Twice a year at this wonderful little garden on the north end of Florence a plant show/sale is held. Every spring and fall you can find a gorgeous display of horticultural wonders for sale at very good prices and meet knowledgeable people! It’s a thrill I never want to miss.

Below the video shows the entrance to the recent spring sale.

A little further back into the garden and we come upon the highlight of this garden, the 19th century glass house. It is beautiful! I come back again and again to admire this structure. It has a small grotto inside and nowadays is used to house certain public functions. There is also a branch of the city library here and I used to live in this neighborhood and took advantage of the glass house and the library often.

The booth shown below features two plants: clematis and iris. Two spring favorites! And some white roses.

Below, I never get over the novelty of growing citrus! I tried my hand at one plant a few years ago and it failed.

The other architectural feature in this fine, small garden is this Renaissance style loggia. I love it!

Do you like azaleas and hydrangeas? I love the name of hydrangea in Italian: hortensia. If I ever name a female anything again I will name her Hortensia.

I love this place so much that I came twice during its week long run. I was hunting for the beautiful blue-flowering plumbago that does so well here, but I never found it. However, I did find laurel bushes for sale at a great price and bought 10 of them to create a wall on my terrace. More on that later.

Fresh cut flowers are not a big feature of the plant sale, but these peonies were on offer and I had a very tough time resisting a bunch of them. However, when you are carrying 10 laurel bushes and don’t have a car, you find you have a lot of willpower. I also bought a fiddle leaf fig tree plant for inside my apartment.

These coral colored peonies stole my heart for sure!

And I always love ranunculus!

But, without a doubt, the star of the event for me appeared on the 2nd day I was at the sale. This adorable bambina seemed dressed for a flowery adventure among the azalea plants that were almost bigger than she. What a creature!

Below, what I brought home. It doesn’t look like a lot because I camouflaged them a bit. But I will soon have a new hedge separating my terrace from my neighbor’s. Whoo hoo!

Below are the plants I brought home from my first day at the sale. My normal sized shopping bags sufficed.

Below are the plants I brought home from second visit. IKEA bags were needed this time!