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Those who are not interested in gardening might despair of yet another post on gardens. At least it covers two of them in one post.
The first is the garden of the Strozzi Villa. It might have had a garden at one point, but now it is mostly a steep hill covered with green vegetation and a couple of buildings at the top. The steps taking you up the top are impressive. What you see below is only a fraction of them.
More steps. The Strozzi were one of the most important families in Florence. Exhibitions are now held in their magnificent pallazo in the city.
By the time you are getting out of breath, you come to the Villa Strozzi.
You get nice views of the surrounding countryside with its olive trees and of the city suburbs.
The next garden is the Stibbert garden. This one is a garden, although it does not seem to have much of a maintenance budget. However the rundown look gives it a rather romantic appearance.
It is actually the most flowery garden we have seen so far,
With the best clumps of iris unguicularis we have ever seen. They most bloom better when they bake in the summer sun. We have seen them often in Victoria BC in December, but only a few blooms here and there (no baking sun). In the Stibbert garden, they are lush,
On the house facade are hung a large collection of coats of arms.
The garden has a Greek and and Egyptian temples. Both quite attractive and from the 19th century. You can imagine Cleopatra coming out of the Egyptian temple to step into a barge.
We end with a grand stair case from the garden up to the Stibbert Villa.
Those who are not interested in gardening might despair of yet another post on gardens. At least it covers two of them in one post.
The first is the garden of the Strozzi Villa. It might have had a garden at one point, but now it is mostly a steep hill covered with green vegetation and a couple of buildings at the top. The steps taking you up the top are impressive. What you see below is only a fraction of them.
More steps. The Strozzi were one of the most important families in Florence. Exhibitions are now held in their magnificent pallazo in the city.
By the time you are getting out of breath, you come to the Villa Strozzi.
You get nice views of the surrounding countryside with its olive trees and of the city suburbs.
The next garden is the Stibbert garden. This one is a garden, although it does not seem to have much of a maintenance budget. However the rundown look gives it a rather romantic appearance.
With the best clumps of iris unguicularis we have ever seen. They most bloom better when they bake in the summer sun. We have seen them often in Victoria BC in December, but only a few blooms here and there (no baking sun). In the Stibbert garden, they are lush,
On the house facade are hung a large collection of coats of arms.
The garden has a Greek and and Egyptian temples. Both quite attractive and from the 19th century. You can imagine Cleopatra coming out of the Egyptian temple to step into a barge.
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