Borghese Gardens 2009 Seed catalog offers a wide selection of both retail and bulk seeds for very unusual
and hard to find garden plants, flowers, trees and shrubs, vines, native grasses, vegetables, fruits and nuts.
In addition to these we also carry many of the most popular cooking herbs, Chinese medicinal and healing plants,
fragrant flowers, and even some very interesting, and aromatic Tobacco seeds.
So kick off your crocs, sit back and enjoy your time reading through our extensive catalog,
and be sure to bookmark our site because we update our seed lists daily.
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Why Borghese Gardens ? Well that's who we are. Our family came to America from Italy in the early 1900's,
arriving in New York and then moving to the Detroit area. I am told that my great grandfather
came from Cosenza , in Calabria, but the trail ends there.
I lived in Rome for a while and met many Borghese's and cousins at the Palazzo Borghese near the Spanish steps.
One of my favorite places to visit was the Borghese Gardens in Rome and the Borghese Gallery which holds one of the largest family exhibits of Renaissance art.
The sculptures of Gianlorenzo Bernini are pure magic.
The Borghese Gardens in Rome were built in 1605, when Cardinal Scipione Borghese converted the
existing vineyards into one of the largest landscape gardens in all of Rome.
Scipione Borghese was nephew to Camillo Borghese - Pope Paul the V - who was the Pope that finished construction of the St Peter's Basillica at the Vatican.
When you visit Rome be sure to look for the name inscribed at the main entrance portico. It reads BVRGHESIVS - Latin for Borghese.
I guess Camillo was pretty proud of his accomplishment. Anyways - it's pretty funny.
The Borghese name is everywhere in Rome. There is a via Borghese, and even a Borghese Bar.
Someday my family will return to Rome and claim our inheritance. The Borghese Gardens.
Until then we'll continue selling seeds of rare and exotic plants and rebuild our empire. Stay tuned.....
