Genevieve Grove was born of a quiet decision, taken when my life was deeply disrupted and much of what I trusted had fallen away.
After many years devoted to building a family and raising children, life took an unexpected turn. What I once believed to be stable and final in Italy dissolved, and I found myself leaving familiar ground behind. I travelled across America for several years. In a foreign land, I was free to breathe, to cry, to feel. I listened closely to what life was asking of me next.
When my body grew tired and my mind weary, a different longing emerged: a desire to return to something older and simpler. A way of living shaped by land, seasons, and daily responsibility. Vinci, Tuscany, offered that possibility. A house and a piece of land quietly invited me to stay — to begin again, immersed in history, olive trees, vineyards, and the Tuscan sun.
This place is my commitment to living differently.
There is much to do. I am gradually transforming an old rural property back toward traditional farmhouse living — restoring the land, building chicken coops, growing vegetables, and learning to work with the rhythms of weather rather than against them. Every choice here is guided by care: to maintain a low energetic and environmental footprint, and to live within what the land itself can sustain.
Genevieve Grove is an invitation back to nature, back to what is simple and true.
It is a place shaped by land, seasons, work, and care.
There is space here to slow down, to observe, and to live within what the day allows.
In essence, Genevieve Grove is a space to slow down, breathe, observe, and remember what a simpler life feels like. It is a retreat not from life, but back into it.
If you pause long enough, you may notice the bamboo grove at the back of the garden resting in the wind, or find yourself holding a cup of tea from my ever-growing collection. There is no rush here — only moments of quiet presence, gently offered.
I see this place as a living experiment — imperfect, evolving, and deeply human. A place where effort matters, where days are shaped by work, weather, animals, and care. A place that invites rest not through indulgence, but through presence.
If you wish to learn more about this ongoing project, you can visit:
www.genevievegrove.com
Genevieve Cheung 張英姿 