Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio
Nationalpark Stilfserjoch

Via Sertorelli

23032 Bormio (SO)

Municipality: Bormio

Region: Lombardia

Rezia Alpine Botanic Garden, covering a surface area of 14,410 square meters, is situated in the north of Bormio, loc. Rovinaccia, the stream Campello, in an area put at disposal by the municipal administration.
Two are the reasons leading to its creation in the 1980s. First of all, it was necessary to provide Stelvio National Park with a structure giving the opportunity to preserve its floristic heritage; secondly, it was necessary to put at the disposal of the public a as much as possible complete collection of the vegetation characterizing not only Ortles-Cevedale mountain group, where the Park is situated, but also the whole alpine chain.
It belongs to the Network of the Botanic Gardens of Regione Lombardia and actively takes part in the International Service for the seed exchange.
Dedicated to the famous botanist Giovanni Fornaciari, it is divided into three sections.

• Section I
  The Park Flora
  This section represents a macroscopic reference to the real landscape perceived by hikers in the Park: as a matter of fact, it is possible to find out the environments where the species cultivated in the Garden spontaneously grow.
  
  
• Section II
  Phytogeographical Collections
  It houses several characteristic species of the European and extra-European mountain areas.
  
  
• Section III
  Systematic Collections
  It presents the collections in systematic order.