Grandi Giardini Italiani Srl

c/o Villa Erba
Largo Luchino Visconti, 4
22012 Cernobbio (COMO)
Italy

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19 August 2021

VERDE GRAZZANO

The best nurserymen in a unique scenario
Verde Grazzano means Green Grazzano in Italian: it is the first flower show dedicated to the art of gardening and the creativity inspired by nature which will take place in the unique gardens of Grazzano Visconti's castle.

Verde Grazzano, inspired by the stunning nature of the castle's park, is the new place to be for all who love gardening and live green.
Discover a new shade of green.

It was created between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth by Duke Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone, father of the film director Luchino Visconti who spent his childhood here.It is an eclectic garden in which different inspirations mingle harmoniously: the symmetry of the Italian garden, facing the main entrance of the majestic fourteenth century Castle, and the lines of the avenues which attract the eye coexist with the romantic atmos- phere created by the wooded areas and the winding paths which lead through the trees in an interplay of light and shade.

The sound of water from the little Rio Grazzano stream which flows through the property pervades the whole park, rich in fountains, statues, little bridges and moats. The fairy-tale children's Cottage appears through an archway in the hornbeam hedge, commissioned by Duke Giuseppe for his younger children Uberta and Nane, next to a yew maze.

The choice of plants was conditioned to achieve a permanent architectural effect with evergreens such as cypresses, pines, holm oaks, yews and bushes of myrtle and box. Roses and hydrangeas prevail amongst the flowers. There are also many native plants in the park, typical of the ecological area of Grazzano Visconti: common oaks, elms, black poplars, hazels, field maples, cherries and ashes, as well as shrub undergrowth such as crab apples, dogwood and privet. Fine specimens of cedars, wisteria, American cypresses and several clumps of bamboo give a more refined tone to the park. In the 150.000 square meters London plane, an 80 years old lime and a group of Cedars of Lebanon.

Colors are the smiles of nature

- Leigh Hunt -

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