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These gardens are lengthened friendly connection between the Diagonal Plaza Pius XII and Avenida de Pedralbes, a more modest surface and greenery in the gardens that offer residents PedralbesPalace. Both share on rural gardens as part of farms that were later converted into farms of the gentry. A past as a passageway, which have preserved perfectly.
Small birds were the source of a space for recreation and meeting people of Barcelona that gathered water from the stream that fed an old mine and was believed to Marqués de Mulhacén, near the upper end of the gardens. Then, the present place of Pius XII was occupied by a house with a chapel to worship an image of Christ's Star, which gave its name to the house. This chapel had a significant influx of visitors, given that the source of Ocellets back to town was cut a good piece of crossing the road but Estela. The property consented to the right of way to pedestrians always made to the chapel.
The Eucharistic Congress 1952 held in Barcelona was chosen as the place of Pius XII ready to lift the monumental altar, among other reasons, because it was the point where he had settled the chapel dedicated to Christ of the star. Farmhouse, chapel, picture, devoured mine and power disappeared in the dynamics of urban growth. Finally we have just been named the gardens to bring us the memory of a source, the memory of water.
The gardens have a paved road lined with plane trees (Platanus x hispanica) and a promenade that runs parallel to the paved area with flower beds filled with irregular cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) and palms which can be found in the species common to the city's Canary Island date palms and date palms (Phoenix canariensis and Phoenix dactilífera) and Washington (robusta and filifera).
At the top of the garden there are a few copies of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) and pine (Pinus pinea) large size. As there are quite blossom tree specimens Braquiquíton (Illawarra Flame Tree). Popularly known as the bottle tree, a few large bell-shaped flowers pink. The other tree we can find floral, crossing the gardens is the tree of love or Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum). Surrounding trees in flower beds are also a whole range of Mediterranean shrubs and surrounding area dogs, hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus) and Fotini (Photinia serrulata).

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