In 1931, Neil Mc Eacharn a Scottish botanic lover took over this property and thereafter dedicated his life to transforming it into one of the most complex and great gardens of English origin. A world of rose beds, camellias, huge glass houses filled with lotus flowers, ornamental fountains with water sprays, beautiful maple trees and majestic oak trees make it really spectacular.
There are thousands of plants, imported from all over the world some of which very rare and others unique in Europe, after a lengthly acclimatization. They have been arranged by the eye on an artist to form a beautiful picture between lakes and mountains. Neil McEacharn called this garden after his ancestor , Marshal McDonald, elected Duke of Taranto by Napoleon. He donated this property to the Italian State expressing his wish to have this work continue and its gardens maintained.