Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

THE ITALIAN GARDEN: RESTORING A RENAISSANC­E GARDEN IN TUSCANY,

- edited by Cecilia Hewlett and Narelle McAuliffe, with gardening notes by Paul Bangay, Thames & Hudson

This is the story of how Melbourne landscape gardener Paul Bangay transforme­d a gravel car park in Monash University’s Italian campus in the medieval town of Prato, near Florence, into a Renaissanc­e-style walled garden. More than just a gardening book, it also looks at the culture and history behind the restoratio­n, with beautiful photograph­y.

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