Fwd: A garden tour of Italy

Here is the email I sent to Joe in response to his initial request...

Nan

Begin forwarded message:
Subject: Re: A garden tour of Italy

Joe, you must go to Ninfa (not far fro Rome) http:// www.italyheaven.co.uk/lazio/ninfa.html

And to Landriana, also near Rome. http:// www.giardinidellalandriana.it/

Both are FANTASTIC gardens.

I suggest you go back into the Medit archives and look for the messages from Alessandra Vinciguerra who used to be a regular group participant. Alessandra worked at both of those gardens (if I recall correctly) and last I spoke to her, was the horticulturist in charge of the American Academy in Rome which has some very nice gardens as well. She also works with La Mortella, a very famous garden in the south of Italy that belongs to a English woman. We didn't get to see it but Alessandra raves about it.

We were in Italy at the very end of April/beginning of May a couple of years back and it was fabulous. The weather was still cool (mostly sweater weather) and there were not many tourists yet. But it was very pleasant and rained only once or twice.

We LOVED Cinque Terre and adored Rome. Driving through Tuscany which we did for two days was divine. The countryside is beautiful and the wildflowers were out. We stopped in a tiny hilltop village whose name I'll have to ask my husband, but we loved it. The town was famous for its alabaster.

If you were thinking of seeing the garden mentioned in the book "A Garden in Lucca," I advise skipping it. The garden is nice but it is owned by two American men and the one who is the "gardener" of the couple is extremely unpleasant. He was the only stinker we met the entire two weeks in Italy.

If you would like hotel suggestions, etc, please let me know. You might also email my great friend Patrick Anderson who travels to Italy regularly and is very much a garden connoisseur. Patrick is at pmand02@yahoo.com. Please tell him that I suggested you contact him.

Wish I could go with you....

N


On Mar 29, 2006, at 9:20 PM, Joe Seals wrote:

I am thinking about doing a tour of the gardens of Italy, from Rome to Sicily. It would include botanical gardens and garden estates, private or public. 9-14 days.

Where, when, what?

Any and ALL suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,
Joe Seals













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