Alpine Botanical Garden of Campo Imperatore, Alpine botanical garden in Campo Imperatore, L'Aquila, Italy.

The Alpine Botanical Garden of Campo Imperatore "Vincenzo Rivera" lies at 2,117 m on the western edge of Campo Imperatore, near the top station of the Gran Sasso cable car and the astronomical observatory. It covers 3,500 m², divided into systematic, rock-garden, Sesleria and Festuca beds, and holds over 300 mostly herbaceous species adapted to harsh mountain conditions.

Vincenzo Rivera, a botany professor at the University of Rome, promoted the garden's creation in 1950 at Campo Imperatore; it was then the highest in Europe. In 1952, with the founding of L'Aquila's university institute, it gained recognition from Italy's National Research Council and was officially inaugurated. The municipal land passed to the University of L'Aquila in 1971 and was named after Rivera; Abruzzo recognised it as a site of regional interest in 1997.

The garden displays alpine plants in settings that reflect their natural mountain environment, helping visitors understand how these species live at high elevations. Many specimens grow here under conditions similar to their native habitats.

The garden sits at 2,117 m at the western edge of Campo Imperatore, a short walk from the Gran Sasso cable car station and next to the astronomical observatory. It opens to the public usually in the summer season, so check access before climbing up. Paths run through the systematic, rock, Sesleria and Festuca beds on 3,500 m².

The garden lies beyond the natural tree line at 2,117 m, making it the highest botanical garden in the Apennines and the second highest in Europe after the Mont Blanc alpine garden, founded in 1984. It covers 3,500 m² and holds over 300 plant species, almost all herbaceous.