Villa Candotti

01/11/2024

Sitting inside with rain again outside which isn't going to be great for our Roses but oh well I decided to post a small snippet of some of my favourite roses that are looking beautiful in our garden

26/10/2024

Really enjoying the garden right now with lots of flowers and with plenty to come over the next few months 🙂

18/10/2024

Our Viburnum Lanarth are putting on a great display this year

14/10/2024

Wow I have never seen anything like this thunderstorm going on right now and it's still going and our garden resembles more like a lake in places

11/10/2024

Wishing everyone a great weekend I was hoping to post last night but was rather tired after a strenuous afternoon doing lawns....

05/10/2024

Really enjoying the weather and the blooms of our springtime garden

20/09/2024

It's exciting that the Palmy & Manawatū team are promoting our region again this year for a Garden Festival and we are pleased that our garden has been included once more and looking forward to some sunshine in November so that it helps to showcase all of the flowers etc

13/09/2024

Wow this is the first time ever that we have had our Awanui cherry blossom, Wisteria and Wonga Wonga bloom at the same time

06/09/2024

Certainly spring is with us and despite the early inclement weather it's always lovely to see beautiful blooms appearing in the garden

31/08/2024

Wishing all the Dads a great day today and a couple of passions of mine are tennis and food so can't think of a better start to Father's Day than having yummy pancakes etc whilst watching US Open Tennis in bed thanks to my lovely wife

30/08/2024

I think this photo is quintessential Italy and I love this view adjacent to our long formal pond showing Lavender, Olive and citrus

16/08/2024

Like our hellebores which always look good at this time of winter but certainly looking forward to the garden springing (literally) into life next month and into the warmer months in Summer

02/08/2024

When you are in the garden often and over many years you tend to not realise the changes and growth going on so I always enjoy seeing photos from a few years ago and comparing them to recent ones
First picture here was taken 5 years ago and the second a few months ago

26/07/2024

After the shelter belt trimmer failed to show up again.... I decided that I couldn't wait any longer so I trimmed the hedge myself and believe I've done it better than them anyway and my wife Jeanette agreed but certainly hard work and despite it looking dangerous I am still in one piece but a little bit tired and sore but nothing that a hot bath and good sleep can't fix 😊

19/07/2024

I can relate to this....I have great ideas on creating new areas of our garden and have several projects on the go right now but never seem to get as much done in a day or week as i think I can for the reason my body has aged much quicker than my mind!!😅

15/07/2024

My lovely Mama climbed to the summit of this Mountain when she was around 80 years old! Mt Etna was in a docile state then unlike the amazing eruption recently

Breathtaking scenery of Etna 😱🌋

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12/07/2024

Progress on our new project is coming along nicely with the concrete foundation and pad layed for our new structure which will include a grotto also
Just have to wait for concrete blocks to arrive and then a big job in laying them....

06/07/2024

Not very often I agree with some travel guides of most beautiful places etc but happy with their vote as the most beautiful country and runner up and for those of you who don’t read the article our beautiful New Zealand is first with my Bella Mama’s birth country of Italy runner up

Where are you from ? 🌍

This country has been voted the world’s most beautiful 😍🥰
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05/07/2024

Enjoying some lovely winter days recently which is good for all of our outdoor projects but still in the development stages on them so have attached a picture of our gazebo which looks quite different without the ornamental grape and wisteria Vines covering the canopy

22/06/2024

During our last season we communicated to a lot of visitors to our garden that we were planning on creating a new garden space at the end of what will be our Obelisk Avenue but wasn't sure then what it was going to look like but really excited about creating this now and am going to incorporate some of the elements included in the first three photos with the fourth and fifth photos showing the early beginnings

15/06/2024

As our season to the public has closed recently we have had time to do a few things out in the garden including finishing the concrete kerbing down to the entrance pillars (that we have also done)and added some concrete balustrades so onto the next project....

08/06/2024

Enjoying the day out on our balcony and a great place to soak up the sunshine away from the pesky Easterly breeze