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Susanna Walton (Susana Valeria Rosa Maria Gil Passo) ( Buenos Aires, Argentina, 30 de agosto de 1926 – Isquia, Italia, 21 de marzo de 2010 1 ) fue la esposa del compositor Sir William Walton, escritora, recitante y la creadora del jardín de La Mortella en Forio, uno de los más excepcionales jardines de especies exóticas y tropicales de Europa.
Susana, Lady Walton MBE (30 August 1926 – 21 March 2010), born Susana Valeria Rosa Maria Gil Passo, was the Argentinian wife of the British composer Sir William Walton (1902–1983). She was a writer and the creator of the gardens of La Mortella on the island of Ischia , Italy.
She has written two books: Behind the Façade, a biography of William Walton, and ‘La Mortella - An Italian Garden Paradise’, her history of the garden. Lady Walton expired peacefully in her home at La Mortella on 21 March, 2010. Her ashes are buried in the garden, at the Nymphaeum.
La Mortella is the spectacular subtropical and mediterranean garden developed since 1956 by the late Susana Walton, Argentinian wife of the British composer Sir William Walton. Go
Susanna Walton fue la esposa del compositor Sir William Walton, escritora, recitante y la creadora del jardín de La Mortella en Forio, uno de los más excepcionales jardines de especies exóticas y tropicales de Europa.
2 de nov. de 2010 · Remembering Lady Walton, widow of the composer Sir William Walton, and creator of the magical sub-tropical garden at La Mortella on Ischia, Italy: this perso...
21 de mar. de 2010 · On March 21, Lady Susana Walton, widow of the composer Sir William Walton, and a charismatic figure in the world of gardening and music, passed away peacefully at her home, La Mortella, on the Island of Ischia. She was 83 years old.
