From the water to the fruits of the earth such as corn and grapes. The cereal brought over from America by Christopher Columbus, reaches the shores of Spain where the Venetian patricians discover the novelty and introduce the cereal throughout the countryside and farmsteads of the Serenissima. For more than four centuries the pearl white variety represented an important source of wealth for the Emo family and the livelihood of the many peasants and tenant farmers on the land. Nowadays this crop still exists. Connecting to the Villa tere is an experimental vineyard where ancient Venetian vines, known of since the 7th century, are grown together with mulberry, traditionally known as morer or moraro. The mulberry leaves were once indispensable as food for the silkworm, another important aspect of Villa Emo’s agricultural and industrial history. At the moment the vineyard is currently planted with 3000 metres of red grapes of the Recantina, Forner and Pecolo Scuro varieties, which are currently authorized and registered as Protected Designation of Origin Montello and Colli Asolani.

Beside the vineyard that lies in the vast agricultural spaces in front of Villa Emo, the park which surrounds it, represents another important environmental resource. Long gone the original Palladian layout, the park has undergone many changes throughout the years until the current configuration, where vast lawns and areas with tall trees merge with traces of the 19th century romantic Garden. The green area to the north is planted with mixed-grass following the principles of sustainability. The farms adhere to the Community protocols for the protection of agri-environmental land; for this reason, when the grass is mowed, a plot is left to grow to provide food and home for insects, birds and small mammals which live in the park. The same principle of conservation in equilibrium with nature, within the concept of the romantic garden, is applied to the small woodland to the east of the park where, during autumn, a layer of leaves and some old branches are left to decay organically.