Umbertide, Umbria
In a garden completed the previous year clients requested a vegetable garden which was both decorative and practical. This orto was positioned across the drive from the garden proper, in the neat field where I had planted an orchard in the first stage of garden-building.
Six large Corten planters were positioned on a gentle slope, with a tall travertine vase in an opening at the centre, and the area between the planters filled with pine bark.
Viewed from the drive up to the house, the planters climbing the hill stand out starkly, softened by planting which feeds the family through the year.
2024
Planting and maintenance by Botanica di Laura Pescari