Botanical gardens Botanical gardens The Bergianska trädgården, the Bergian Garden, is a botanical garden located in the Frescati area on the outskirts of Stockholm, close to the Swedish Museum of Natural History and the main campus of Stockholm University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bergianska trädgården"
The Birmingham Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, England were designed in 1829 and opened in 1832. ...more on Wikipedia about "Birmingham Botanical Gardens"
The Bogor Botanical Gardens are located 60 km south of the capital of Jakarta in Bogor, Indonesia. The botanical gardens are situated in the city center of Bogor and adjoin the Istana Bogor (Presidential Palace). The gardens cover more than 80 hectares and are said to be the inspiration of Sir Stamford Raffles who was governor of Java from 1811-1816. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bogor Botanical Gardens"
Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to secure public funding. Two less well-known but equally important elements in every botanical garden are its library and its herbarium of dried and documented plant material; and a further expectation is that these as well as the garden itself are staffed by professionals. Not all botanical gardens, however, have been open to the general public: see, for example, the Chelsea Physic Garden. ...more on Wikipedia about "Botanical garden"
The Botanical Garden of Bucharest, now named after its founder, Dimitrie Brândză is located in the Cotroceni neighbourhood of Bucharest, Romania. It has a surface of 17.5 hectares (including 4,000 m² of greenhouses), and has more than 10,000 species of plants. ...more on Wikipedia about "Botanical Garden of Bucharest"
The Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra was founded in 1772-1774 and it was integrated in the Natural History Museum established by the Marquis of Pombal. The place for the Hortus Botanicus was chosen by the vice-chancelor of the University of Coimbra (Francisco de Lemos) and it was part of the farm of S. Bento's College, located at the Ursulinas Valley. Domingos Vandelli was the first supervisor for the orientation of the Garden, being followed in 1791 by Félix Avelar Brotero, professor of Botany and Agriculture. The area of the Garden, which has been enlarged, reaches the 13 hectares it occupies at present. The Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra, considered one of the most beautiful of Europe, can be divided in two parts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra"
Botanisk hage at Tøyen in Oslo is a botanical garden started in 1814. ...more on Wikipedia about "Botanisk hage"
The Cambridge University Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located in Cambridge, England. It covers an area of 16 hectares between the city centre and Cambridge railway station. The site is almost entirely on level ground, but the planting is very attractive, and in additional to its scientific value, the garden is highly rated by gardening enthuiasts. It also forms an oasis of tranquility in Cambridge and is frequently used as a place to escape to for lunch by workers in the surrounding area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cambridge University Botanic Garden"
The Chelsea Physic Garden ('physic' in the former sense of 'the science of healing'), established by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Europe (second oldest in Britain), and its rock garden is the oldest English garden devoted to alpine plants. The largest fruiting olive tree in Britain is there, protected by the garden's heat-trapping high brick walls, along with what is doubtless the world's northernmost grapefruit growing outdoors. Jealously guarded during the tenure of the Society, in 1983 the Garden became a registered charity and was opened to the general public for the first time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chelsea Physic Garden"
The Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand began with the plantation of an English oak on 9 July 1863, to commemorate the solemnization of marriage between Prince Albert to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christchurch Botanic Gardens"
The Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden (officially the Botanical Garden of the Univeristatea Babeş-Bolyai) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania was founded in 1920 by Professor Alexandru Boza. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden"
The Denver Botanic Gardens 23 acres (9.3 hectares) has been recognized as one of the top five botanical gardens in the United States. The Gardens are operated by the City and County of Denver, and are open to the public. ...more on Wikipedia about "Denver Botanic Gardens"
The Firs Botanical Grounds in Manchester, England are a botanical garden that are part of what was once the estate of Joseph Whitworth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Firs Botanical Grounds"
The Harris Garden is a botanical garden located on the Whiteknights Campus of the University of Reading in the English town of Reading. It was established in 1972 and expanded into its current form in 1988. It is named after Professor Tom Harris, a distinguished palaeobotanist and keen gardener. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harris Garden"
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The Hiroshima Botanical Garden, Saekiku, Hiroshima, is located in the western Honshu, facing the Seto Inland Sea. The Garden was opened to the public on 3 November 1976. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hiroshima Botanical Garden"
The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens (香港動植物公園) is one of the oldest zoological and botanical centres in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens"
Hortus Botanicus is a botanical garden in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. One of the oldest in the world, it was founded in 1638 by the city to serve as herb garden for doctors and apothecaries. It contains more than six thousand tropical and indigenous trees and plants, including a 2000-year-old agave cactus. The monumental Palm House dates from 1912 and is renowned for its collection of cycads. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hortus Botanicus (Amsterdam)"
The Hortus Botanicus of Leiden is the oldest botanical garden of the Netherlands, and one of the oldest in the world. It is located in the southwestern part of the historical centre of the city, between the Academy building and the Leiden Observatory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hortus Botanicus Leiden"
The Jardin botanique de Montréal or Montreal Botanical Garden is a large botanical garden in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is second in size only to Kew Gardens, London. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jardin botanique de Montréal"
The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France. It is situated in the 5ème arrondissement, Paris, on the left bank of the river Seine. It covers 28 hectares (280,000 m²). ...more on Wikipedia about "Jardin des Plantes"
The Jardin Exotique de Monaco ( French for "exotic garden of Monaco") is a botanical garden situated in Monaco. It was opened in 1933, and has a wide variety of succulent plants, especially cactuses. Within the garden, there is a large underground cave in which there are many stalagmites and stalactites. Evidence of prehistoric human inhabitants has been found in the cave. There is a museum of Prehistoric Anthropology in the garden displaying many of those finds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jardin Exotique de Monaco" Can you feel it? shortopedia. Botanical_gardens
Jerusalem Botanical Gardens (JBG) are located in the national city area, next to the Knesset, of Jerusalem. Earlier, it was attached to the Hebrew University. From 1994, it was separated and accorded an independent legal entity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jerusalem Botanical Gardens"
Jevremova Arboretum ( botanical gardens) at Stari Grad, Belgrade, Serbia part of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Belgrade. It was founded in 1874 by the decree of the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Serbia, at the suggestion of Mr. Josif Pančić, its first manager. In 1889, King Milan Obrenović donated the estate (inherited from his grandfather Jevrem) to the Great School in Belgrade for the purpose of the construction of a botanical garden, provided that it be named "Jevremovac". It exists to this day at the same location and under the same name. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jevremovac"
The Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is also called the Central Botanical Garden. Founded in 1936, it covers 1.3 km² and contains over 13,000 types of trees, shrubs, flowers and other plants from all over the world. It boasts a great amount of coniferous trees and locusts, flowers such as peonies, roses, magnolias, and bushes including lilacs. The garden contains a number of hothouses, conservatories, greenhouses and rosaries. It is the most popular amonst the residents, where one can see exotic plants, attend flower exhibitions, take a stroll along the beautiful lilac and rose alleys and enjoy the exquisite scents and aromas. The time of lilac blossom (end-Spring) is the most popular season in the central garden. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kiev Botanical Garden"
The Komarov Botanical Institute is the leading botanical institution in Russia. It is located in St. Petersburg, and is named after the Russian botanist Vladimir Leontjevich Komarov ( 1869- 1945). ...more on Wikipedia about "Komarov Botanical Institute"
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