In the Vallata del Tronto, among the gentle Marche hills, German landscaper Ludwig Winter expressed his great love for palm trees using them to line this garden’s winding paths.
Located on the site of an old fortified structure, the complex comprises an 18th-century villa, agricultural outbuildings and a 17th-century frescoed oratory dedicated to Saint Pancras. Part of the property today is an exclusive tourist retreat. The design of the elegant park was commissioned in 1875 by the owner of the property, Vincenzo Carfratelli Seghetti, to botanist, nursery specialist, and garden designer Ludwig Winter, creator of important gardens along the Ligurian and French Rivieras. His work translated in a pleasant combination of ample undulating flowerbeds, winding gravel paths, a rocaille mixtilinear lake where water lilies and lotus flowers grow profusely, crossed by a small bridge and with a small island in the center. The park is home to a magnificent collection of large trees – authentic botanical rarities – as well as numerous palm trees of which Ludwig was an expert.
Highlights
From Liguria to the Marche
Winter realised that the entire Tronto Valley enjoyed a microclimate similar to that of the Gulf of Liguria and, having studied the soil, concluded it was a suitable environment for palm trees.
The palm trees
The park testifies to Winter’s great love for palm trees. Rare specimen of Jubaea spectabilis, numerous Phoenix canariensis, Ph. Dactilifera, silvery blue Heritea armata, majestic Washingtonia filifera, Chamaerops humilis and groups of Yucca gloriosa and Cordyline australis can be admired on the site.
The bioenergetic garden
The presence of numerous plants belonging to the typical Mediterranean species that can benefit our health (such as holly, holm oak, bay tree) has led to the creation of vast areas and paths across the garden that have a specific influence on our organs and on biological functions thanks to the interaction of the natural electromagnetism of the site and the specific electromagnetism emitted by the various types of plants.