Lowe Gardens
Garden in Italy
The Lowe gardens are located at 54 Via Vittorio Veneto, in Bordighera, Liguria.
History
The Lowe gardens are one of the many British gifts to a city many of them like and visit regularly. 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". 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. The gardens are almost unchanged from the act of donation, except for the construction of a platform that allows the organisation of open-air concerts in the summer.
Charles Henry Lowe 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. The building has now been converted into a private residence and is located at 40 Via Vittorio Veneto.
However, the first gift of Lowe to the city was the Lawn Tennis Club, officially recognized as the oldest in Italy, because it was built in 1878, only a year after the Wimbledon lawns. 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.
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