Summer 2015 signals the opening to the public of the park of Villa Sucota which -together with Villa Olmo and Villa del Grumello – is part of the chilometro della conoscenza , a green kilometre that connects the parks of the three villas of Lake Como. In Villa Sucota, visitors will be able to walk trails and reach hidden corners, such as the belvedere or the small chapel adjoining the villa, the limonaia and the greenhouses. Villa Sucota will also provide themed itineraries that will guide visitors to discover the park while describing the landscape and history of the place, as well as a path in which the public will experience installations and temporary and permanent artworks.

Villa Bernasconi is such a valuable example of Art Nouveau architecture in Italy to be part of the circuit "Route européenne de l'Art Nouveau". There, visitors will view the Como textile production since the twentieth century, side by side with creations by the leaders of Haute Couture.
The villa, now owned by the Comune di Cernobbio, was built in 1905 by the architect Alfredo Campanini for the entrepreneur Davide Bernasconi, one of the pivotal founders of the silk industry in Como.
The exterior and interior decoration of the villa was inspired by botanical themes related to textile design, including high reliefs depicting the cycle of the silkworm and tiles shaped as mulberry flowers.
The “rooms” of the exhibition: a thematic display Baroque gardens: sumptuous Lyonnaise silk brocades from the eighteenth century with floral motifs combined with architectural views, matched with hydrangea-themed contemporary textiles and a hydrangea-dress by the French fashion house Leonard.
Sinuous gardens: the lightness of the second half of the eighteenth century is here exemplified by brightly coloured meander silks, accompanied by men's and women’s clothes decorated with flowers inspired by the East.
With the support of Iniziativa realizzata con il contributo di Regione Lombardia - Rif. Promozione dell?attrattività del territorio lombardo in occasione dell?evento Expo 2015 - art. 16 della l.r. 19/2014.

With the patronage of Provincia di Como
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Romantic gardens: roses, wisteria and lilacs decorate midnineteenth century silks in pastel colours inspired the creation of dresses with flared skirts here exhibited.
Gardens on the walls: typical of Victorian taste, the "greenhouse" house features lush floral decorations of great realism on its walls, here exemplified by English and French printed cottons.
Roaring Twenties gardens: paint-brushed, abstract and moving flowers characterize the production of printed silks of the 1930s, the Jazz Age, featured in the exhibition through the historical archives of the silk factories of Como.
Fruit and vegetables gardens: the 1950s and the explosion of printed fabrics inspired by vegetable gardens and orchards, decorations much loved especially by the French couturier Hubert de Givenchy.
Herb gardens: fragrant herbs and nineteenth-century herbaria inspired the prints of textile collections for fashion and upholstery in the second half of the twentieth century, here on display next to a valuable herbarium, passionately collected by Giuseppe Fabani, municipal doctor of Cernobbio.
Pop Gardens: author of brilliant vegetable designs, Ken Scott created, first for the brand Falconetto and then to his name, memorable collections that have earned him the nickname "the gardener of fashion ", collections exhibited here through
clothes and scarves.
Rose gardens: a beloved theme by textile creators, the rose was represented in many ways throughout the twentieth century. Next to the fabrics, in this section visitors will see garments by Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Capucci and Milanese tailors, all made with Como silks.
Enchanted gardens: the grand finale of the show, with spectacular evening gowns by Dior and Ferré Haute Couture, outstanding wearable sculptures.