The area was planted in orchard style which involved planting the place with wide array of local as well as exotic tree species; the project included some rather demanding changes to its terrain. In addition to that, Kinský initiated the development of the Empire Summer House and of a 380 meter water tunnel that supplied not only the villa and the garden with water but also fed two ornamental lakes and waterfall.

After the area was bought by Smíchov and City of Prague, the originally private garden opened its gates to the public in 1901 with the plan to establish ethnographic orchards. Due to financial reasons, the original grand plan was brought back to earth and replaced by much more modest version. More...