Orticolario, Como

Last weekend, I went to Como with Doris, a friend from work from my Ticino days - the same one who came to the Chelsea Flower Show with me earlier this year.
You will see a theme develop regarding our travels... this time, we went to the "Orticolario", an annual flower show in Como. 

Here are a few impressions - without detailed comments, otherwise it will take ages again until I get this published... 

Yumm. Well, it was in Italy, after all... 

Fun things to do with wood... 

... and fun things to do with fabric

Lake Como

Art ?  

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Personally, I thought neither the dangling price tag nor the bamboo "lining" did this display any favours... shame, really, as the house, the cast iron window boxes, and planting were really beautiful. 

Fun things to do with rusty metal

Shop till you drop - as opposed to Chelsea, where the main theme was "look now, buy on the internet later", the Orticolario took a more traditional "buy now, pay cash, and have fun squeezing all the plants into you car" approach... thankfully, Doris had borrowed a van, so she and her 3 sisters could shop to their hearts' content