Canadian Gardening: Alberta-British Columbia Boundary. , 4 by June_Ontario

June_Ontario wrote:
When you live surrounded by historic artefacts going back several thousand years, I guess it is easy to become jaded! However, I have noticed that young Italians are enthusiastic to re-enact medieval ceremonies, especially if it involves dressing up in tights. Here's an historically-costumed, drum-beating band marching to entertain the visitors at Lucca's annual Gardening Festival. I should explain that the old town of Lucca is surrounded by a humongous defensive wall so wide that it has a road on top of it and the bastions are tree-filled parks. Every year, for a week in September, a section of the wall's top is partitioned-off and used to stage a horticultural event. Specialist nurseries set up exhibits, booths sell gardening books, artists show garden art, artisans sell botanically inspired artifacts, and so on.