Roses garden
The Rose Garden has been restored according to the original design by Tomaso Buzzi.
This space, located to the west of the western barchessa, features a checkerboard layout with alternating grass squares and cobblestone paving.
In the 1930s, the cherubs that once adorned the low walls of the semicircular forecourt in front of the main building and along the villa’s main access avenue were relocated here.
For the small Rose Garden, Buzzi developed several variations, as evidenced by a rich collection of drawings preserved in his archive at La Scarzuola.
In his sketches, the designer repeatedly reimagined different possibilities for the checkerboard layout, even going so far as to propose an original solution involving the placement of juxtaposed stone partitions intended to form a kind of stone labyrinth, inhabited by playful cherubs.
The alternating grass and stone paving has been restored, resolving issues related to moss overgrowth.
In keeping with the 1930s design, the cherubs have been preserved here as part of the playful decorative scheme of the Rose Garden, while the plantings have been reinstated in both composition and lawn pattern.
The Rose Pavilion, overlooking the garden and completing the northern edge of this precious section, is a structure dating back to the 1930s.