury and exclusive status for the upper class, and played a valuable role for new and refurbished private residences. During those years, the newly established technical office received requests from the whole country, extended also to Switzerland and France.

Large International exhibition starts promoting ‘flower nurseries’, ‘ Piante Mati’ distinguishes themselves with numerous multifaceted prizes.
Subsequently to these initiatives, the demand for the innovative garden designs receives large consensus.

 

 

During the seventies, the garden acquires an exotic and informal flow in contrast with the rigid and classical Italian style. New experimental typologies of plants becomes quite original.

 

The eighties, is a period in which new fashion for large garden is re-discovered. After years of experimental free flow gardens, slowly, new requests for the classical geometric ‘italian garden’ is starting up again. New public large projects are undertaken: amongst them ‘Rusconi editore’; 'Trans Word Film' in Rome; 'Consorzio Cuoiodepur' in S.Croce (FI). The participation to International Garden Show in Amsterdam, will earn, to the Italian representation, a first prize to share with Japan.

During the nineties, the garden projects are being computerized, in order to facilitate the elaboration of data and give a better visual presentation. During these years, amongst other projects, Piante Mati will be asked to design the internal gardens of Museo dell'Accademia di Firenze, for the garden around the monument dedicated to Falcone and Borsellino in Amelia, for the modern Galoppatoio St. Patrignano, for the area of C.E.S.P.V.I. Pistoia. In collaboration with renown architects such as Peter Curzon and Fernando Caruncho, Piante Mati is asked to design the gardens of Giorgio Armani head office in Milano, and a large private garden in Madrid.

In February 2000 Piante Mati is extended with a new ‘Studio Mati’, forming two separate entities.
Studio Mati is offering a complete range of garden services; innovative design ideas, rendering projects, technical advises, estimation of costs and promotion for green culture as a whole. In the mean time, the continuous collaboration with other companies operating in similar activities required a comprehensive service in the garden sector, such as irrigation, lighting and maintenance, hence the birth of Gruppo Mati. Further to landscape design we offer a complete supporting service (irrigation and lighting layouts), for garden and planting maintenance.

Ottobre 2003, In october 2003 a new branch Studio MATI starts, in via Bonellina, 68 at Pistoia.

In 2008 ‘Studio Mati’ extends its services to project consultancy for new initiative that are creating interests as a new ‘green culture’ is rapidly advancing in Italy, Europe New York and Tokyo.