Villa di Castello near Florence

. public, free entrance

. garde size: now small

Photos from April 2016

Villa di Castello garden has a simple structure with symmetric rectangular flower beds. 

Behind the place where photographer stands in this picture, the garden continues to bosco. 

The garden also contains a basin with the sculpture of January (Ianuarius) made by Bartolomeo Ammanati.

You may also be interested in:

• Medici Villa of La Petraia garden, Florence
• Villa Gamberaia garden near Florence
• Butterfly house and Garden in Villa Garzoni in Collodi
• Villa medicea di Poggio a Caiano 
• Giardino Bardini, Florence
• Giardino Boboli, Florence

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Villa Gamberaia Garden near Florence

. private, open to public

. entrance fee

. size: medium

. it lies in Settignano near Florence

Photos from April 2016

roses, lemon trees in pots, white wisterias and cypresses

In the moonlight,

the color and scent of the wisteria

seems far away.

Yosa Buson

The garden as it looks today was made by Caponi family in 18th centure.

The most famous part of Gamberaia garden are water basins ending in a green wall with a window. The views over Tuscany get even more charming when there is only a certain point from which you can see it.

Exotic Orto botanico di Palermo, Sicily, Italy

. public

. entrance fee includes several greenhouses for ferns and succulents

. size: large

Photos from March 2016

The garden offers a great collection of citruses.

Banana Blossom

Green shadow dances ...

See our young banana-tree

patterning the screen.

Shiki

Cotton Tree Avenue

Strelitia Blossom

In the middle of the picture, you can see a big round pond called Aquarium.

The Laghetto of papyrus

An old silent pond ...

A frog jumps into the pond,

splash! Silence again.

Basho Matsuo