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Inspired design is a placemaking tool for interior life — connecting people and the spaces they share. Here are my sources of inspiration.

Cactus Garden
Zoe Shields Zoe Shields

Cactus Garden

Tucked within a flourishing Northern California arboretum, this cactus garden is a retreat, dense with cacti, succulents and herbaceous plants. In the late afternoon, eucalyptus swag filters light into a dapple; palm fronds offer full shade.

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Villa La Pietra
Zoe Shields Zoe Shields

Villa La Pietra

La Pietra derives its name from a stone pillar, marking the distance of one Roman mile from the Florence city gate of San Gallo, today Piazza della Libertà.

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La Limonaia
Zoe Shields Zoe Shields

La Limonaia

The La Pietra gardens are of the most celebrated in Italy. Renaissance revival in style, they reflect the tastes of the large Anglo-American community that lived in Florence at the turn of the nineteenth century.

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