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ITALY - Villa Sassella
These gardens are on a hillside near Lucca in Tuscany.
I took them over in Spring 1995 in the very early stages of
their development - before the first plants were specified.
The client brief was passed on to me as - “it’s got to look
good in August and no red Hibiscus”. A few lines scribbled on sheets of A4 in
lieu of a plan and a few rather vague photos were all I had to go
by.
Some groundwork had begun before my arrival accompanied
by 2,000+ plants. I was welcomed
by the local workforce with slight astonishment, lady gardeners being
a rarity in Italy. I spoke
no Italian and had never visited the site before.
Luckily gardening (well Latin plant names) helped as our mutual
language and for everything else
we used my poor school Spanish, even worse French and lots
of drawing diagrams in the mud accompanied by mime!
Once we got to work and I was as muddy as them .... well I
became Pianti Donna - that’s what it sounded like to me anyway - it
means Plant Lady!
This is an ongoing project and the client and I now
work closely with a shared vision of what we are trying to achieve.
On the following pages are photos of the gardens at
various stages in their development grouped into their respective
areas. Some are complete stand-alone gardens, others
are planted areas, all interlink and/or flow together. For work schedule
purposes there are around 30 of these areas. The total site is approximately 40 acres
Oh and I do now speak Italian .... as long as it’s
related to gardens, plants, restaurants or supermarkets and nobody
is too concerned about my poor grammar.
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THE GARDENS
As I get
around to it … the number of links and pages for Sassella will increase
– I have kept a photographic record of the work here from my first
ever day on site …I have a lot of photos of mud with sticks in! All these
pages are in the old style – if you get lost just click the link back
to the Home Page |
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TENNIS SIDE
+ FORECOURT PERCIES’
GARDEN |
ROSE GARDEN |
OLIVE TERRACES BOSSOLO BASSO TENNIS ORCHARD |
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THE HOUSE
To protect client confidentiality access
to these pages is password protected |
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PIANTI DONNA -
The Web Site
We’re in the process of change
– some links are still pointing to the old pages Click on the links below
to view or here to email |
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“The only limits
are your budget and my imagination … and remember you don’t have to
do it all at once. Let me
help you create your very own beautiful space.” |
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Should you require details of our project management service, please click on the address below and we will forward details to you.
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The entire contents of
this site is copyright © Julie Slatter Pianti Donna 2003 |
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