A 7,000 sq.m. park in a historical and important villa dated back to XIX century and built for the King of Belgium Leopoldo II in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera.
We are in Côte d’Azur, on the French Riviera, in a luxury villa with a huge 7,000 sq.m. park with valuable specimens of plants and classic architectural elements. Sandrini faces the important challenge of making this park unique and exclusive. The great specimens of plants have been enhanced by inserting them in an harmonious and coherent project with the aim of creating an exclusive garden that could be at the same time place of business and of residence: the pathway to the entrance follows the motifs and the materials of the traditional gravel boulevards and it is embellished by recesses and big handmade earthenware vases with a total amount of 3,200 Topyarain Buxus. The entrance of the villa has been enriched with a nymphaeum, with green arches and with 12 statues representing the Four Seasons. By these green and particular arches Sandrini aimed to recreate the historic architectures of the Italian topiary art with scenery and final element functions, thus protecting the most private part of the garden from the sight. On the terrace on 2nd floor, the white lacquered Treillage ensures maximum privacy and it is also a fundamental aesthetic element. In the park, the Pinus pinea plants follow a harmonious and natural design and, below them, Sandrini company has decided to recreate curvy borders with Dicksonia Antarctica, Phoenix Canariensis, Strelitzias, Musas and Camelias that come in succession and follow a continuous and luxuriant green scenography where white blossoms and decorative elements stand out by giving the garden a very romantic taste. It took all in all 340 days to renovate this beautiful park and 2,500 groundcover plants were used as well as 90 succulent plants, 1,396 shrubs, 316 trees and 758 climbing plants. A real triumph of green and a real triumph for Sandrini.
Marco Sandrini, Chief Landscape Designer at Sandrini Green Architecture