A Secret Garden in Italy

A romantic Italian cottage garden

Today we ’re heading all the path to Felizzano in northwestern Italy to visit Eddi Volpato ’s garden .

The garden is a small outer space of about 300 satisfying meters ( 3,000 square feet ) . It let in a central field for thevegetable garden , with a serial publication of outer space dedicate to flowerborders . There are two lawns , one in front of the house and a smaller one in a hidden field .

The garden from above , with the vegetable garden in the center and the side borders .

The border in fall , withAnemone× hybrida‘Honorine Jobert ’ ( Zones 5–9 ) andAster novae - angliaeandAster novi - belgii(New England and New York aster , Zones 4–8 ) .

The hayfield , withdwarf English boxwood(Buxus sempervirens‘Suffruticosa ’ akaBuxuspumila , Zones 6–9 ) andLoniceranitida(box Aquilegia canadensis , Zones 6–9 ) pruned into globe .

An area to relax , with sheeredboxwoods .

Zantedeschia aethiopica ( calla lily , Zones 8–10),Hemerocallisfulva(orange daylily , Zones 4–9 ) , andRosa‘Iceberg ’ ( zone 6–9 ) around the spud in the veggie garden .

Papaverbracteatum ( Persian poppy , Zones 5–9 ) andAquilegiaBarlow ( Barlow serial publication columbine , Zones 5–9 ) .

Vegetable garden withtomatoesandpotatoes .

A collection of varieties ofPaeonialactiflora(common garden paeony , Zones 3–8 ): ‘ Pillow talk of the town ’ , ‘ Sarah Bernhardt ’ , ‘ Bunker Hill ’ , ‘ Karl Rosenfield ’ , and ‘ Immaculèe ’ .

Bathtub with water lily .

The vegetable garden and the roseate ‘ Old Blush ’ ( Zones 6–9 ) .

The well andeuphorbiaJack Frost ( zona 8–9 )

nightfall anemone and aster .

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