Gardens

Culture

Getty Mounts Gardens Of The Renaissance Show

by Carol King | Mon, 05/27/2013 - 10:20

The Getty Centre in Los Angeles, California is mounting an exhibition dedicated to Renaissance gardens. Called ‘Gardens of the Renaissance’, the show explores…

Travel

Three of the Best Lakeside Gardens in Italy

by Carla Passino | Thu, 07/16/2009 - 03:25

Sculpture-ringed terrace thick with red, yellow and white flowers cascade down a hill to the shores of a sapphire lake. Topiary shrubs perfectly trimmed to…

Travel

Cloister Garden of the Santa Chiara Monastery, Naples, Campania

by Carla Passino | Tue, 09/09/2008 - 05:24

It is hardly what you’d expect cloistered nuns to gaze upon during the course of their silent lives. Bold scenes of boar hunting, bowling, dancing, even a…