The Orto Botanico Locatelli (300 m2) is a small botanical garden located in the northeastern corner of the Parco della Bissuola (Parco Albanese), Mestre, Veneto, Italy. It is open Sunday evenings from May to October
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The garden aims to integrate botany, ecology, and philosophy. It contains about 250 species organized into the following sections: medicinal plants (about 60 species), trees and shrubs of the Venetian landscape, vegetables and fruits, and a small collection of ornamental plants. It also contains a small covered area, about forty seats, which serves as a site for lectures and short courses on botanical subjects.
See also
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edit- Orto Botanico Locatelli
- Destination360 tourism article
- (in Italian) Il Valore delle Piante e La Cultura del Bosco, published by the Orto Botanico Locatelli
- (in Italian) EstOvest article
- (in Italian) Parco Alfredo Albanese
- (in Italian) Piccola guida per i bambini di Mestre