Giardino Robert Baden-Powell
Just outside Milan's historic centre, near the right bank of the Naviglio Grande, you find the Giardino Robert Baden-Powell. The park honours Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the worldwide Scout and Guide movements. It opened in 2005, replacing a clutter of makeshift structures and warehouses. The canal quarter has historically lacked public green space.
The ground rises and dips as you cross it. A lower central area holds the large playground, handy for families with children. The planting is young: field maple, sweetgum, magnolia, flowering pear, red oak, Himalayan cedar, white poplar and Japanese pagoda tree. Wisteria threads among the shrubs and adds colour. Sinuous footpaths run beneath a pergola in places, and a long staircase links the gardens to the nearby residences.
If sport is your thing, two bocce courts sit ready, both laid with synthetic grass. Dogs get their share too: seven hundred square metres of fenced ground all to themselves.
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