Public guided tour of the Juliana Alpine Botanical Garden
19. 8. 2023 / Trenta / Juliana Alpine Botanical Garden
In the footsteps of the Scabiosa trenta
Julius Kugy, a very good friend of the founder of Juliana - Alberto Bois de Chesne - was a mountaineer, writer and amateur botanist. The Trenta Valley and the Julian Alps attracted him predominantly by the mysterious Scabious of Trenta (Scabiosa trenta), described as a new species in the 18th century by the naturalist Balthasar Hacquet. Kugy, however, searched for it in vain, and in the end "the winner was the sober, cold mind of a scholar over the dreamy soul of a mountain poet." What is the truth about the mysterious Scabious of Trenta? Can we really find it in Trenta?
at 11.00, 12.00 and 13.00
Admission to the garden as per the price list; participation at the workshop is free.
