OPENING HOURS: The Art Gallery and the Garden of decorative Plants are open for non resident guests only on prior arrangement, Phone: +386/(0)5/769-02-06, Mobile:+386/(0)41/378-645 (Britta Höschele), e-mail: info@marapoko.com

The entire garden of sub-Mediterranean plants extends on several sun terraces directly below the former estate of Max Fabiani (mulberry) in upper Kobdilj. The cultivated ornamental plants garden (5,000 m2) with over 100 different varieties of roses, oleanders and many other ornamental plants, features its rich trees (chestnuts, walnuts, laurels, palms, figs, cypress trees, olive trees). The ornamental plants garden is surrounded by an another natural garden (partially forest) with 17,000 m2. From the garden there are numerous panoramic views on the sparsely populated Karst with its vineyards, dry meadows and mixed forests, as well as on the opposite hill with the medieval village Štanjel. Painting and photography in the garden are possible on prior agreement

The ornamental plants and also the art gallery have been introduced in several magazines and media in Slovenian and English language. In 2008 the first programme of the Slovene national television filmed a 20-minute programme about the garden and the art gallery which has been aired several times since (see also all the published reports on the under site "Actualities").