Ferrara, the new Renaissance garden at Palazzo Schifanoia takes shape. It will also have a 16th-century promenade

The new Renaissance-style garden at Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara is taking shape. Indeed, the rose arbor has been placed by the Came company of Valseno Monari, and now fruit trees of ancient species are arriving.

The intervention is carried out with an investment of 140 thousand euros supported by the municipal administration, including about 40 thousand euros in technical sponsorship from the Copma cooperative. “Work is proceeding apace, but for completion we have to wait for nature’s timing. The lawn will be sown not before September,” said landscape architect Manfredi Patitucci, trained at Birkbeck University in London. "The project will restore full continuity between garden spaces, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in the beauty of the period. This intervention, for which we thank Copma, completes the rebirth of Schifanoia Palace, restoring and enhancing its beauty in adherence to the original style," added Councillor Andrea Maggi.

Fruit trees already ’bred’ with espalier development arrived at Schifanoia today. They will be planted on the back perimeter wall and will be able to develop thanks to the installation of support cables. In front have already been placed the arches of the arbor, which will be covered with roses, starting in mid-April. Then three linear hedge elements will trace the 16th-century garden’s sedge, as it emerges from ancient drawings, ideally the Renaissance path. To that end, workers are also working on the central path of the pergola. The project also includes five fruit trees in the center of the garden, aligned right at the pergola. These are pear, apple and plum trees of ancient species. Just beyond, in the spaces adjacent to the wall separating from the barracks, metal structures will accommodate espaliered trees in continuity with those along the perimeter wall, in front of the small service building. And in the meantime, in these hours the star magnolia has already beautifully bloomed and the Japanese cherry tree a few meters away is expected to bloom.

"The succession of pergola, hedge, and espaliered fruit trees will create an effect similar to that of theatrical wings, expanding to the view spaces that, in size, are about a quarter of the original Renaissance garden," Patitucci explained.

“Working, after centuries, in the garden of a palace that is a symbol of the Renaissance,” he concluded, "is like reconnecting time. The greenery reconnects us to the origins and completes the restoration of all portions of Schifanoia, in an extraordinary unity of result."

Ferrara, the new Renaissance garden at Palazzo Schifanoia takes shape. It will also have a 16th-century promenade

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