Australian
National Botanic Gardens. Growing,
studying and promoting Australia's flora.
Birmingham
Botanical Gardens, UK. The
Birmingham Botanical Gardens were opened in 1832. They were designed
by J. C. Loudon, a leading garden planner, horticultural journalist
and publisher.
The
Cruickshank Botanic Gardens -
University of Aberdeen. The
garden extends to 11 acres and is located in a low-lying and fairly
sheltered area of Aberdeen, less than 1 mile from the North Sea.
Centre
for Plant Biodiversity Research and Australian National Herbarium. Botanical
Research, Conservation, Management and Use of the Australian Flora.
Devonian
Botanic Garden - University of Alberta. The
Devonian Botanic Garden was established in 1959 by the University of
Alberta. The Garden includes an authentic Japanese Garden, attractive
floral gardens, collections of native and alpine plants, and ecological
reserves, and is situated within an attractive rolling landscape of
pine trees and wetlands.
Durham
University Botanic Garden.
Harlow
Carr Botanical Gardens. The
Northern Horticultural Society was founded in 1946 with the objective
of 'promoting and developing the science, art and practice of horticulture
with special reference to the conditions pertaining to the North of
England'. The Society leased 10.5 hectares of mixed woodland, pasture
and arable land at Harlow Hill from Harrogate Corporation and opened
the Harlow Carr Botanical Gardens in 1950.
Jardim
Botanico de Madeira. Whether
you are a botanist, a nature lover, a tourist or simply our welcome
visitor, we have a garden for you. Come and visit us......
Internet
Directory for Botany.
Kirstenbosch
National Botanical Garden - South Africa. At
the foot of Table Mountain (on the back side) lies one of the world's
most beautiful botanical gardens, full of plants indigenous to South
Africa and especially the Cape area.
Missouri
Botanical Gardens. The
Missouri Botanical Garden was first opened to the public in 1859 by
Henry Shaw. It is located on 79 acres in the City of St. Louis near
Interstate 44. The Missouri Botanical Garden is home to over 30 different
gardens, the Climatron®, a world famous Botanical Research Center, an
active Education Division, and much more. Shaw Arboretum of the Missouri
Botanical Garden is located approximately 35 miles west of St. Louis
and encompasses 2,500 acres of natural Ozark landscape and managed plant
collections.
Moor
Bank Gardens - Newcastle University. Moor
Bank Garden is part of the Town Moor and the first lease from the Freemen
was « an acre of Bull Park to Armstrong College on 31st August 1923.
The area of the garden has been extended three times since then and
now occupies over 1.5 hectares.
National Botanic Garden of Wales. The
fine landscaped gardens and parkland of now ruined Middleton Hall, lost
for more than a century in a wilderness of scrub and marshland, are
being reclaimed in one of the most ambitious environmental projects
ever undertaken in Wales.
Ness Botanic
Gardens -
University of Liverpool, UK. Ness
Botanic Gardens was born of one man's passionate interest in plants
and his desire to share that interest with others. When the Liverpool
cotton merchant Arthur Kilpin Bulley began to create a garden in 1898,
part of which he opened to local residents, he laid the foundations
of one of the major botanic gardens in the United Kingdom.
Royal
Botanical Gardens - Canada. Royal
Botanical Gardens is a living museum home to the world's largest lilac
collection, over 100,000 spring bulbs, an acre of iris and two acres
of roses. With more than 1,100 hectares (2,700 acres), RBG offers spectacular
displays of beautiful flowers while protecting a wilderness of high
cliffs, deep ravines and wetlands. No other botanical garden in the
world has so successfully incorporated natural and cultivated landscapes!
Royal
Botanic Garden - Edinburgh. The
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was founded in the 17th century on an
area the size of a tennis court. It now extends to 31 hectares (at
Inverleith in Edinburgh), incorporates Specialist Gardens at three
very different locations in Scotland (Younger, Logan and Dawyck; 50ha,
12ha and 25ha), and is one of the world's finest botanic gardens.
The
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The
Mission of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is to enable better management
of the Earths environment by increasing knowledge and understanding
of the plant kingdom - the basis of life on Earth.
The
South Carolina Botanical Garden. The
mission of The South Carolina Botanical Garden is to serve as an interdisciplinary
public garden whose focus is research and education in the areas of
botanical and cultural conservation and the environment.
Sydney
Royal Botanic Gardens. Established
in 1816 and located in central Sydney, The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
is Australia's oldest botanic gardens, and is dedicated to research,
education and display.
Singapore
Botanic Gardens. The Singapore
Botanic Gardens, situated a few short blocks from Singapore's bustling
Orchard Road shopping district, has been acclaimed as one of the outstanding
tropical gardens of the world.
Tallinn
Botanic Garden. The Tallinn Botanic
Garden was established in Kloostrimetsa as an institute of the Academy
of Sciences in 1961. The main plant collections were planted during
the following 20 years. The first greenhouses were opened for the visitors
in 1971. The name "Kloostrimetsa" originates from the nearby Pirita
cloister, founded already in the 15th century. Until 1940, Kloostrimetsa
belonged to Konstantin Päts, the President of the Republic of Estonia.
Tromso
Botanic Gardens. Tromsø Botanic
Gardens was officially opened on 2 July 1994. It comprise an Arctic-
Alpine Garden at the University area of Tromsø and an Arboretum under
development at Holt Research Station.
Tsukuba
Botanical Gardens. Tsukuba Botanical
Garden is located in Tsukuba city about 70 km north of Tokyo. The garden
is primarily established for an experimental station of botany particularly
on taxonomy as well as for education of botany for the public.
University
Botanic Garden, Cambridge. UK. The
present Garden has an area of about forty acres (16 hectares) and contains
a large collection of plants which are of international importance.
The western half is a fine example of a Victorian garden with its fringe
of trees, mostly arranged in taxonomic groups, the oldest of which
were planted in the 1840s. The lake, main avenue, lawns and Systematic
Beds are original features. As well as a superb collection of trees
and shrubs from around the world, the Garden holds nine National Collections
under the auspices of the National Council for the Conservation of
Plants and Gardens (NCCPG). These Collections include Fritillaries,
Geraniums and Tulips. The Glasshouse Range displays plants from temperate,
tropical and desert environments. Large parts of the Garden are managed
as wild flower meadows. Notable features are: Winter Garden, Rock Garden,
Lake and Woodland Area, Chronological Bed, Systematic Beds.
University
of Delaware Botanic Gardens. The
on-line tour of the University of Delaware Botanic Gardens. The Gardens
are located on the grounds of the College of Agriculture at the University
of Delaware in Newark, DE. The on-line tour of the UDBG is a joint effort
between the Dept. of Food and Resource Economics and the Dept. of Plant
and Soil Sciences at the College of Agricultural Sciences at the University
of Delaware.
Ventnor
Botanic Gardens. Ventnor Botanic Garden
exists to provide a public amenity, for recreation, education and plant
conservation.
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