Un Giardino a Lucca

In the year 2000 Paul Gervais’ A Garden in Lucca was published to international acclaim. It was the story of how he and his companion, Gil Cohen, both of Boston, transformed the long neglected grounds of a sixteenth century hunting lodge near the Tuscan city of Lucca into one of the most admired gardens in the world. A garden of surprises, comprised of almost as many “rooms” as the villa it surrounds, it defies easy description, finding inspiration in almost all aspects of garden history, but if anyone has put words to its spirit, it is Penelope Hobhouse, who calls it “a contemporary Renaissance garden.”

But now, in this new, illustrated version, a collection of stunning images by some of the world’s best known garden photographers reveal this extraordinary garden and villa in rich detail.

Andrew Lawson, Massimo Listri, Jean Maria Del Moral and Giandomenico Frassi, among others, capture here, for the first time in book form, the unique photogenic beauty of this marvelous place, bringing an exciting new dimension to excerpts of the original text personally chosen by the author. A Garden in Lucca,

The Illustrated Edition, will delight and inspire garden lovers everywhere as Gervais “colors all he catches sight of with inimitable warmth and wit (Booklist)” and these exquisite photographs complete the unforgettable journey.