Garden of Eden (Venice)

It is named after an Englishman, Frederic Eden, who designed the garden in 1884 and owned the property for a long time.

Between 1979 and 2000, it was owned by the Austrian painter and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who abandoned the garden to nature.

It was frequented by many figures from the world of the arts, including Marcel Proust, Rainer Maria Rilke, Walter Sickert, Henry James, Eleonora Duse and Baron Corvo.

The garden featured a large number of willow pergolas covered in roses, and extensive plantings of Madonna lily as well as other English flowers.

[1] A year before her death, she sold the Garden of Eden to Aspasia Manos, the widow of King Alexander of Greece.