It was on Chalfin and Deering's travels in Italy that they met Suarez -- a Colombian-born landscape designer who learned his trade by restoring Italian gardens.

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Italian gardens usually have hillside terraces, but Suarez and Chalfin transformed the low, flat swamp into the best Italian-style garden in America, with only a small amount of fill.

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But when it comes time for his convalescence, he still gets a luxury view: the stunning terraced gardens of Villa del Balbianello, an Italian villa on the western shore of Lake Como near the village of Lenno.

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