2 November 2018
In memory of the friends of Grandi Giardini Italiani
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I am pleased to remember today of the friends I met thanks to my work over the last twenty years.
The most poignant memory is linked to Germano Lissidini, a young man projected towards life with whom I had the honor of working side by side in the office. His enthusiasm and contagious sympathy made every project an adventure to share. He had a degree in philosophy, he loved traveling and discovering the gardens and secretly hoped that he would carry on ''Grandi Giardini Italiani'' after me. The cancer, bravely faced face-to-face, took it away very young and every day on my desk I have his book ''iLive'' a gesture of generosity for us that we met colleagues working and companions of a too short trip together.
Litta Medri was among the many other things Director of the ''Boboli Gardens''. Art historian, a person of exceptional vital energy, he threw himself into projects, realizing some truly innovative initiatives in the field of cultural heritage. Among them we can not forget that it was Litta who brought Igor Mitoraj to Boboli, to whom we owe Tindaro Screpolato, an enormous bronze head created by the artist 1998 and permanently located on the east side of Prato dei Castagni in the Garden of Boboli.
Giannino Marzotto was the first owner to whom I turned 20 years ago to create ''Grandi Giardini Italiani''. He took me around his collection of statues of the Marinali at ''Villa Trissino'' on board an out of series. We have laid out the project guidelines on the Villa's dining table in front of a good glass. A great entrepreneur, he is often remembered for his lifestyle, but I was able to know his great work commitment: his analysis was always independent and often against the trend both on people and on the markets. Giannino introduced me to his nephew ''Bona Zanuso'' who had made an important experience in the family hotel chain ''Jolly Hotels''. I envied her magnificent hair, she was one of my most sporting friends always leaving for some skiing with her beloved son. It was his idea of the ''Grand Tour'' Venetian network, created to bring tourism beyond Venice. He was a person full of joy, professional and very loyal.
I met twice a year, for 17 consecutive years, Letizia and Viviana Pecci Blunt: an invitation to ''Villa Reale di Marlia'' in the summer to take a swim in the pool; the other in Rome in winter at Palazzo Pecci Blunt in front of the Campidoglio. We quickly hurried up practical issues to talk more extensively about the tourism market. All appointments followed a breakfast at which Donna Letizia invited people interested in the art of gardens, recreating a cultured and international living room. I miss her class and her natural art in putting people in touch with each other.
Arrival to talk about Giuseppe Paterno of San Giuliano with a lump in his throat. Joseph lived I believe every day of his life as an esthete. He lived in beauty and created beauty wherever he went. He had an adventurous life and lived many years away from his land Sicily, to which, however, he was very attached. His most precious inheritance is the garden that he and his wife Fiammetta Ferragamo created in San Giuliano: a particular and unique example of good classical taste and at the same time Mediterranean curated with dedication by Rachel Lamb.
I also gladly remember Anna Maria Botticelli, a biologist and writer who brought her scientific knowledge to the so-called ''green'' publishing world. He was a pioneer in many things and wrote for us the Garden Book dedicated to Negombo, the botanical garden of Fulceri Camerini in Ischia, so loved by her.
I met Gerard Olivier in Rome and around the nursery fairs. With the sun or the rain, armed with a microphone and a camera, he made one of the first TV programs dedicated to our sector. A very likeable jack russell always preceded him. I liked to deal with him on the care of the gardens: he was a competent botanist, but also a very practical gardener. He suddenly passed away, very young, and I realized only then that his family did not know him, or he knew little of this French gentleman, with a polite and intelligent manner.
Greetings my dear friends,
Judith Wade
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I am pleased to remember today of the friends I met thanks to my work over the last twenty years.
The most poignant memory is linked to Germano Lissidini, a young man projected towards life with whom I had the honor of working side by side in the office. His enthusiasm and contagious sympathy made every project an adventure to share. He had a degree in philosophy, he loved traveling and discovering the gardens and secretly hoped that he would carry on ''Grandi Giardini Italiani'' after me. The cancer, bravely faced face-to-face, took it away very young and every day on my desk I have his book ''iLive'' a gesture of generosity for us that we met colleagues working and companions of a too short trip together.
Litta Medri was among the many other things Director of the ''Boboli Gardens''. Art historian, a person of exceptional vital energy, he threw himself into projects, realizing some truly innovative initiatives in the field of cultural heritage. Among them we can not forget that it was Litta who brought Igor Mitoraj to Boboli, to whom we owe Tindaro Screpolato, an enormous bronze head created by the artist 1998 and permanently located on the east side of Prato dei Castagni in the Garden of Boboli.
Giannino Marzotto was the first owner to whom I turned 20 years ago to create ''Grandi Giardini Italiani''. He took me around his collection of statues of the Marinali at ''Villa Trissino'' on board an out of series. We have laid out the project guidelines on the Villa's dining table in front of a good glass. A great entrepreneur, he is often remembered for his lifestyle, but I was able to know his great work commitment: his analysis was always independent and often against the trend both on people and on the markets. Giannino introduced me to his nephew ''Bona Zanuso'' who had made an important experience in the family hotel chain ''Jolly Hotels''. I envied her magnificent hair, she was one of my most sporting friends always leaving for some skiing with her beloved son. It was his idea of the ''Grand Tour'' Venetian network, created to bring tourism beyond Venice. He was a person full of joy, professional and very loyal.
I met twice a year, for 17 consecutive years, Letizia and Viviana Pecci Blunt: an invitation to ''Villa Reale di Marlia'' in the summer to take a swim in the pool; the other in Rome in winter at Palazzo Pecci Blunt in front of the Campidoglio. We quickly hurried up practical issues to talk more extensively about the tourism market. All appointments followed a breakfast at which Donna Letizia invited people interested in the art of gardens, recreating a cultured and international living room. I miss her class and her natural art in putting people in touch with each other.
Arrival to talk about Giuseppe Paterno of San Giuliano with a lump in his throat. Joseph lived I believe every day of his life as an esthete. He lived in beauty and created beauty wherever he went. He had an adventurous life and lived many years away from his land Sicily, to which, however, he was very attached. His most precious inheritance is the garden that he and his wife Fiammetta Ferragamo created in San Giuliano: a particular and unique example of good classical taste and at the same time Mediterranean curated with dedication by Rachel Lamb.
I also gladly remember Anna Maria Botticelli, a biologist and writer who brought her scientific knowledge to the so-called ''green'' publishing world. He was a pioneer in many things and wrote for us the Garden Book dedicated to Negombo, the botanical garden of Fulceri Camerini in Ischia, so loved by her.
I met Gerard Olivier in Rome and around the nursery fairs. With the sun or the rain, armed with a microphone and a camera, he made one of the first TV programs dedicated to our sector. A very likeable jack russell always preceded him. I liked to deal with him on the care of the gardens: he was a competent botanist, but also a very practical gardener. He suddenly passed away, very young, and I realized only then that his family did not know him, or he knew little of this French gentleman, with a polite and intelligent manner.
Greetings my dear friends,
Judith Wade
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