Trauttmansdorff’s Collaborations, Projects and Partners
Trauttmansdorff creates synergy in a wide array of sectors
Over the course of very few years, the Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle have developed into a driving force for tourism in South Tyrol. Trauttmansdorff has entered into important partnerships on a local, national and international level and has worked together with these partners in close and synergistic collaboration.
- Innsbruck’s Alpenzoo: One display case is installed at the Innsbruck zoo, and the one here at the botanical gardens in Merano
- Katzenzungen Castle: Trauttmansdorff maintains the largest and probably oldest grapevine in the world, which is located at the castle. Mutual organization of the Gardens & Wine package.
- Municipality of Merano
- Merano Tourist Bureau
- Local and international gardens and parks, including botanical research institutions
- Meran 2000
- Messner Mountain Museum
- MGM – Merano Marketing
- Partners for the Gardens and Wine package
- Region of Augsburg as representatives of Sisi's Road
- SBB – South Tyrol Association of Farmers
- Val Senales: Glacier & Palms Package
- SMG – Agentur Südtirol Marketing
- Südtiroler Sparkasse Foundation
- Merano’s Thermal Baths: Gardens & Spa package
The Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle is a member of several prestigious national and international associations and organizations. Through these memberships, it maintain working relationships and a regular exchange of knowledge and experience:
- Since 2002 Botanic Gardens Conservations International, Richmond (UK)
- Since 2004 Grandi Giardini Italiani, Como (I)
- Since 2004 Royal Horticultural Society, London (UK)
- Since 2004: German Dendrology Society, Waldsieversdorf (Germany)
- Since 2005: Partner of the international Sisi's Road, Augsburg Region Board of Tourism GmbH, Augsburg (Germany)
- Since 2007 The New York Botanical Garden, New York City (USA)
