I often guide garden tours in Tuscia. This region has a higher concentration of Renaissance gardens than anywhere else in Italy, yet they are typically formal spaces defined by structure, symmetry, and greenery rather than flowers. For this reason, during blossom season, I love including a visit to the Centro Botanico Moutan in between tours of these Renaissance gardens—an opportunity to enjoy vibrant colours and, above all, the delicate fragrance of peonies.
This garden houses today the largest and rarest collection of tree and herbaceous peonies in the world. A private collection that the owner has been creating in the last 30 years via a thorough research in their native regions across many provinces of China.
This place makes you feel in heaven!
