Italian gardens
Jan 23rd, 2021 | 04:25 PM
#24
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Southam, 'sinfully beautiful photography'. Couldn't have said it any better!
Btw, by coincidence the owner of our Burgundian rental in Meursault turned out to be Monty Don's BBC producer gal.
OP Hattonth, Jean's above 'garden visit' link is very useful indeed. Maybe also try same same query over on the Rick Steves site forum, plus Trip Advisor?
PS Ann-you're killing us. Our all-time splurge villa rental wazzam (was and still is) literally a stone's throw below Villa Cimbrone in the Marmorata seaside stretch of Ravello. Had to cancel due to covid and are still negotiating the deposit refund, a not-insignificant amount. God's sense of humour, as we'd booked ages in advance.
I am done. The end.
Btw, by coincidence the owner of our Burgundian rental in Meursault turned out to be Monty Don's BBC producer gal.
OP Hattonth, Jean's above 'garden visit' link is very useful indeed. Maybe also try same same query over on the Rick Steves site forum, plus Trip Advisor?
PS Ann-you're killing us. Our all-time splurge villa rental wazzam (was and still is) literally a stone's throw below Villa Cimbrone in the Marmorata seaside stretch of Ravello. Had to cancel due to covid and are still negotiating the deposit refund, a not-insignificant amount. God's sense of humour, as we'd booked ages in advance.
I am done. The end.
Jan 24th, 2021 | 06:41 AM
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My sinuses can attest that Lake Como has great plant varieties as I’ve had some of the worst episodes of hay fever in May there.
Turns out that rich people who bought properties on the lake in the late 19th and early 20th centuries had all kinds of plants imported from all over the world there.
Just to add to the list, the Villa Serbelloni tour is great but you have to be able walk up the hill at the tip of the Bellagio promontory where you will be rewarded with spectacular views including some manicured gardens below.
Another spectacular outdoor space set against views of the lake is Villa del Balbianello, also can be more difficult to reach.
I like designed spaces, manicured shrubbery. That’s kind of what gardens are, an ordering of nature, carving out spaces of human order amongst nature. But Italy also has breathtaking landscapes for visitors — rolling pastures and vineyards, hills and cliffs crowned by chaotically jammed together homes and buildings which as a whole look harmonious from a distance (Cinque Terre, Amalfi Coast, Tuscan hill towns).
Turns out that rich people who bought properties on the lake in the late 19th and early 20th centuries had all kinds of plants imported from all over the world there.
Just to add to the list, the Villa Serbelloni tour is great but you have to be able walk up the hill at the tip of the Bellagio promontory where you will be rewarded with spectacular views including some manicured gardens below.
Another spectacular outdoor space set against views of the lake is Villa del Balbianello, also can be more difficult to reach.
I like designed spaces, manicured shrubbery. That’s kind of what gardens are, an ordering of nature, carving out spaces of human order amongst nature. But Italy also has breathtaking landscapes for visitors — rolling pastures and vineyards, hills and cliffs crowned by chaotically jammed together homes and buildings which as a whole look harmonious from a distance (Cinque Terre, Amalfi Coast, Tuscan hill towns).
Jan 25th, 2021 | 08:52 AM
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I recall seeing advertisements for garden tours in the publication of the American Horticultural Society. Google "garden tours Italy" to get ideas.
Genoa_ItalianRiviera_Florence_2017_v1WEB_r1.pdf
https://www.gardenvisit.com/garden_tours/in/italy
https://www.susanwornertours.com/ita...67663574218750
Genoa_ItalianRiviera_Florence_2017_v1WEB_r1.pdf
https://www.gardenvisit.com/garden_tours/in/italy
https://www.susanwornertours.com/ita...67663574218750
Feb 13th, 2021 | 08:58 AM
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If the ones I posted, they are from Ravello, on the Amalfi Coast. Villa Rufolo is the first one -- it is associated with Wagner/opera and is a site for the annual Ravello Music Festival; in another part of the small town isVilla Cimbrone, the other two pics, Both places have amazing views; they are within the town area and it's easy to see both on the same day, as well as enjoy the town, though we tend to stay there a week at a time in a small b&b.
Feb 13th, 2021 | 07:23 PM
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In Padua, the Orto Botanica is worth a look. Garden started in 1600, for research and medicinal plants. UNESCO classified.
In Venice, on Fondamenta Gradenigo is the Palazzo Soranzo Cappello. It is an office building, but you can walk straight through the ground floor and into the garden. Henry James novel The Aspern Papers is set in the palazzo, the garden features in the novel.
or take a vaporetto to Burano, getting off at Mazzorbo. Walk through the community gardens and allotments and over the bridge to Burano.
In Venice, on Fondamenta Gradenigo is the Palazzo Soranzo Cappello. It is an office building, but you can walk straight through the ground floor and into the garden. Henry James novel The Aspern Papers is set in the palazzo, the garden features in the novel.
or take a vaporetto to Burano, getting off at Mazzorbo. Walk through the community gardens and allotments and over the bridge to Burano.
Feb 14th, 2021 | 06:57 AM
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Yes, Pete, Padua makes a nice day trip from Venice and the Orto Botanico is lovely. I caught it at perhaps its best in May.
I have yet to make it to the Henry James garden or Mazzorbo, though I've found some others, like the garden of the Scuola vecchia della Misericordia which is right at the southern end of the Fondamente of the same name. It's a walled garden with roses and flowerbeds which you would absolutely not know was there unless you did. I found it by chance via the Accademia website but whether it will ever open again who knows.
Aperture straordinarie del giardino della Scuola Vecchia della Misericordia. | Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia .
Next year in Venice.
I have yet to make it to the Henry James garden or Mazzorbo, though I've found some others, like the garden of the Scuola vecchia della Misericordia which is right at the southern end of the Fondamente of the same name. It's a walled garden with roses and flowerbeds which you would absolutely not know was there unless you did. I found it by chance via the Accademia website but whether it will ever open again who knows.
Aperture straordinarie del giardino della Scuola Vecchia della Misericordia. | Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia .
Next year in Venice.
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