April 26, 1902, Charles Henry Lowe gave these gardens to the city, with a precise goal: "... to promote the leisure of the people in old age and fragile health".

[1] The gardens contain more than 60 ancient olive trees, as well as a very old Stone pine, a Grevillea robusta and numerous palms including a Butia capitata.

Charles Henry Lowe[2] also donated to the city the land to build a small theatre, the Victoria Hall, which was also used to host exhibitions, such as one that remained famous in Bordighera of Hermann Nestel.

A commemorative plaque, placed on the older court, honours the arrival of the "magic box" of Major Walter Clopton Wingfield which included: a net, two rackets and four tennis balls.

The Lawn Tennis Club of Bordighera still exists today, it counts 6 courts and is located at 15 Via Antonio Stoppani, a few meters from the Lowe Gardens and the Victoria Hall.