Zucca Uomo

Zucca Uomo, Travo (Piacenza), Emilia-Romagna. 2007-2009 In 2007, the garden of Zucca Uomo appeared like a “lunar” landscape, the result of a previous intervention which didn’t take into account the context. The design, which in all took up the better part of two hectares, was then aimed at regenerating this landscape and restoring it to […]

Villa Bellaria

Villa Bellaria, Rivergaro (Piacenza), Emilia-Romagna. 1993-2002 The garden of Villa Bellaria foregrounds the romantic spirit of the garden as it was designed by complementing the sinuous serpentines, picturesque vistas, and kitsch flourishes of the original with a collection of Mediterranean plants and elements typical of Italian formal gardens, revisited however in a manner that’s more […]

Villa Albera

Villa Albera, Salvirola (Cremona), Lombardy. 1992-1994 Accompanying a historic Renaissance villa near Crema, the garden of Villa Albera is structured around two areas. The first, more “architectural” and closer to the house, is characterised by its learned and playful eclecticism, in which winding paths and sinuous topiary hedges lead the way to a terraced roundabout […]

Carimate

Carimate (Como), Lombardy. 2013-2018 Brianza is a place long marked by botanical and horticultural experimentation, with its historical parks filled to the brim with plants from all over the world. At the same time, climate change has made it an area suitable for plants that would have been unthinkable only a few years back. The […]

Teca House

Teca House, Biella, Piedmont. 2018 Designed to accompany Federico del Rosso’s architecture—which from the ruin of an old agricultural depot created a sustainable and self-sufficient glass house inspired by Philip Johnson’s iconic original—the garden of Teca House at first glance appears simple but in fact hides important landscaping interventions and choices that marry aesthetics with […]

Tra giardino e paesaggio

Bringing together ten amongst her most important gardens,Tra giardino e paesaggio: scorci mediterranei dal Nord al Sud Italia is both a compendium of Anna Scaravella’s 30-year-long career as a landscape designer and a captivating journey through the changing Italian landscape. The book—which spans the entire peninsula from Brianza to Apulia, passing through Umbria and Tuscany—includes […]