Pergolas are eye-catching garden structures that shield you from the sun and raise your plants to new heights.

Although pergolas have been around for thousands of ... a steel structure is ideal for creating a Tuscan-villa effect, and white columns and lattice complement a traditional colonial house.

F or the best part of a year, I worked as a gardener at a private estate in Val d'Orcia, a region of Tuscany that feels much ...

Jim Hoy knew about the renewing power of vernal fire. “Fire, in one of its mythic manifestations, symbolizes destruction and ...

Where there’s no space for trees, she suggests a tangle of climbing and rambling plants on a pergola or arbour ... old roses such as the velvety Tuscany Superb and Charles de Mills, statuesque ...

A taste of Tuscany in Victoria’s alpine foothills ... The two hectares of beautifully kept grounds contain a swimming pool, dining pergola and bocce court, along with more than 300 deciduous ...

“My wife Donna and I rode the trails of the Flint Hills with Jim and (his wife) Cathy, took in plays on Broadway together, and walked along the banks of the Arno with them in Tuscany, and the ...

Dressed in traditional clothes for the time, the women seek shade under a pergola of vines. The landscape in the distance ... a characteristic of the Tuscan countryside. Clear, bordering and ...