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Photo: Ciril Mlinar Cic
From May 1st to September 30th,
each day from 8.30 to18.30 hrs.
In the footsteps of the Scabiosa trenta
Alpski botanični vrt Juliana v Trenti, 20. 8. 2022 from 11:00 to 13:00
GUIDED TOUR at 11.00, 12.00, 13.00
Julius Kugy, a very good friend of the founder of Juliana - Alberto Bois de Chesne - was the mountaineer, writer and amateur botanist. The Trenta Valley and the Julian Alps attracted him predominantly by the mysterious Scabious of Trenta (Scabiosa trenta), described as a new species in the 18th century by the naturalist Balthasar Hacquet. Kugy, however, searched for it in vain, and in the end "the winner was the sober, cold mind of a scholar over the dreamy soul of a mountain poet." What is the truth about the mysterious Scabious of Trenta? Can we really find him in Trenta?
Admission to the garden as per the price list; guided tours are free.
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Black false hellebore (Veratrum nigrum) and two Alpine longhorn beetles (Rosalia alpina). Photo: David Kunc
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Cephalaria leucantha. Photo: Martina Tekavec
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Scabiosa trenta from the book Plantae alpinae Carniolicae written by Balthasar Hacquet in 1782