Giardino Botanico Alpino "Bruno Peyronel"

The Giardino Botanico Alpino "Bruno Peyronel" (about 17,000 m²) is a botanical garden and nature preserve specializing in alpine plants. It is located at an altitude of 2290 meters in the Colle Barant of Val Pellice, Bobbio Pellice, Province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.

The garden opened in 1991 with a dedication to the memory of Bruno Peyronel (1919-1982), naturalist and botanist. Today it contains over 300 species of indigenous alpine plants, many of them marked with individual signs, in a range of mountain environments from various types of pasture and wetlands through stony areas, ridges, and debris. Species include Carex sempervirens, Dryas octopetala, Festuca violacea, and Salix herbacea

See also

* List of botanical gardens in Italy

References

* [http://www.tpellice.it/vpellice/tur/per/giar/intro.htm Giardino Botanico Alpino "Bruno Peyronel"]
* [http://www.legart.it/cozie/territorio/valpellice/itinerari/giardino.htm Giardino Botanico Alpino "Bruno Peyronel"]
* Touring Club Italiano, "L'Italia dei giardini", Touring Editore, 2005, page 17. ISBN 8836533426.
* [http://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=3104 BGCI entry]
* [http://www.valpellice.to.it/vecchiosito/piano/Progetti/Ambiente/AMB_03.htm Comunità Montana Val Pellice (Italian)]
* [http://traspi.net/notizia.asp?idnotizia=8842 Traspi.net article (Italian)]