If you think about trees in Venice, the first to come to mind are probably the Italian stone pines in Sant’Elena and Giardini della Marinaressa along the Riva dei Sette Martiri. Besides, apart from many beautiful private gardens, there are a few, isolated and peculiar trees among the campi in Venice.

One of these is surely a majestic elm, most likely an Ulmus minor, located just beside the equally majestic SS Giovanni e Paolo church. This impressive broadleaf trees is one of the main elements of the SS Giovanni e Paolo square. Being a deciduous tree, it gives a special character in every season of the year, but April is indeed a very special moment.

Elm is one of the first trees to go to seed during the year – in early Spring, it disseminates in large quantities, and its seeds looks like tiny, light coins flying around. If you have the chance to walk around SS Giovanni e Paolo at this time of the year, you can enjoy the sight and the sounds of these golden seeds flying and dancing around, before accumulating beside the church.

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