[novice gardener]

Can anyone help, I would like to build any italian style patio area and am having trouble getting ideas, does any one know where i can look, tried google, fine if you want a resteraunt (with an Italian courtyard to eat in)
Thanks for your help

[agla]

You might want to use different words in your search:

landscape architecture, italian villa

[papercutter]

Courtyards: Aesthetic, Social and Thermal Delight by John S. Reynolds.

Gorgeous sample pics, and it even has tables on aspect ranges, temperature swings, all kinds of stuff.

[Nebraska]

Moved thread to the appropriate forum.