We at The Italian Garden Project™ are always pleased when we find that the Italian gardening traditions are being carried on by a new generation of gardeners. Several years ago when 18 year old Alessandro Ferzoco emailed to tell us about his passion for gardening, and offered to introduce us to some of his Italian-born gardening mentors in his suburban Boston neighborhood, we couldn’t pass up the chance.  Later that summer, we spent a lovely day visiting Alessandro’s expansive garden and fig tree collection.  

We could hardly believe that someone so young could be so knowledgeable about gardening and fig tree growing.  We then visited and documented two classic Italian American backyard vegetable gardens (Joe DeLuca and Attilio Petriello), and captured fantastic photos and videos which are now part of our larger archives.  We also visited City Farms Florist (Figtrees.net) where owner Giuseppe Morle spend several hours patiently teaching us about growing fig trees.