This seventeenth century villa and garden was named after nineteenth century antiquarian art collector Stefano Bardini (1836–1922), who got it in 1913 and re-established its elaborate middle age garden. It has all the highlights of a quintessential Tuscan nursery, including counterfeit grottoes, orangery, marble sculptures and wellsprings. April and May, with the nursery's blossom beds of azaleas, peonies and wisteria in sprout, are beautiful months to visit, as is June with its blooming irises. Its Michelin-featured nursery eatery, La Leggenda dei Frati, with stone loggia neglecting the Florentine horizon, is quite possibly the most sentimental spots in the city to dine.