Orto Botanico di Bergamo "Lorenzo Rota"
Institution Code: BERG
BGCI Member: Yes
About the Orto Botanico di Bergamo "Lorenzo Rota"
The Botanical Garden is a scientific, cultural, educational, museum of the municipality of Bergamo and approved by Lombardy Region as a museum. The historical upper town section (1972) is organized in different beds devoted to local flora but also to italian and world flora. Since 2015 the Botanical Garden have been a new section in Astino, Valley of biodiversità where grow more than 1.200 horticoltural varieties of edible plants. The Botanical garden has an historical exhibition room (Sala Viscontea) of the fourteenth century, fitting to host different cultural events. The Botanical garden organizes every year temporary exhibitions, educational laboratories, traning courses, conversations and conferences, screenings and all related initiatives at shows, including musical events. The Botanic Gardens of Bergamo form one of the nodes of the Network of Botanic Gardens of Lombardy and a member of the BGCI (Botanic Garden Conservation International).
Main Address:
Orto Botanico di Bergamo "Lorenzo Rota"
Passaggio Torre di Adalberto, 2
Bergamo
Lombardia I - 24129 Italy
Telephone: +39 035 286060
Fax: +39 035 270318
URL: http://www.ortobotanicodibergamo.it
Primary Email: ortobotanico@comune.bg.it