Brocken Garden

Brocken summit

The Brocken Garden[1] (German: Brockengarten) is an alpine botanical garden on the summit of the Brocken (1,142 m above sea level), the highest peak in the Harz mountains of Germany. It lies within the Harz National Park near Wernigerode in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and has a stock of around 1,600 types of plant. These include species that only grow in the Brocken region, like the Brocken anemone or alpine pasqueflower and the Brocken hawkweed, but its main focus is on alpine plants like the white dryad and the Swiss willow. It is open daily without charge.

  1. ^ THE BROCKEN - "a very German mountain" Archived 2010-12-20 at the Wayback Machine at www.harzmagic-info.co.uk. Accessed on 11 Jan 10.