Florence, Italy

Workshops of the Barbagianni Laboratory continues at the Giardino dell’Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella. The participants involved in the project attended a lesson on candelabrum pruning of pear and apple trees, a technique widely used in the past to grow espalier fruits close to walls or to create ornamental production fences with which to divide vegetable gardens and gardens.

Thanks to the fundamental support and collaboration of the ancient Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella , to the Associazione Amici delle Ville e dei Giardini medicei and to workshop’s staff.