In addition to the precise description of the garden given by Targioni Tozzetti, there is a small pictorial representation which was found on a door of a small drawing room. This painting shows a 17th century Italian garden spreading over three large terraces on the southern side of the Villa descending towards the valley, all enclosed by  ornate and scalloped walls. On the terraces one can see the hedges sculpted in baroque topiary designs, enormous terra cotta vases holding lemon and other citrus trees. One notes a plethora of statues and fountains. It is believed that this painting is not a figment of imagination but a faithful representation of the original 17th century garden. In fact during recent restoration work, part of the original Italian garden plan with its fish pools, fountains, covered walks, and “ragnaia” was found. The original central axis of the garden was revealed, completely covered by lush vegetation together with half of the original south facing terraces depicted in the painting. Most probably the other half of the terraced garden was lost at the end of the 19th century following the construction of a new access road to the villa which unfortunately had to cut through the left side terraces of the garden.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the then owner of Villa La Pescigola, Mrs. Felice Adami, a lady of considerable culture and friend of the poet Giovanni Fantoni, known as “Labindo” decided to bring about notable changes to the garden. She was responsible for planting the majestic atlantic cedars that today loftily stand guard over the villa and are undoubtedly some of the finest examples to be found in Lunigiana. Felice was also perhaps the creator of the lovely avenue that departs from the “Oratory of the Guardian Angel” down a sylvan path with water gushing forth from marble masks into ancient marble basins, backed against the scalloped garden wall on whose pillars, busts of emperors and goddesses complacently gaze over the lower flower beds and lingering observer.

Further along this walk one finds a green wall of “laurus nobilis” which leads to a “secret” wood, where a large stone basin receives the constant jet of clear, cool, pure       mountain water. This source of water has been shared, since time immemorial, with a nearby franciscan convent located approximately 3 km away. It is thought that Felice Adami also realized the wide open slope that gently descends towards the green theatre backed by tall ilex trees and punctuated by statues on the semicircle, which today is used both for concerts and theater representations.