In the late 1800s, a wealthy banking family from Frankfurt built their country villa in Eppstein and had the famous landscaper Andreas Weber (who also designed the Frankfurt Zoo) plant a park around it with 200 exotic trees and bushes. Only experts can find the rare trees now, but a group is trying to change this and is raising money to clear the overgrowth and have the rare trees clearly identified. Apparently the park around the Villa Anna--now used as a drug rehabilitation center for youth--is one of only two "Bergparks" (mountainside parks) in all of Hesse. Today we had beautiful weather, so on our Sunday walk to the Neufville Tower, we decided to take the meandering paths around the von Neufville's former summer home. It was fun to discover a number of different buildings on the paths--a couple of guesthouses, a coach house, and more. We look forward to when the exotic trees are marked for visitors.
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