Download or read book Notes from an Italian Garden written by Joan Marble and published by Charnwood. This book was released on 2002 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years ago, Joan Marble and her husband, Robert Cook, bought an unpromising piece of land near the little hamlet of Canale in an area north of Rome. Here they built a house, and, more importantly, grew a wonderful garden. 'Why do you want to have a garden here?' the local inhabitants asked. 'There's no water, the ground is like cement, it's too cold in winter and too hot in summer...' But Joan and Robert's enthusiasm, their ignorance of the obstacles that faced them, their downright obstinacy and the unexpected friends who helped them - all served to conquer the terrain.
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Download or read book Notes from an Italian Garden written by Joan Marble and published by WilliamMr. This book was released on 2001-04-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years ago journalist Joan Marble and her sculptor husband, Robert Cook, bought an unpromising piece of land near the little hamlet of Canale, north of Rome where the ancient Etruscans once lived. Here they built a house and, more important, set out to start a wonderful garden. All was not easy, however. They faced blank incomprehension from the local inhabitants. "Why do you want to have a garden here?" they were asked. "There's no water, the ground is like cement, it's too cold in winter and too hot in summer, it never rains. . . ." But Joan and Robert's enthusiasm for the land, their ignorance of the obstacles that faced them, their downright obstinacy and the unexpected friends who helped them -- all served to conquer the intransigent terrain. "I fell in love with Etruria one chilly evening in the middle of winter," says Joan. "They were having a New Year's Eve festival in a little town near Campagnano, and a group of local boys dressed in Renaissance costumes were marching in a torchlight parade down the main street. As I stood there in the cold watching the flames lurching to the sky, I realized that I felt very much at home in this ancient place. If ever we should decide to move to the country, this was the kind of place I would choose....." Inspirational, aspirational, enchanting -- this is an account of a passion for a place and an obsession with a garden that will charm all who love Italy, gardening, and life.
Download or read book Edith Wharton s Italian Gardens written by Vivian Russell and published by Bulfinch Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This elegant new volume combines Edith Wharton's sensual prose tour of Italy's most gorgeous gardens with stunning photographs that capture these lush spaces in all their past, present, and enduringly haunting beauty. Wharton devotees, gardeners, and Italophiles alike will delight in following in the writer's turn-of-the-century footsteps. 30 historical bandw photos. 180 modern color photos.
Download or read book Italian Villas and Their Gardens written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Italian Renaissance Garden written by Claudia Lazzaro and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes from a Roman Terrace written by Joan Marble and published by Transworld Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joan Marble has lived in a 16th-century Roman Palazzo apartment for 30 years. A lifetime of integrating with the Romans and gardening on her beloved terrace above the rooftops has resulted in this memoir. Highly personal and containing anecdote, history, and insight, Joan's experience of Rome and Romans is infected by her contagious fascination for plants, a hobby she shares every week with The Women's Gardening Club of Rome.
Download or read book Gardens of Italy written by Ann Laras and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspirational book is an illustrated survey of more than 60 major gardens in Italy, from the lakes north of Milan down to Ravello in the south. They include the Villa Balbianello, Isola Bella, Giardini Giusti, Villa Medici, Villa Gamberaia, La Mortella, Villa Lante, Villa d'Este, Giardini di Ninfa, plus some important modern gardens. All the gardens featured are open to the public.
Download or read book The Italian Garden written by Luigi Dami and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Italian Garden written by Geoffrey James and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1991 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Italy s Private Gardens written by Helena Attlee and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helena Attlee’s 20 years of experience with gardens lets her bring readers the very best in Italy's Private Gardens. She has talked and teased with owners, in the process admiring some of Italy's finest gardens, both large and small. She has even delved into the past and explored the future. The result is a book full of wonderfully fresh insight into those most marvelous of creations — the great gardens of Italy. At Villa Barbarigo in the Veneto, Count Pizzoni Ardemani recounts childhood tales of playing in the garden and talking to the statues. Countess Pietromarchi persuades roses to thrive in the challenging climate of central Italy, sharing this secret — and many others — in her garden at La Ferriera in southern Tuscany. Each garden has been specially photographed by Alex Ramsay and he, too, brings readers the people behind the plants in this spectacular, unique look at beautiful gardens.
Download or read book Some Italian Garden Details written by Ray Faulkner and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Italian Garden written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Italian Dream written by Gelasio Gaetani d’Aragona Lovatelli and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than three years, Aline Coquelle, the well-known globe-trotting photographer, and Count Gelasio Gaetani d’Aragona Lovatelli, a member of one of the oldest aristocratic Italian families, have followed the map of Italy’s best wines. Guided by Gelasio, readers are introduced to a tribe of artistic and wine-loving amici who share their passion for their country’s heritage and bounty. The Italian Dream: Wine, Heritage, Soul is an escape into the effortlessly elegant Italian lifestyle, savoring wine behind the private gates of family castles and vineyards, from the foothills of the Alps to the hill towns of Tuscany to the relaxed southern seasides.
Download or read book Notes of a Journey Through France and Italy written by William Hazlitt and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Italian Garden A Book of Songs written by Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (formerly Darmesteter, formerly Robinson.) and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
