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The first was The Scree Garden in 1933. [10] In later years, the Society supported the publication of more overtly scientific works, such as the monograph on the genus Daphne by Christopher Brickell and Brian Mathew. [11] A subsidiary of the society, AGS Publications, was set up and had a turnover of more than £70,000 by 1989. [8]
Will Alfred Theodore Ingwersen (7 May 1905 – 14 June 1990), was a British nurseryman and alpine specialist. [1] [2] He was an authority on alpine plants, and an expert on rock gardens. [3] Ingwersen was awarded numerous gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show and was the author or co-author of several books.
The garden is run by the Schynige Platte Alpine Garden Society, working closely with the Botanical Garden of Bern and the Institute for Plant Sciences at the University of Bern. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 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 ...
An alpinum adjacent to the King's House on Schachen in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. An alpine garden (or alpinarium, alpinum) is a domestic or botanical garden, or more often a part of a larger garden, specializing in the collection and cultivation of alpine plants growing naturally at high altitudes around the world, such as in the Caucasus, Pyrenees, Rocky Mountains, Alps, Himalayas and ...
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The Lautaret Alpine Garden [1] (Jardin botanique alpin du Lautaret) (2 hectares) is an alpine botanical garden located at 2100 metres altitude in the Col du Lautaret of the Dauphiné Alps, near Villar-d'Arêne, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
The cultivar 'Alberto Castillo', also white, has larger flowers and was collected in the 1980s by Alberto Castillo, the owner of Ezeiza Botanical Garden, from an abandoned Buenos Aires garden. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In the United States, the species is stated to be hardy to USDA Zone 5, and is recommended for massing in borders, alpine gardens and other ...
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