Kolymbetra – Sicily’s Valley of the Temples’ hidden garden
admin2021-07-27T11:47:53-07:00ITALY Sicily - I could not help but wonder as we wandered among Magna Graecia structures dedicated to the gods why this UNESCO archaeological site [...]
Palermo’s Orto Botanico
admin2020-03-30T12:20:09-07:00Lily pads drift in the "Aquarium," ponds placed in the oldest part of Orto Botanico. ITALY Palermo - It was but a 10 [...]
Taormina Sicily – Florence Trevelyan’s garden
admin2020-03-30T12:19:42-07:00Goldfish swarm around a tropical plant in a Hallington Siculor's pond with one of Florence Trevelyan's Victorian follies in the background. ITALY Taormina [...]
Il Biviere – the garden that wasn’t
admin2020-04-24T15:05:55-07:00ITALY Sicily - While others search out museums and cathedrals when traveling, I search out gardens, looking for those that could be no other place [...]