Six thematic trails – botanic, relax, panoramic, artistic, legend and sensory – facilitate the visit thanks to the educational panels. A restaurant with a panoramic view and a park with a playground for children make San Grato an even more pleasurable stop.
Over 60 years ago the area surrounding the park belonged to Martin Winterhalter, inventor of the Rirì zipper, who used it as a horse pasture. The botanical garden was a created by Luigi Giussani, industrialist and founder of the steel mill Monteforno of Bodio in the Leventina Valley. He purchased the property in 1957, removed the woodland surface and planted the first azaleas and rhododendrons, plants that are particularly suitable for the park’s type of soil and the region’s meteorology.
Upon his death, the property was taken over by UBS. In 1997, the bank offered it to the Lugano Tourist Board.
This weekend the association "Amici Parco San Grato" is holding an event to thank the donors of the “Maltempo Project”. Guided Park tours and planting of new saplings will honour the heritage under the patronage of the World Wildlife Fund Panda Club. Everybody is welcome!
Venue: Vivi il parco San Grato
Where: Parco San Grato, Carona
Date: Sunday, April 7th, 2019
Time: 10:30 - 17:00
Programme: click here
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