Italian gardens
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A farmhouse garden in the Chianti hills of Tuscany that blends the local vernacular with an English sensibility
Tasked with revitalising the garden of this old Tuscan farmhouse, Arne Maynard has taken his cue from both the local vernacular and the English sensibility of its owners. His design combines stone terraces built into the hillside with multi-layered planting, which introduces colour, fragrance and texture, and flows into the rolling landscape
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Arabella Lennox-Boyd's Italian garden is a romantic oasis in a severe landscape
In an extract from her book, ‘Gardens in my Life’ from 2021, legendary garden designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd tells the story of her family home and garden at the Palazzo Parisi in Oliveto, Lazio
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A tranquil garden at a Tuscan villa that makes the most of its spectacular setting
Tommaso del Buono has created a cool, calm and contemporary garden for a Tuscan villa, maximising the spectacular setting with diverse, drought-tolerant planting and inviting areas for outdoor living.
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A centuries-old Sicilian monastery transformed into a lush and vibrant garden
Spread across 110 acres on the Sicilian coastline, San Calogero has a rich history. Today, the house at its centre is surrounded by beautiful gardens reshaped by the son of the owners, in which lush plantings and flowing water are juxtaposed with areas designed to blend into the surrounding savannah
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A mesmerising Tuscan garden revitalised by Luciano Giubbilei
This garden in Tuscany offered its London-based designer, Luciano Giubbilei, a chance to reconnect with his roots, while also developing his interest in Italianate garden tradition and experimental planting
Design Ideas
How Tricia Guild transformed her Italian garden into a summer delight
The inspiring schemes and spaces of Tricia Guild's garden in Umbria, designed in collaboration with Arne Maynard
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A subtly romantic garden in Italy planted with sustainability in mind
With a brief to create a garden in the Italian countryside in tune with its surroundings, the designer Stuart Barfoot combined subtle landscaping with romantic plantings in a wildlife-rich scheme that captivates the senses
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The 800-year-old estate of a Sicilian marquis with evolving displays of succulents and tropical flowers
At San Giuliano, the 800-year-old estate of a Sicilian marquis, evolving displays of succulents and tropical flowers ensure the garden always feels beguiling and alive
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Near Rome is an eccentric 17th century Duke's mysterious garden of monsters
Below the hilltop village of Bomarzo in Lazio, north of Rome, is a woodland garden filled with unusual, arresting and sometimes grotesque statues carved out of volcanic rock for an eccentric sixteenth-century duke
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A low-maintenance garden at an Italian hillside villa
In an extract from 'Gardens of Eden' Abbye Churchill describes how in northern Italy, garden designer Cristina Mazzucchelli has created a bucolic resort landscape that is both ethereal and self-sustaining
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At the gardens of Torrecchia Vecchia designer Dan Pearson has spent 20 years cultivating a romantic arcadia
For more than 20 years, garden designer Dan Pearson has overseen the evolution of the garden at Torrecchia Vecchia near Rome from neglected wilderness to romantic paradise