Bay Area Tendrils

Vignettes from my forays in Venice & the Veneto...  Villa Barbaro Nymphaeum:  a glassy pool and the sculptural extravagance of ...

Decorative metalwork .. Peggy Guggenheim Museum gateway. When in Venice .. If  you find yourself yearning to leave the crowds behind...

One of the hauntingly romantic landscapes visited during my sojourn in Italy's Veneto region: Villa Arvedi allowed me to exper...

All the months of planning that go into travel abroad... and all too soon the trip is over.  Thankfully, the memories remain vivid in...

My travels in Italy continue ...  You're invited to visit & ... 'Like' http://www.facebook.com/alicesgardentravel...

An entrancing surprise during my sojourn in Northern Italy: After an early-morning ferry across Lake Garda from my hotel in  Bardolino...

One of the great surprises of my Italian sojourn: Historic Torcello , barely populated, yet at one time, the beating heart of the Venet...

Hadrian's Villa Dreaming of Italy....

Villa Lante Parterre : Fontana dei Mori Photo © Alice Joyce When I wrote my contributions to the book, 1001 Gardens You Must Se...

Ninfa ...  Conservation of a Protected Landscape Safe harbor for 132 species of birds, pure lake waters, and a Pontine marshland habit...

Ninfa - In a few words, an enchanted landscape. A place where gardens rise up on the site of a once-prominent 8th-century town. Docum...

Highlights from my garden idyll in Italy appeared on Bay Area Tendrils in 2009  Villa Lante Hadrian's Villa and the  Sacred Wood...

Villa Adriana - Hadrian's Villa Outside Rome, a bit southwest of the town of Tivoli, the monumental Roman ruins of Villa Adria...