Storygardenz - Ecotourism Travel, Ecotourism Trips, Ecotourism Vacation, Eco Tours – Storygardenz. Gardens with a story and a tale.

Born in Rome (Italy) 1948, of a British father and an Italian mother. Educated at Harrow and Trinity College Dublin. His formative education between Britain and Italy and subsequent time as a young man, studying in India with great masters, fuels his tension between the orders and expressions of the north-west and the south-east of the world. 

In 1989, after years as a businessman, founds Humanistic Laboratory in Rome, running residential workshops on humanistic, scientific and transpersonal subjects, with eminent thinkers. Also in 1989, begins work as writer and speaker in Europe and the U.S.A. (on myth, anthropology, communication, environment, archaeology, imagination..). 2000 founds Belvedere Italia a unique travel venture promoting cultural tourism and storytelling in Italy. In 2002, lectures at La Sapienza, University of Rome, faculty of Human Sciences on the spiritual quest, contributing to a publication: “Pedagogia e Carisma nella globalizzazione” (Pensa Multimedia). 

2005 publishes “Carmen Via, A journey in the songlines of Italy” (Semar Press, the Hague). Storytelling novel about landscapes of memory and imagination. This book has now been included in the Italian national archive. Work was completed with photographer Rolfe Horn. In 2006 begins collaborating with world renowned violoinist Miha Pogacnik in his bid to save Parzival's Castle or Grail Castle (Grad Borl in Slovenia) from commercialisation. In 2007 founds the Storygardenz and Map of Imagination projects, promoted also by the Italian Ministry of Culture. In 2008 writes "Is Roma a palindroma ?" and "Fall of the House of Hypnos"

In 2009, begins his most prolific period. He writes "The Legend of Lazarus, Faroaldo and the Anima Mundi". He acts and collaborates to the script of David Rich's film (U.S.) "Going DA-DO" (about this project and his own work), see www.goingdado.com. Begins collaborating with Brantwood on John Ruskin's story (Unto this Last) and with The Scottish Storytelling Center (Arturus). Is currently  completing "The Liminal Exicon" (glossary of the liminal mind) and “The Besdside Storygardenz ” (the introductory book to Storygardenz). He is also at work translating several Storygardenz, into their respective living voices, among which  "The Etruscan Song of linear time", "The Etruscan Song of circular time", "Orlando's Oaks" (from The Song of Roland), "The Illegitimate Son of Grimani (Giacomo Casanova)".

He lives between Rome and Edinburgh.