Villa Piercy, Botanical garden in Bolotana, Italy
Villa Piercy is a botanical garden in the Marghine mountain range that spans approximately four hectares and features native and foreign plant species. The grounds include a restored Victorian-style villa and various garden sections organized around the planted collections.
A Welsh engineer named Benjamin Piercy founded the garden in 1879 while overseeing Sardinia's railway construction projects. He introduced British landscape design principles to the mountain site, an influence still visible in the layout today.
The garden holds a collection of Mediterranean and Sardinian plants that mirror the farming traditions rooted in Bolotana and nearby areas. Walking through, you notice how these species thrive in mountain conditions and shape the local plant identity.
The garden is accessible during the warmer months when plants are most active and paths are fully passable. It is advisable to wear sturdy shoes since the terrain is hilly and the ground conditions vary throughout the site.
The garden holds one of Italy's longest boxwood tunnels, formed by Balearic boxwood specimens arranged in a continuous green corridor. This unusual green tunnel emerged from Victorian attention to detail and remains a rare botanical oddity today.
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