The Glacier Garden

In 1872 during the course of building work on a wine cellar, Josef Wilhelm Amrein-Troller discovered a rock along with its 32 large potholes. These features were formed by the action of water and stones that fell through crevasses in the overlaying glacier.

The glacier garden was created to preserve the feature.  It is coverd by a canvas tent to protect it from the elements.

The Glacier Garden

The Glacier Garden

8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 11th 2013

8 Responses to “The Glacier Garden”

  1. ubermouth says:

    Is that second photo the glacier garden? How does it protect the rock?

  2. Natalie says:

    Wow, this is very cool!

  3. Claude says:

    So interesting!

  4. Very interesting, although I am confused about what is (or has been) going on there. I may need to look into it more.