I Giardini e le Fronde

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This is a delightful nursery established by Lucia Mazzarello and Stefano Rhue, who live here with their two teenage children, a dog and some cats. They cultivate shrubs and small trees in pots in a wonderful rural setting, including, above all, hydrangeas, flowering apple trees, dogwoods and willows with coloured bark; not to mention herbaceous perennial and unusual annual species, as well as mostly forgotten vegetables.

The plants can grow freely, with little pruning, natural fertilization and very few phytosanitary treatments: everything is aimed at achieving 100% organic cultivation.
The nursery also offers screens, structures, gazebos, cones and other decorative items made of willow or twisted hazel; heather panels produced in the North of France are available as well, complementing the wide offer of romantic fences in naturally split chestnut poles (following the very grain of the wood – a feature that guarantees long-lasting creations).

During the Christmas period, the nursery sells, also online, evocative wreaths, crowns and other outdoor decorations made with branches, fruits, berries, dried inflorescences, and pinecones: they are actually made in another family nursery in Casaleggio Boiro, Monferrato. Pruning and felling debris are also used for this purpose.

Throughout the year, this nursery also offers gardening courses and, in December, free Christmas-themed weaving demonstrations.

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