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Weekly Chronicles
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Below is a short journal of the six weeks I spent aboard what I saw and did in relationship to horticulture, agricultural, and the intersection with visual art and pop culuture.
Weekly Chronicle ~ Settimanale
Weekly Journal of Summer Scholarship Work Experience. Weekly, 3-4 days I dedicated to botanical gardens, school, and events focused on central Tuscany retracing my roots, and creating new paths.
TRAVEL CHRONICLE
Each week this September I spent three to four days exploring a corner of northern Italy. I focused my explorations in different areas of interest from Agritourism farms, to horticultural institutions, and comparing public and private villas and sculptural parks along the way.
My travels this late summer were bookended by a long weekend in London to begin the trip and a similar end-cap to the adventures on Fishers Island the first week of October.
Weekly Detail
Week 1
I began my travels exploring the Queen's gardens of St. James park. In particular I visited the traditional cottage garden, or a rather traditional portager garden.
The park in London contains a real live menagerie of different fowl and various sweeping ornamental beds.
I walked through the different areas of the beds and plantings of the Queen's garden
From London in the UK I took a quick flight of just over an hour to Bologna Italy in Emilia Romagna.
Week 2- Ferrara, Emilia Romagna
August 22-26th, 2024: First Weekend Itinerary :
Location: London, England.
- St. James Park - Queen’s Garden
- Thames Riverfront walkway
- Museum of Natural History: Prehistoric Collection, Botanical flora collection, seaweed, architecture.
2nd Week- Emilia Romagna: Ferrara and Padua
2Day Workshop Volunteer Experience at Terraviva Did
Visit to Padova, Padua Botanical Garden
- 30 min train ride from Ferrara
- 2.5 hr visit to Botanical Gardens, Museum & Library
Venetian Interlude: Biennale of Venice Balcony Gardens
3rd Settimana: Millan Monza
- BAM: Library of the Trees
- Bosco Verticale
- Agricultural School of Monza: Tour to the University Campus and meeting with administrative staff
- 4th Week: Tuscany, Lucca
Murabilita
Lucca Botanical Garden
Collodi
From Milan as a home base I visited the town city of Monza and the Agricultural School of the Monza Park, the school offers many courses from Arboriculture, to Floral Design.
Adjacent to the school are the royal gardens of Monza, the Villa Reale of Monza, that contain:
"over 40 hectares... a pond, a rock garden, the Antro di Polifemo (Polyphemus cave) and a classical temple. - Serrone orangery and the Rose Garden, boasting 400 varieties of roses."
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