Under the Tuscan Sun: Garden Designer Luciano Giubbilei's Italian Oasis
In his native Italy, garden designer Luciano Giubbilei has created a verdant oasis that grows under the Tuscan sun.
Photography by Andrew Montgomery
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Outside the fifteenth-century country house, a gravel path meanders through low spreading plants, creating a lush tapestry of silvers and greens.
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The simplicity and the sculptural quality of the courtyard—with its umbrella pine, box hedges, and water trough—allow light and shadow to animate the space.
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Cypress trees rise above the flowering stachys and thyme.
Photographed by Andrew Montgomery, Vogue, April 20184/7Quince ripen along the slope toward the swimming pool.
Photographed by Andrew Montgomery, Vogue, April 20185/7Giubbilei, who has won three gold medals and Best in Show at the Chelsea Flower Show, enjoys the panoramic Tuscan views.
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Box hedges in a small vegetable garden trap scents of lemon blossoms and herbs.
Photographed by Andrew Montgomery, Vogue, April 20187/7A wisteria-covered pergola soars over the path bisecting the vegetable garden.