But all of it—the estate, the vineyards, the olive groves, the food, and the pace—is part of the same story.
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Tia Lovisa Moreira,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2026
Known as Villa Uglione, the estate sits high on a hill near the quiet villages of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa and Barberino Val d’Elsa, surrounded by rolling vineyards and olive groves.
Many hedges, bushes, and trees can block sight lines, so even the nosiest of neighbors will be forced to mind their own business.
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Helena Madden,
Martha Stewart,
3 July 2026
The metaphor of a ‘wall of separation’ At the same time, religious reformers were employing concepts of walls, hedges or other barriers to ensure that the secular and religious realms remained apart.
The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.
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John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.
Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name.
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Alicia Underlee Nelson,
Midwest Living,
22 June 2026
Tony Kushner's screenplay turns the thickets of policymaking into a righteous sort of poetry.
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Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
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