A week ago we went to the flower festival in the park and when I went to the interweb to find out the name of the festival I discovered "The Secret Garden" tour. Leslie investigated it further and discovered that this is a tour of the gardens in the centers of the palazzos around town. There were 20 or so gardens open to tour and we got to eleven. This was fun as it took us to parts of town that we had never been to.
Impromptu markets pop up on the weekends
Just keep walking
At first I thought this was a big sausage but is a carved piece of wood
A fancy bed!
Our first garden was at the music museum
Each location will have information about the site
Behind the bananas was a large fresco
Super ornate portico
Large statues holding up the entrance to a building
Yet another bell tower
The entrances to the gardens were always a bit mysterious
There was a large amount of variability
This was a very large area with sculptures
And mature trees
Of various types. There was an official volunteer cataloging the types of trees found here
A big wall surrounded the space
We could see the bell tower from the garden
Off to another garden
Each time we had to show out tickets
This garden had more flowers than the others
Roses at that
A planted bird bath
Some are hanging in the out building
Some chairs set up
We found out that this garden was part of an arts organization and this years winner had art on display
Finding inspiration on wash day
Yes we did stop to smell them
They smelled as good as they looked
Very well kept
A huge apricot tree
The Italian version of throwing a pair of tennis shoes up on the power line. Instead these fancy leather pumps are handing from a power line
This old door, for forty four, don't come knocking you old bore...
Garden #3
Smaller potted flowers
But a dense jungle
Pops with poppies coming out of his head
In each garden the birds were singing their little heads off
A birds nest!
Froggy
This looked like a hops plant
At first I thought it was an orchid
Cats and dogs
I was trying to catch the bright green trainers that the priest was wearing
Back on the search for another garden
Keeping cool under the porticos
Love the color scheme
The buildings are really kept up and look nice
Entering another one
Garden #4
A larger area that used to house stables
A fountain with running water but not many flowers
Iron work up on a balcony
Concrete pillars
Gate and grille on the window
Garden #5
Nice trees
Black bird singing
heading to Garden #6
An oddly shaped leaf
This garden had a Nonna selling goodies
An apple tart!
Antient door
Oh the sweet sweet scent
The gardens are growing up the building
Honey suckle
It has been 2 years and 345 days since we began our Migration
