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The planning and carrying out of these amazing gardens dates back to 1880.
The gardens were designed and cultivated by an expert, in order to be admired both from the water and from the mainland.
Most plants on the Island belong to the family, of the Northern American, Eastern and Northern African conifers.

Mediterranean trees and shrubs such as citrus fruits, olive trees, holm-oaks, privets and bay-trees are also numerous.
The front gardens of the Villa are Italian gardens with perfectly modelled hedges representing various figures, including the coat of arms of the De Ferrari family who developed the gardens. Beautiful palms from the Canary Islands grow beside the Villa.
On the lower terraces near the lake many fruit trees including persimons, lemon trees, pear-trees, pomegranets, olive trees, orange trees, grapefruit-trees, prickly pears, jujube and capers are to be found.

Rare roses such as the Chinese Pink rose, Lady Hillingdon rose and yellow Banskia roses grow together with valerian, bouganvillea and other plants and flowers of rare beauty.The most charming part of the Island is the flat area with evergreen cypresses, swamp cypress, cedars, poplars, bay-trees, plane trees, firtrees and other species together with typically mediterranean shrubs and essences.

The gardens still remain a well preserved secret, jealously looked after and only very recently open to the public.