Carolyn Travers

    Carolyn Travers, a landscape designer, horticulturist and walking guide, moved from Australia to the mountains around Pescia to restore a 200-year-old farmhouse.

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    Summer in Swiss Pescia

    The allure of Tuscany never wanes.   But my little slice of the region is a bit different from the rest. Lush and green. It’s hilly. There are grapevines and ...

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    Tuscan gardens open in winter

    Still-green fields, ripe persimmons hanging off bare branches, avenues of leafless trees with gnarly bark, crisp scents detectable in the cold, white and yellow bulbs poking through woodlands: this is winter in Tuscany. Tuscany is home to many magnificent gardens, and winter is a wonderful time to visit them.

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    A long walk to Rome

      Walking a 400-kilometer stretch of the Via Francigena from Lucca to St. Peter’s Basilica was a challenge but a joy, bringing unexpected healing and renewed strength along the way. ...

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