Ciao bella! In this fifth meeting of the Garden Gab Club, the girls dive straight into the deep end of Molly's recent trip to Bergamo, Italy for the International Landscape Festival. Although Molly is still slurring her words a bit from jet lag, they manage to have intelligent conversation about a number of big topics. And dear listener, while they might not have all the answers, there sure is a lot of food for thought!
First they gab all about trees and how we engage with the successional motion of the environment when choosing trees. If that feels like a big word, don't worry Tessa consistently makes Molly pause to explain :) They also discuss how we can design layered and dynamic gardens that rely on thoughtful and skilled gardeners when everything seems to be dominated by static maintenance. In a culture that values the quick, the convenient, and the cheap... how do we cultivate a renewed zeal towards crafting gardens?? If that feels like a lot to chew on, perhaps grab yourself a cup of Tessa's roasted herbal tea. Speaking of tea, Molly spills the "tea" on the love of her life, who was precisely an hour train ride from her whilst she was in Italy. But alas, she came home alone, but inspired to continue her tour de tiramisu.
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Show Notes:
+ This is Tessa's Roasted Herbal Tea. Whilst it might be strange to see the word roasted in front of a beverage instead of a veg or protein, dare I say we are all intrigued?
+ Molly did indeed get to meet Sarah Price, and she was just as lovely as she had always imagined. What was also lovely was her design in the Piazza Vecchia in Bergamo!!
+ This was the 15th year of the International Landscape Festival, basically summer camp for garden nerds!
+ For the uninitiated in the pro-tennis world, here are some curated photos of Jannik Sinner, one of the most thrilling people to watch in pro tennis and easy on the eyes (in Molly's humble opinion). Please do note the hair.
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