Born and raised in Florence Italy, Fabio Bardini attended the Istituto d'arte di Firenze and the Palazzo Spinelli School of design. Since 1988, Florentine Renaissance Masonry has been offering skilled artisanship, hardscape and landscape design, and consulting services in the Greater Boston area. Our expertise in old world building techniques and in depth knowledge of masonry materials both traditional and new enables us to provide artistic work of elevated quality, which outperforms the conventional standards. We pride ourselves in utilizing the most "green" materials and lowest environmental impact work practices. Our services comprise indoor and outdoor custom stone work, fireplaces, stone flooring, terraces, walkways, driveways, dry fit stone walls, stairs, stone carving and lettering, garden elements, Koi ponds and waterfalls including custom built, high efficiency biological filters and pond maintenance. Traditional lime mortar construction and restoration, lime paints application, authentic traditional decorative Marmorino and Venetian plasters for interior and exterior uses. High quality plant material selecting and planting utilizing only organic soil amendments, biodynamic growing practices and completely omitting the use of chemicals. Exhibiting At the 2002 New England Spring Flower Show, Florentine Renaissance Masonry was awarded the Mary Mc.Quilling Cup.