6-4 Alpine Botanical Garden Juliana

Juliana is the oldest Alpine botanical garden in a natural environment in Slovenian territory.

It was founded in 1926 by Albert Bois de Chesne (1871-1953), a proprieter from Trieste.

 He was counselled by his mountaineering friend Julius Kugy.

A walk through the garden was meant to be a walk from the valleys to our mountain peaks.

The garden, which covers 2,572 m2, is situated on the slope of Kukla  in the Trenta Valley,

near the Church of St. Mary at an altitude of some 800 metres, with the Soča River flowing few tens of metres below.

After Word War II, the garden was taken care of by Slovenian botanists under the professional leadership of Dr Angela Piskernik.

In1949, it began to be regularly maintained by the Slovenian Museum of Natural History, which finally took it over in 1962.

Juliana has been officially protected since 1951. 

Owing to the low altitude and strong influence of the Mediterranean climate, which reaches the area through the Soča Valley,

many high-montane plants do not thrive here.

Much effort and love was thus needed in order for the garden to grow and flourish.

Today, about 600 different plant species prosper in the garden, including endemites that are known to grow solely in Slovenia. 

From other Alpine botanical gardens in Europe, Juliana differs by its mixture of Alpine and karst species. 

 

Juliana’s symbol is the Zois’ Bellflower (Campanula zoysii),

"a true daughter of the Slovenian mountains", which is also the symbol of plants on the sunny side of the Alps.

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Trenta - Vrsic road

식물원 입구

Information board - Alpinum Juliana

 

알프스자락의 자연환경을 그대로 활용해서 만든 식물원이다

 

Path from the road to the entrance into the botanical garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

매표소

나누어주는 소책자에 실린 설립자

대한민국의 무궁한 발전을 위하여

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the resting place of the Gods that makes us happy!

신이 쉬는 장소라니 나도 신처럼 쉬었볼란다

 

 

 

 

보온병에는 와인이 들었다

 

컵라면과 와인으로 점심식사

 

 

신들이 쉬는 장소에서

에델바이스

엉겅퀴같아 보인다

Memorial plate - Albert Bois de Chesne

Memorial plate - Albert Bois de Chesne

순식간에 하늘에 한반도가 그려진다

 

 

 

 

 

 

식물원에서 잠시 신이 되었다가 하산한다

 

 

 

구름이 만든 한반도는 이미 없어졌다

다시 계곡옆 길을 따라서 걷는다