Parco Villa di Santa Maria, Public garden in Potenza, Italy

Parco Villa di Santa Maria is a public garden in central Potenza with landscaped sections, diverse plantings, and walking paths throughout. The grounds feature tennis courts, bocce facilities, and an active greenhouse accessible to visitors.

The botanical garden was laid out on demanial land at Piano di Santa Maria, later the Santa Maria district, and was the fifth in Italy after Naples, Palermo, Catania and Campobasso. The area belonged to the Loffredo family before passing to the Società Economica, which drew up a 12-article regulation and appointed a director. Francesco Antonio Rosano catalogued the crops in 1840, notably tobacco, and managed the garden from 1842 to 1845 before his son Pietro succeeded him. From 1878 to 1885 "villa" gradually replaced "orto".

The garden was renamed Parco della Rimembranza in the 1920s; from the 1930s it was dedicated to the fascist fallen, with 92 trees each carrying a plaque naming a local soldier killed in World War I. The name "villa" had already begun to replace "orto" between 1878 and 1885.

The grounds are open during daylight hours and easy to access on foot from central Potenza. Those wanting to explore the different sections should wear comfortable shoes and allow time for leisurely walking through the paths.

The garden's plant catalogue appeared in June 1841, followed five years later by the Catalogus Plantarum Horti Agrarii Lucani. A cypress in the park is listed as a monumental tree. The entrance on via Ciccotti, facing the barracks, was opened later, with the growth of the Quartiere Militare Basilicata.