Chi sono
Biography
Anna Scaravella is an Italian landscape architect. After a degree in forestry, she began her professional career working with Japanese architect Haruki Miyajima in Brianza and later as a designer and works supervisor for an important Tuscan nursery. Over the years, she has designed gardens all over Italy, whilst the last phase of her career has seen her work on various international commissions from Paris to Lausanne, from Formentera to Kuala Lumpur.
Books
Scaravella is also the author of several books. These include Creare un giardino, winner of the Grinzane Cavour Prize in 2007, and Tra giardino e paesaggio, a journey through the Italian landscape by way of ten of her most important gardens. Published in Italy by Rizzoli in April 2025, the book was subsequently translated into English by Rizzoli New York with the title, Gardens and Landscapes: Ten Spaces of Beauty.
Tra giardino e paesaggio
https://www.rizzolilibri.it/libri/tra-giardino-e-paesaggio-libr/
https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9788891844514/
https://www.mondadorielecta.it/libri/tra-giardino-e-paesaggio-libr-anna-scaravella/
Creare un giardino
https://www.amazon.it/Creare-giardino-Ediz-illustrata-Scaravella/dp/8837040032
Dal paesaggio al giardino
https://www.lafeltrinelli.it/dal-paesaggio-al-giardino-idea-libro-anna-scaravella/e/9788837092528
Geometrie e botanica
https://www.electa.it/prodotto/geometrie-e-botanica-5/
Philosophy
Anna Scaravella’s main inspiration for designing her gardens was and remains the Italian landscape, understood not only as a sum of its morphological, botanical, and climatic characteristics but also as a historical heritage shaped by human activity over the centuries. Her gardens are “windows” onto the surrounding landscape, and as such they tend to blur the line between the inside and what instead lies beyond their boundaries.
Approach
Whilst her early designs presented a more eclectic and “architectural” approach, her recent production is characterised by a “naturalistic” approach that remains mindful of the Italian context. Mixed borders and hardy perennials typical of contemporary, wild-looking gardens coexist with evergreen shrubs such as rosemary and myrtle, as well as trees such as the cork oak—varieties endemic to her beloved
Mediterranean maquis.


