Garden
Innsbruck University Botanical Garden
Hillside alpine garden of quarried rockwork, spring-fed ponds and streams growing over a thousand mountain plant species.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the University of Innsbruck's Botanical Garden follows Anton Kerner von Marilaun, the nineteenth-century professor who decided the mountains should come down to the city instead of sending students up them. It traces the decades he spent building what became the world's first true alpine garden from quarried rock and artificial streams. You'll hear about the ponds, geology, and thousand-plus species filling the Alpinum today. Best explored slowly, following the streams from one pond to the next.
This audio guide was created using AI.