Alpengarten Villacher Alpe

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Institution Code: AGVA

BGCI Member: No

Area of Alpengarten
Area of Alpengarten

About the Alpengarten Villacher Alpe

The Alpengarten Villacher Alpe is situated at the panoramic road to the “Dobratsch”, directly above the “Rote Wand”, a rock wall of 1000 metre high.
In this natural garden are about 1000 several species only of alpine floras, mainly from the Eastern- and the Southern-Alps.
Owner of the garden is a private association of 800 members, about 40 of them are unpaid workers.

Hours of opening:
From the beginning of June until the end of August
Daily from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm

Main Address:
Alpengarten Villacher Alpe
Villacher Alpenstrasse Office: Klagenfurterstrasse 66 9500 VILLACHAustria
Villach
Austria 9500 Austria

Telephone: 0 42 42 / 59138
Fax:
URL: www.alpengarten-villach.at
Primary Email: g.huethmayr@aon.at

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Cernic Nicole
    Curator's Name: Gerold Huethmayr-Stieglmayr
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Gerold Huethmayr-Stieglmayr
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 40
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: Yes
  • Date founded: 1973
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: No
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 1 Hectares
  • Total Area: 1 Hectares
    Latitude: 46.3550
    Longitude: 13.4450
    Annual Rainfall: 1350 mm
    Altitude: 1500.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 2500
    Arboretum: No
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
  • Open to public: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 10000

Plant Collections

  • Cultivation Taxa Num: 1000
  • Special Collections:Alpine plants only, about 1000 several species
    Wulfenia carinthiaca ssp. carinthiaca, Anthyllis montana ssp. jacquinii, Dracocephalum austriacum, Gladiolus illyricus, Androsace, Gentiana, Saxifraga.
    Endangered und endemic plants of the eastern Alps.

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

Education Programmes