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Learning from Venice: About pandemic-proof food and lifestyle
Venice is so quiet, and the water is turquoise and crystal clear. Several times last week on social media, surprising images were shared, such as the ones showing millions of fish born in the Venetian canals during the past week!
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Camminando sotto i glicini – The Venetian Wisteria Walk
Looking up in Venice these days is a must because the purple blossom season is in full swing. In mid-April Venice is enveloped in the fragrant cascades of il glicine – wisteria. I mean, literally enveloped. Above you can see one of my favorite wisteria plants covering a building on Campo San Giacomo dall’Orio. Since I was a…
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April blossoms and spring in the Lagoon of Venice
Spring in Venice comes early and you can notice its first signs by mid-February. It’s not just the narcissi and primrose plants you see pop up in the fiorerie (flower stores) and on the balconies, it’s the season of mimosa blossoming (take a look at mimosa pictures in Venice in this blog article). March and April bring…
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How the exotic plants came to Venice
I took the pictures for this article on a morning in early November. Fall seemed to arrive earlier than last year. With the leaves wilting they make way for us to spot something else. During the warm season, it’s hiding behind the foliage but now, something stands out evergreen and emerald. Solitary and exotic plants attract our eyes. You wouldn’t…
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Harvesting Blossoms and the Ancient Perfume Manufacturers in Venice
Early fall is a boon for gardeners in Venice. Rainy weather and cooler temperatures allow plants and vegetables to thrive in the moist Lagoon. Farther south, for example on the Amalfi Coast, autumn is considered a second spring – la primavera in autunno. That’s also true for Venice to some extent. Early fall is the main harvest…
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Dream of Venice Architecture
Hortus Conclusus. The Humane City. Midnight Blue. Dream of Venice Architecture depicts Venice as the city built along concentric circles. A novel yet ancient concept and in our opinion, so revealing about the layers and fabric of the floating town, stretching from private to public and beyond into the Lagoon. Soul gardening, Venetian style. Our private gardens, the horti conclusi,…
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Our first year of blogging on Venice
A Venezia puoi girare il mondo in un giorno – Walking around Venice, you can take a world trip in one day. That’s how the very first supporter of our Blog sees her home town Venice. She’s my 93-year-old Grandmother who grew up in the northern Lagoon but moved back to her family home on Campo S. M. Formosa after the…
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Inspiration for Urban Gardening from Venice
From the garden of a Venetian countess: What does a Venetian giardino pensile – a hanging garden look like ? This garden is located in the San Basilio area ear San Nicolò dei Tolentini. On our way we could touch the dripping blossoms of wisteria (it was raining) and marvel at other trees with purple blossoms, making Venice look decidedly elegant…
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When spices were cultivated in Venice
Would you like to take a journey back in time, discovering the verdant paradise that Venice was in the 15th century? We had the opportunity to do so during our InstaMeet #giardiniveneziani, organized in late April by Giuseppe Boscaro and Anna Toniolo. The first of the three gardens we visited took us back in time, four…