Catania Botanic Garden was created in 1858 by the Benedictine monk Francesco Tornabene, and is owned by the University of Catania. The garden covers c.a. 16.000 square ... read more
Botanic Gardens Villa Hanbury, was made by the Hanbury family, mid 19th century, and sold to the state by Lady Hanbury in 1960. Today it is managed by the University of ... read more
Botanical Garden of Brera was founded by Empress Maria Theresia of Austria. Today the garden is in the hands of the Università degli Studi di Milano, and ... read more
Botanical garden of Palermo, Orto Botanico di Palermo, dates back to 1779, and is a (10 ha) research and educational institution. It is owned and managed by of the ... read more
Orto Botanico Universita Padova, dating back to 1545, is one of the earliest botanic gardens in Europe. It was meant to teach medical students about medicinal plants. ... read more
Villa Taranto was created by the Australian-Scottish Captain, Neil McEacharn, between 1931 and 1940. The 16 ha gardens contain nearly 20,000 plant varieties. There is ... read more
Botanical Gardens of Naples (Orto Botanico di Napoli) is a 15 ha botanical research garden of the University of Naples Frederico II, and was created in 1810. It ... read more
Centro Botanico Moutan (15 ha) is specialized peonies and houses over 250.000 plants, amidst age-ols oaks, holm oaks, cypress and olive trees. read more
Crespi Bonzai Museum & University is a unique museum of bonzai trees, ancient vases, ancient books and other related objects. It was created by Luigi and Luisa Crespi ... read more
Giardini Botanici di Stigliano's site with the thermal waters, has been known already since the Etruscan and Roman times. Today it is a hotel, with a completely ... read more
Giardino dei Semplici (2.3 ha) was founded in 1545 on request of Cosimo I de Medici. At the beginning it was made for medical plants, but redirected its focus after the ... read more
Giardino della Rosa is a relatively recent created rose garden (2012), covering 0,85 ha and housing over 500 varieties, 2500 roses and over 10000 herbaceous perennials, ... read more
Heller Garden, formerly the Giardino Hruska Botanico, was created by the doctor-dentist A. Hruska between 1912-1914, and taken over by the Botanical Garden of Andre ... read more
Hesperidarium The Citrus Garden is an exceptional garden containing over 200 varieties of Citrus plants from all over the world. To make it attractive for young visitors, ... read more
"La Mortella" (place of the myrtles), the magnificent garden, was created by Susana Walton, the wife of one of the most important twentieth-century British ... read more
Masone Labyrinth (8 ha) is an extraordinary bamboo labyrinth, created by an extraordinary man, Franco Maria Ricci, publisher, designer and collector. It houses also his ... read more
The original Villa Raimondi dates back to the 17th-18th centuries, but has undergone later changes. Today it (Minoprio Foundation) includes a school, library and ... read more
Negombo Thermal Park is a magnificent thermal landscape park with hot springs and sculptures. It was created since 1946 for Duke Luigi Silvestro Camerini, a humanist, ... read more
Oasi Zegna is nature park, created by the industrialist Ermenegildo Zegna (1892-1966), aiming to develop the environmental education for young people and giving ... read more
Palazzo Giusti, dating back to 1570, and was created for the Giusti family. The Palazzo is famous for its gardens. Its interior contain some remarkable ceilings by ... read more
