What is a formal garden? originally appeared on Dengarden. A formal garden sounds grand and imposing, evoking images of huge, impeccably manicured gardens attached to European palaces. But what if we ...

The first sound you hear is that of cascading water that catches the diamond brilliance of the sun as one enters through the massive stone columns that grace the front entrance of the Italian Cultural ...

It seems as if I have always known of the celebrated Villa d‘Este, but until this spring I really didn’t know much about it. I was aware of the complex’s influence on landscape design, especially the ...

Monty begins his journey in Rome, powerbase of emperors and popes, to explore gardens that are among some of the most extravagant and flamboyant ever created. Monty Don is on a grand tour around Italy ...

The designers intended for the theatricality of the terraced view to be accentuated by the enclosed viewing amphitheater, thereby contemplating the surrounding landscape and "bringing to stage the ...