The Gardens of the Moat - Frascarolo Castle

The gardens, situated in the ancient moat of the castle, were mentioned first in 1836. On the ground floor of the castle a small balcony, resting on a cylindrical support acting as the base of a fifth tower, overlooks the side of the moat at the South; we descend through two flights of rounded stairs with cobblestone steps into the moat which has been turned into gardens, following the romantic style of the English garden. By moving the soil adequately, a part of the moat was elevated to create the necessary inclination for external access. A garden path with a winding direction, sided by convallaria, crosses the entire moat, between small portions of English grass  dotted with white daisies at the beginning of spring. The plants are the ones typical of the XIX century garden: hedges of hornbeam, hydrangeas, camellias, roses, ferns and moss in the more humid areas and a path of lindens on the Eastern side.