The wonders of our land never stop toenchant, especially when they catch us in times of distraction, awakening our sensesand intellect. In Liguria’s Riviera di Ponente, just a few kilometers away fromthe French border, there is the town of Bordighera, which is renowned for itsbeautiful flowering gardens.

The specificity of these gardens is that theywelcome both the typical species of the Mediterranean bush and the tropicalones, which can adapt to a diferent territory thanks to the warm and windyclimate of this corner of the world. Created by the German botanist LudwigWinter, these magnificent Gardens are protected by the Superintendence forArchitectural and Landscape Properties of Liguria.

The Gardens were developedon a large pre-existing palm forest, that stretched between the beach and theVallone del Sasso: they were born as a nursery but soon they gained greatnaturalistic interest because of the large variety of native and tropicalplants there present.

Winter also gave great impetus to the cultivation offlowers and plants for cosmetic use, particularly in perfumery, providing rawmaterials to fragrance creators who are still operating in Italy and France.This place is surely worth a trip to Liguria.

Have a nice & blossomingrebirth!

Giardini Winter
via Ludovico Winter 6 - 18012 Bordighera (IM)