Schynige Platte Alpine Garden
The garden was created in 1928, when an area of over 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) was fenced off, ending centuries of use as alpine pasture, and it was opened to the public the following year. Since 1932, an alpine-botanical course has been held at the gardens, under the direction of the Institute of Plant Sciences at the University of Bern.
The garden is accessed directly from the platform of the Schynige Platte station of the Schynige Platte railway, which runs from Wilderswil, where connection is made with Bernese Oberland railway trains from Interlaken. Both garden and railway are open from late May to late October, and admission charges are included in the train ticket. A shop run by the garden society at the entrance sells guides to the garden and other related merchandise, and an adjacent exhibition contains information on the geology, botany and zoology of the Schynige Platte.
Administratively, the garden is in the municipality of Gündlischwand in the canton of Bern.
References
- ^ "Alpengarten Schynige Platte". Alpengarten Schynige Platte. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ "Botanischer Garten Bern" [Botanical Garden of Bern] (in German). Botanischer Garten Bern. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ Prof. Dr. Otto Hegg (2012). Schynige Platte - Alpengartenführer - Alpine Garden Guide (in German and English). Alpengarten Schynige Platte.
- ^ "Organisation". Alpengarten Schynige Platte. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ^ "Arrival". Alpengarten Schynige Platte. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ "Exhibition & Shop". Alpengarten Schynige Platte. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
External links
- Media related to Schynige Platte Alpine Garden at Wikimedia Commons
- Web site of the garden