Bardini Hillside Gardens in Florence!

Bardini Gardens, next to Medici's Boboli garden, can be seen with the same entrance ticket!

The gardens climbing up a hill with many terraces, and are famous for the extra ordinaire blooming seasons through out the year, except now, off course :( Just have to come back!

This is the seasons, just check it out: Roses, Dahlias, Peones, Wisteria, Hydrangea, Camelias, Azaleas, Irises and much much more!

You have to use Your imagination when looking on these photos, Enjoy!

BARDINI GARDENS

Some flowers where there after all

The Gardens climbing up the hill, and nothing for people with walking difficulties

The view from the top of the gardens over Florence and the surrounding landscapes are amazing and there is a café where You can sit and just enjoy it all

Would not be a Italian garden if there wasn't scupltures, and this one there is also many modern ones

 Beatuiful Terracotta waiting for next season

Imagine this Wisteria & Hydrangea pergola in the spring, mmmmh

We are saying good bye to Bardini garden with a vista from the Garden Café.

Thank You for joining me, Per!

Azienda Trinita, a Sicilian Garden of Eden

I had the enormous luck to be invited to a Garden and Cooking tour when in Catania.Sicily the other day!

The tour took us up the slopes of Etna, to the village of Mascalucia & the old family farm Azienda (Villa) Trinity, where we attended a cooking class with Ana-Maria and a Garden tour with Salvatore.

The oldest house on the property is from 1609 and the Garden are divided in several gardens, some for food and some for pleasure, or both.

It's fall and not many flowers bloom, but nevertheless is the garden stunning.

The cooking is all organic and unbelivably tasty.

Please enjoy this pretty big photo tour of mine, and I hope I can give You a feeling of the Italian Beauty!

AZIENDA TRINITA

The proud owner Salvatore showing his beautiful garden with passion and great knowledge. A Property Map.

 The old Cistern at the cortyard

 Lavender and beautíful Terracotta paths in the Herbal Garden

Almonds, nearly ready to be picked

 Blood Grapefruit

Aubergine. Beautiful pots where found here and there in the garden!

Many different intresting pines

Mulberry. Ancient Irrigation system.

Olives

Geraniums

Garden decorations

Shady Garden Paths

Genuine Antique decor can be seen all over the garden

Cactae & one of the most beautiful Olive trees I've seen

A great cooking demonstration by Ana-Maria in the Kitchen where followed by a fantastic lunch

Started of with Carpaccio di Zucchine

and Caponata con Peperoni

Yummi Garlic bread :9

The condiments for the Spaghetti Aeolian Style

The main course was Pollo All'uva, no photos unfortunately, but here is the deliscious Crostata Limone, mmmmm for desert

And some of the great house wine

After a fantastic lunch with some Italian opera arias to go with, we ventured out in the gardens again:

Bougainvillea

 Vesuvio painted on the mantel piece in the dining room

One of the friendly dogs on the property

A bucket at the Cistern and a old lawn mover

I love the play of shadows in the garden

 The back piece of a old horse carriage

The entrance to the pool & pond area

 Along the drive way up to the villa

Another of the dogs, a lab puppy, happily running on the polished lavarock pavement

Palm Garden

One of the beautiful benches & the Church outside the gate

I hope You enjoyed this garden, I certainly did, and will hopefully come back when it's spring and all the flowers bloom.

Thank You for joining, Per!