{"id":866,"date":"2012-10-10T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/?p=866"},"modified":"2022-10-20T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T11:34:45","slug":"a-little-taste-of-tuscany-by-isla-denton-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/a-little-taste-of-tuscany-by-isla-denton-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A little Taste of Tuscany\u2019 by Isla Denton-Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 53 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><p>\u00a0When you think of Tuscany what do you picture? Rolling hills draped with vineyards, neat rows of gnarled olive trees, pretty stone villas glimpsed through lines of sculptural pines and pointed cypress trees, oak laden hilltops where khaki clad locals hunt for boar, ridges with dusty jagged open mines bitten into their sides?\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-867\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-070.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-867\" title=\"Tatti Tuscany Sept 2012 070\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-070-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-070-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-070.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olive and vine growing in the Tuscan hills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Yes Tuscany does have all these things and they are all demonstrations of the abundance which the Tuscan landscape has to offer. However if you visit, I would advise that you don\u2019t just let your wide-angle gaze rest there. If you look little closer you will see that these bounties are not merely confined to the wider landscape but they can also be found in almost every Tuscan garden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vegetables, fruits and herbs cling to walls, rest on window ledges and form loose higgledy \u2013piggledy boundary treatments.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-871\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_01801.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-871\" title=\"IMG_0180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_01801-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_01801-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_01801.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herbs on window sills in a Tuscan town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-874\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_01783.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-874\" title=\"IMG_0178\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_01783-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_01783-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_01783.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vines used as top of a wall boundary in a Tuscan town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0Vines hang from pergolas in front gardens, over car ports and outside cafes and bars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-875\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-088.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-875\" title=\"Tatti Tuscany Sept 2012 088\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-088-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-088-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-088.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vines climbing over a pergola to form a sheltered seating area at the front of a small bar \u2013 any one for a glass of wine!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Olive orchards are not just found in the surround agricultural fields but also on terraced central town gardens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-876\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0182.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-876\" title=\"IMG_0182\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0182-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0182-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0182.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olives growing on terraces in a Tuscan town centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can tell there is no \u2018what will the neighbours think if I turn my front garden into a veg-patch\u2019 here! I guess the only resentment may occur if your courgettes are better than theirs.<\/p>\n<p>Well I am inspired! So far most of my food growing is confined to my allotment and back garden, but I have a nice little patch of grass at the front of my house going spare so watch this space\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-005.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-877\" title=\"Tatti Tuscany Sept 2012 005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-005-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-005-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tatti-Tuscany-Sept-2012-005.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure 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