A follower of Giannantonio Selva and Giuseppe Jappelli, Bagnara created an English-style park to the north, toward the Grand Canal, in line with the romantic tendencies of the period, characterized by sinuous avenues and small hills.

The western part was largely flattened and separated from the rest by the excavation of the Rio Novo, necessary for the disposal of traffic from the new terminal.

It is dimly lit both because of the fairly dense tree cover and the presence of evergreen species such as holm oaks, cypresses and cedars.

Beyond the Rio Novo, adjacent to Piazzale Roma, two small, unfenced patches of the original gardens still survive, measuring 655 and 710 m² respectively.

The first is basically reduced to a flowerbed over which a few cypresses stand; the other is more interesting for the presence of a small fountain set among "fake" rocks and is what remains, perhaps, of a nymphaeum or cliff.