Orto Botanico dei Frignoli

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The Orto Botanico dei Frignoli is a 7-hectare botanical garden located about 900 meters above sea level along the SS63 del Passo del Cerreto in Fivizzano, Massa-Carrara, Italy. It is open daily during the warmer months and charges an admission fee. The garden began in 1932 as a nursery for the State Forestry Corps. In 1990 it became a provincial botanical garden with help from Comunità Montana and the Lunigiana Natural History Museum. Today it features an arboretum with around 100 woody plant species from the Apuan Alps, the Apennines, and the Mediterranean region. The plantings reproduce different mountain environments, as well as local edible plants and natural areas.