Bulb species are traditionally planted in flowerbeds (parterres) and herbaceous borders in parks and gardens. Barry also designed the Italianate gardens, with parterres and fountains. Today the abbey buildings are set in modern manicured parterres of lawn and gravel. Five of the six parterres were removed and replanted as a grass lawn. The main house is the centerpiece of ten acres of formal gardens and parterres. In recent years, some of the parterres have been restored to their original Baroque appearance. Taconera is today a romantic park, with wide pedestrian paths, parterres, and sculptures. The park castles sit on independent, small parterres. The original lake was filled and replaced with the elaborate parterres fashionable at the time. These are divided in turn into 16 parterres. Behind, the central axis is extended between the former parterres, now grass. The remnants of Nesfield's parterres can also be seen. He also designed the parterres below the house. Work also began in 1949 to restore four of the site's six 19th-century parterres. The center park is called "Les Parterres", and is devoted to serious gardening.