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GREEN-FINGERED FORMER PRINCE DURING A VISIT TO THE MORTELLA GARDENS On an island off the coast of Naples, Russell Page worked with Lady Susanna Walton, wife of the composer Sir William Walton, at their home La Mortella to create an unexpectedly lush garden. The Waltons bought their then barren plot of land on the volcanic island of Ischia in the mid-1950s. Called Le Mortelle after the wild myrtle bushes which grew on the rocks, the land had neither a house nor, at that time, water. Susana Walton secured the services of Russell Page early on in the project, and he advised not only on the garden but also on the positioning of the house. Russell Page Archive: La Mortella | Garden Museum