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Art Toscana Painting Holidays in Italy – The winter garden at Val di Pozza is always so lovely with the little yellow stars of the winter jasmine which has only just finished, the red berries of the holly tree, and the multicoloured pinks of the heather hedge that borders the front flower banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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