One of the most interesting features of Palermo's 19th century villas is this eclecticism of styles. While in England, the Gardenesque was a reaction against the Picturesque and a hot debate between the two aesthetics raged for nearly a century, in Palermo and most notably in villa Tasca, the two aesthetics lived side-by-side complementing each other perfectly. The pre-existing Baroque garden was not really rejected, but adapted to new tastes that came with a larger world-view and greater appreciation of horticulture. It is no accident that the highly controlled and manicured parterre that served as the transition space between the garden and the house in the Baroque garden evolved into the equally artificial (even if not geometric) Irregular Garden. The Bosco that traditionally was located at the perimeter of the Baroque garden was just as easily turned into the "wild" Romantic garden.
Count Lucio Tasca was able to judiciously combine the best of the Enlightenment with Romanticism. Villa Tasca is more then just a simple garden, it is a model of Paradise where Science and Sensibility are not mutually exclusive, but instead are part of the integrated whole.