R* and I have been back from vacation in Rome and the Greek Islands for a little over a week. We’re downloading our photos and reflecting on all that we saw.
We discovered that Rome must be the urban container gardening center of the world. R* and I spent a week wondering through Rome and made a game of pointing out amazing window boxes and roof gardens all over Rome.
Rome’s container gardens focus on greens, more than flowers. This must be because of the heat — it was nearly 100 when we were there in late August.
We stayed at the Hotel Torino in Rome. We felt right at home on their roof garden where a complimentary breakfast is served to guests — and pigeon passers-by — every morning.
Check out Philip’s Garden Blog for a poetic post about roof gardens in Rome. I wish I would have known about these Secret Gardens of Rome before we left the Eternal City. In case the food alone wasn’t reason enough to go back to Rome, I also have to go back to check out more gardens.
Brooklyn Roof Garden 
Posted by Gavin on October 28, 2009 at 11:47 pm
I find that I like straight green gardens the best anyways most of the time.. different shades of green in the city like that can really look good.