Arboretum
and City Park in Novorossiysk, Russia. A NGO project
to create a new arboretum and city park in Novorossiysk,
largest Russian Black Sea port city. The initiative is
supported by city administration, local university and
some charitable foundations. The website contains project
descriptions, images of the site and reports about the
project implementation.
The
Arboretum at Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. The mission of
The Arboretum at Flagstaff to foster and maintain a
physical and intellectual environment dedicated to the
conservation, understanding, presentation, and
interpretation of plants and plant communities
appropriate to the Colorado Plateau.
Arboretum
de Villardebelle, France. The Arboretum is dedicated
to conifers from all around the world. It is located in
the South West of France near the Pyrenees and the
Mediterranean Sea. The main aim of the Arboretum is to
help the conservation of endangered species.
The
Arboretum of Los Angeles County, USA. The mission of
the Arboretum of Los Angeles County is to foster an
awareness and appreciation of the role of plants in
nature and in human affairs. This is accomplished through
labelled plant collections, reference materials, and
educational programs. The mission also includes
preserving, displaying and interpreting historically
important buildings and artifacts on the property.
The Arnold
Arboretum of Harvard University, Jamaica Plain,
Massachusetts, USA. The Arnold Arboretum is a collection
of hardy trees, shrubs, and vines located on 265 acres in
Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The grounds were planned and
designed by the Arboretum's first director, Charles
Sprague Sargent, in collaboration with the landscape
architect, Frederick Law Olmsted. Begun in 1872 and named
for its benefactor James Arnold, the Arboretum continues
to collect woody plants from around the world and offer
horticultural education in accordance with its mission.
California Arboretum
Foundation - Arboretum News. CAF is a non-profit
corporation benefitting the Arboretum of Los Angeles
County, a 127-acre horticultural and botanical center for
Southern California.
Connecticut
College Arboretum, USA. The Connecticut College
Arboretum is focused on native plants, wetland
conservation, and energy conservation. The Arboretum
offers a variety of different plant collections
including; the Native Woody Plant Collection, the
Caroline Black Garden and the Greenhouse Collection. The
site provides an introduction to these collections as
well as educational information regarding such as the
importance of native plants,and a brief history of the
natural vegetation.
Currency
Creek Arboretum, Adelaide, Australia. A specialist
eucalypt (Angophora, Eucalyptus and Corymbia) arboretum
with its main purpose being research into the morphology,
ecology and physiology of eucalypts.
The Dawes Arboretum
(Newark, Ohio, USA). Founded in 1929 by Beman and
Bertie Dawes, The Dawes Arboretum includes 1,149 acres of
plant collections and natural areas.
Davis
Arboretum, University of California, USA. The Davis
Arboretum, established in 1936, occupies approximately
125 acres on the banks of Putah Creek, near the center of
the Great Central Valley of California.
The Eddy
Arboretum (Placerville, California, USA). The Eddy
Arboretum is part of the Institute of Forest Genetics
(IFG), operated by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific
Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
Holden Arboretum,
Kirtland, Ohio, USA. Located in Kirtland, Ohio,
twenty five miles east of Cleveland, the Holden Arboretum
encompasses over 3,100 acres and is the largest arboretum
in the United States.
Kivik-Esperöds
Arboretet, Sweden. The Society for Kiviks-Esperöds
Arboretet was formed in order to document and maintain a
unique arboretum founded by Albert Wallis in 1922. The
arboretum is situated in the south of Sweden near the
village of Kivik and with Simrishamn as the closest city.
Lyon
Arboretum, The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, nestled deep
in Manoa Valley is a unit of the University of Hawaii
(USA), devoted to research, instruction and public
service.
Shaw
Arboretum of the Missouri Botanical Garden, USA. Shaw
Arboretum of the Missouri Botanical Garden includes four
square miles of Ozark Border landscape and managed plant
collections. It is dedicated to environmental education,
to the maintenance and restoration of the region's native
flora and fauna, and to public enjoyment of the natural
world.
The
United States National Arboretum - Washington D.C., USA.
The U.S. National Arboretum is a U.S. Department of
Agriculture research and education facility and a living
museum. It is dedicated to serving the public and
improving our environment by developing and promoting
improved floral and landscape plants and new technologies
through scientific research, educational programs,
display gardens, and germplasm conservation. The U.S.
National Arboretum is located in northeast Washington,
D.C. The U.S. National Arboretum's mission is to conduct
research, provide education, and conserve and display
trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants to enhance the
environment.
University of
Guelph Arboretum (Ontario, Canada). The Arboretum at
the University of Guelph facilitates understanding and
respect for the world by designing and providing
environmental education activities, developing and
maintaining plant collections, evaluating flora and
supporting related research.
Australian
National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) World Wide Web
Biodiversity Server. ANBG is part of the Biodiversity
Directorate of the Australian Nature Conservation Agency
(ANCA) and is located on the slopes of Black Mountain in
Canberra, ACT. It is one of a number of agencies working
on the botanical biodiversity of Australia. The primary
vehicles for network delivery of information from the
ANBG and forming part of the ANBG botanical information
system are the ANBG World Wide Web Biodiversity Server
and ANBG
Gopher.
Brisbane
Botanic Gardens - Mt Coot-tha, Mt Coot-tha Rd, Toowong,
Brisbane, Australia. The Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt
Coot-tha, officially opened in 1976, is situated in the
Queensland state capital, 8km from the city centre.
The 52 hectare complex contains an extensive collection
of native and exotic plants as well as an administration
centre, a botanical/horticultural library, an education
centre, a botanical laboratory, a 300 seat auditorium,
the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium and the Queensland
Herbarium.
Royal Tasmanian
Botanical Gardens Appeal, Australia. The Royal
Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in Australia are under threat
from the Armillaria luteobubafina fungus, which is a type
of root rot endemic to Australia. The gardens, which were
established in 1818 have already lost 33 trees since the
problem was diagnosed in March 1994. The entire gardens
may be devastated unless a solution is found soon.
The
Flower Forest of Barbados has over 50 acres of
tropical plants from all over the world, most labelled
with their Latin name, common name and place of origin.
Flemish Show
Gardens - Vlaamse Toontuinen. A 4 ha. large domaine
with 23 theme gardens and a lot of very old trees ( 150
à 250 years ), situated in the middle of Belgium, in the
"shadow" of the monumental Rococo-church. This
theme garden park hash a Pond Garden, a Rose Garden,
Formal Garden, Water Garden, Mercator Garden, etc.
Hatley
Park: the Public Gardens of Royal Roads University,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 1908 Edwardian
Estate Architecture, Native Old Growth Forest, Bordering
on a tidal lagoon which is a wildlife sanctuary, views
across Straits of Juan de Fuca to Olympic Mts of USA,
Japanese Gardens, Italian Garden, mature specimen
landscape trees, alpine and rock gardens, bog garden,
rose garden, croquet lawn with perennial borders, native
plant woodland garden, and many smaller sized plantings.
The
University of Alberta, Devonian Botanic Garden, Canada.
The Devonian Botanic Garden, established in 1959 by the
University of Alberta, includes an authentic Japanese
garden, a tropical butterfly house, attractive floral
gardens, collections of native and alpine plants and
ecological reserves, situated within an attractive
rolling landscape of pine trees and large ponds.
Connected gardens extend over 80 acres with an additional
110 acres of natural area for visitors to enjoy.
University
of British Columbia Botanical Garden, Vancouver,
B.C.,Canada. Perched on the cliffs of Point Grey
overlooking the Strait of Georgia, the UBC Botanical
Garden is a superb place to visit at any time of year.
Seventy acres, planted with over 10,000 different trees,
shrubs and flowers, are presented in the Alpine Garden,
Asian Garden, Winter Garden, B.C.Native Garden, Physick
Garden, Food Garden and Perennial Borders. A true
botanical garden, it is designed primarily for education
and research, with emphasis on its diverse collections
and seasonal displays.
Lankester
Botanical Garden, Costa Rica, Universidad de Costa
Rica. Since 1973, Lankester Botanical Garden has
dedicated itself to the conservation of the epiphytic
flora of Costa Rica. Today, the Garden includes one of
the largest collections of orchids in Latin America.
Tallinn Botanic Garden,
Estonia . General information, catalogue of plant
collections, maps, staff, photo gallery. The task of the
Botanic Garden is to diversify the Estonian garden flora
with ornamental plants, to protect the rare and
endangered plant species and to carry out ecological
research.
Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität, Münster: Botanischer Garten,
Germany. The Botanical Garden of the University of
Münster specializes in the systematic of Geraniaceae and
Asclepiadaceae ( Prof. Dr. F. Albers ). They also have
projects on natural landscape ecology ( Dipl.Ing.,
Dipl.Lök. H. Voigt ).
Alpine
Botanical Garden (Gran Sasso), University of L'Aquila,
Italy. The alpine botanical garden was founded in the
1954 to accomodate the main floristic entities of the
karstic Gran Sasso mountain. It is located 2110 m a.s.l.,
at the base of the "Corno Grande", which is the
highest tip of the Apennines, 2914 m a.s.l.
Orto
Botanico e Collezioni Botaniche Herbarium Patavinum -
Padova, Italy. L'Orto, fondato nel 1545, è il
giardino botanico universitario più antico del mondo per
conservazione della sede e della struttura originarie.
Nell'annesso edificio storico sono ospitate collezioni
quali l'erbario fanerogamico (oltre 400.000 exsiccata),
l'erbario crittogamico, briologico e lichenologico; le
collezioni micologiche e dendrologiche; la spermoteca e
la cecidoteca.
Orto
dei Semplici Elbano (Italy). On
Monte Serra near Rio nell'Elba there is now a new Botanic
Garden with wildflowers, medicinal and endemic plants of
the Tuscan Archipelago, situated in a most beautiful
location in the Eastern part of Elba, the Hermitage
S.Caterina.
The Botanical
Garden of the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
The Botanical Garden of the University of Nijmegen pays
special attention to the family of Solanaceae and
maintains the most extensive ex situ plant collection of
non-tuberous Solanaceae species in the world.
Pinetum
Blijdenstein/botanical garden/ Hilversum, Netherlands.
This arboretum holds more endangered conifers than any
other garden in the world, according to recent research
at Kew Gardens. Blijdenstein is highly important for the
ex situ conservation and distribution of these endangered
species.
Tromsø
Botanic Gardens, Norway. Tromsø Botanic Gardens was
officially opened on 2 July 1994. It comprises an Arctic-
Alpine Garden at the University area of Tromsø and an
Arboretum under development at Holt Research Station. The
position of Tromsø is 69o41' N latitude and 18o57' E
longitude. The Botanic Gardens are the most northerly in
Norway, as well as in the world.
Valencia Botanical Garden,
University of Valencia, Spain. Information about the
University of Valencia Botanical Garden, including
history, education, herbarium, checklist of plants, seeds
collection, culture, research, etc. Also includes
information about Ibero-Macaronesian Association of
Botanic Gardens, Ibero-Macaronesian Association of
Herbaria, Flora of "Sistema Ibérico" Working
Group, Association of Cacti and other succulents and
"Parc de l'Albufera", Natural Area,
Association.
The Linnaeus Garden
(Uppsala, Sweden). The Linnaeus Garden served as
Uppsala University botanical garden for 150 years. Today,
it is a historical garden restored according to Carl
Linnaeus own plan from 1745.
Linnaeus Hammarby
(Uppsala, Sweden). Hammarby is the summerhouse of
Carl Linnaeus. It lies on the countryside outside
Uppsala, surrounded by a garden and park.
Uppsala University
Botanical Garden (Sweden). The Uppsala University
Botanical Garden is the oldest botanical garden in Sweden
being c. 350 years old. It consists of 13 ha of gardens,
an orangery and a greenhouse. Well-known previous
directors of the garden include Carl Linnaeus, Carl Peter
Thunberg and Elias Fries.
Harlow Carr
Botanical Gardens, Harrogate, England. Harlow Carr
Botanical Gardens set in Harrogate, North Yorkshire,
United Kingdom. Home of the Northern Horticultural
Society. Education and plant trials centre and home of
National Collections, rhubarb, dryopteris and polypodium,
calluna and hypericum. Also new Marie Curie Cancer Care
daffodil garden. Small Museum of Gardening History, well
appointed Library and Study Centre.
The Royal Botanic
Garden Edinburgh, UK. 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), and incorporates Specialist
Gardens at three very different locations in Scotland
(Younger, Logan and Dawyck; 50ha, 12ha and 25ha). The
Garden is first and foremost a scientific institution,
dedicated to the pursuit of research of the highest
quality on the systematics and biology of plants.
St.
Andrews Botanic Gardens. St. Andrews Botanic Garden
in Scotland, UK, was founded in 1889 to provide botanical
specimens for teaching and research in the University of
St. Andrews.
The Berry Botanic
Garden (Portland, Oregon, USA). A non profit, private
botanic garden located in Portland, Oregon, founded in
1977. Six and one half acre site includes native
woodland, a collection of species rhododendrons, a half
acre rock garden and alpine collection, unusual
perennials and woodland plants, and specimen shrubs and
trees.
Birmingham
Botanical Gardens, Alabama, USA (from a city guide).
Established in 1962 by the City of Birmingham, the
Gardens sits on 671/2 acres of land which were once
Indian campgrounds.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
USA.This site contains information about the Brooklyn
Botanic Garden's exhibits, publications, New York
Metropolitan Flora Project, membership and games.
California
Living Museum, Bakersfield, USA. CALM is a zoo,
botanical garden, and natural history museum. CALM is
located along the Kern River, east of Bakersfield,
California between Hart Park and Lake Ming, with over 250
unreleasable animals native to California and 2000 native
plants.
Cornell
Plantations Path Guide, Ithaca, New York, USA. A
self-guided tour through Cornell's gardens and gorges,
flora and fauna, geology, architectural treasures,
history, and lore.
Daniel Stowe
Botanical Garden, Belmont, North Carolina, USA.
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, where "nature and
horticulture blend into one," is a developing
facility in the heart of the North Carolina Piedmont
Region of North America. The Garden has a full
educational program of workshops, field trips, and
classes in gardening and nature study, as well as
internships in horticulture, environmental education, and
research. Phase One of the new facility, due to open in
May 1999, will include a Visitor Pavilion, Perennial
Garden, Cottage Garden, Four Seasons Garden, wildflower
meadow, and nature trail.
Descanso Gardens,
California, USA. Descanso Gardens is a 160-acre
public garden located twenty minutes from downtown Los
Angeles in La Cañada Flintridge.
Desert Botanical Garden,
Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The Desert Botanical Garden,
founded in 1937, is a living museum dedicated to desert
lands research and education. It is located at the
southeastern edge of the Salt River Valley in Phoenix,
Arizona, near the cities of Scottsdale and Tempe, on 145
acres in the midst of the red rock buttes and giant
cactus plants of Papago Park.
EightMile
Gardens, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA. EightMile
Gardens - a New American garden park taking form in East
Haddam, Connecticut - features unusual gardens, an
artists' colony, performance venues, and a memorial park.
EightMile Gardens is presented by Radek Associates, which
is dedicated to promoting excellence in creative
expression.
GardenNet's
Guide to Gardens of the USA. is a list of gardens
open to the public in the USA. The Guide includes gardens
of all sizes, of all types, in (almost) every state and
gardens located on the grounds of historic buildings, on
university campuses, in cemeteries, or associated with a
nursery or farm.
The
Georgeson Botanical Garden, Alaska, USA. The
Georgeson Botanical Garden is a research program
dedicated to the propagation, cultivation and
conservation of native and introduced plant species in
the subarctic North. It is a repository for all
ornamental and edible plant materials hardy in subarctic
Alaska and a definitive source of horticultural
information.
London
Town House & Gardens, Edgewater, Maryland, USA.
London Town Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization
responsible for stewardship of London Town House &
Gardens. In partnership with Anne Arundel County, the
Foundation manages a National Historic Landmark building
and initiates and oversees programming at the house and
gardens. The Foundation seeks to research, preserve and
educate the public about the historical and natural
resources on the site, while increasing awareness,
appreciation and access.
Meerkerk
Rhododendron Gardens, USA. Located on beautiful
Whidbey Island in Washington State's Puget Sound region,
Meerkerk Gardens features mature rhododendron hybrids,
rare and unusual rhododendron species, azaleas, spring
bulbs and naturalized companion plantings in a peaceful
woodland setting.
Mounts Botanical Garden,
Florida, U.S.A. Located in West Palm Beach, Florida,
Mounts Botanical Garden is thirteen acres of tropical and
subtropical gardens. Collections of special note include
tropical fruit, native plants, and bromeliads.
Educational programs focus on tropical landscaping,
environmental landscaping, landscaping for wildlife, and
perennials for South Florida. Research gardens evaluate
perennials, annuals, and bulbs for South Florida.
The New York Botanical
Garden, the Bronx, New York, USA. The Garden was
founded in 1891 by botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton.
Today, this National Historic Landmark is recognized for
its horticultural excellence, educational programs, and
scientific research. Situated on 250 acres in the Bronx,
the northernmost borough of New York City, it includes 27
outdoor gardens and plant collections, the nation's most
beautiful Victorian conservatory and a 40-acre
pre-settlement forest in the heart of the city. The NYBG
receives more than 500,000 visitors a year.. (via
www.nybg.org)- NYBG Botanical
Science Division. - The
New York Botanical Garden , The Bronx, New York, USA
(via www.pathfinder.com).
San Antonio Botanical
Gardens, Texas, USA. A 33 acre botanical garden in
San Antonio, Texas. The Lucile Halsell Conservatory
complex features plants from alpine regions to tropical
rainforests. Collections are housed in underground
environments including alpine, epiphyte, desert,
insectivorous, hot tropical, palm, cycad, aroid, fern,
fruit, and aquatic collections. The formal gardens
include rose, formal, herb, old fashioned, Japanese, etc.
A large area of the gardens is arranged into a regional
plant exhibit for diverse regions across Texas, including
examples of early architecture.
Sonnenberg Gardens,
Canandaigua, NY, USA. A beautiful Victorian mansion
and gardens, located at the foot of Canandaigua Lake, in
the heart of the Finger Lakes Region in Upstate New York.
The
South Carolina Botanical Garden, USA. The South
Carolina Botanical Garden is an interdisciplinary
resource center for Clemson University students studying
horticulture, forestry, natural sciences, landscape
design, architecture and the arts. Special interest
groups such as gardening and environmental organizations,
students of all ages and Scounts of America also come to
experience this outdoor teaching laboratory.
The State
Botanical Garden of Georgia, USA. The State Botanical
Garden of Georgia is a 313-acre horticultural preserve,
featuring display gardens, a conservatory, and five miles
of nature trails. The Garden is a unit of the University
of Georgia. The Garden currently maintains eleven
specialty gardens: the Rose, Rhododendron, Dahlia, Shade,
Azalea, Annual/ Perennial, Herb, Daffodil, Ground Cover,
Trial, and Native Flora gardens are located throughout
the central portion of the Garden premises. The
International Garden, featuring eleven botanical
collections of its own, is currently under construction.
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, USA.
University
of South Florida Botanical Garden (Tampa, Florida, USA).
The garden is affiliated with the Biology Department, the
herbarium and the Institute for Systematic Botany.
Includes educational displays of Florida riparian and
sandhill native plants, palms, carnivorous plants, herbs,
begonias and bromeliads. Events include Spring and Fall
Plant Festivals and other specialty shows and sales.
Vines Botanical
Gardens, GA, USA. Beautiful 25 acre cultivated
gardens. Extensive collection of European statuary, a
large heirloom rose collection and Hosta collection.
Water is a central theme with a 3.5 acre lake and several
different water features. An educational program for both
children and adults. The most popular attraction is the
restaurant overlooking the gardens.
WaveHill,
Bronx, New York, USA. One of New York's 32 City-owned
cultural institutions, Wave Hill is a 28-acre public
garden dedicated to fostering the dynamic
inter-relationship between natural processes and human
culture.
William
Paca Garden, Annapolis, Maryland, USA. The mission of
the William Paca Garden is to stimulate public support
for preservation by maintaining an historically accurate,
pre- Revolutionary, urban garden reconstruction and by
assembling, documenting, and propagating a living
collection of period plants as a central part of the
environmentally sensitive garden exhibit. The adjacent
Middendorf Conservation Center promotes the preservation
of Maryland's native plants through a library,
greenhouses, and educational programs.
W.J. Beal
Botanical Garden is one of the principal centers of
plant interest within the arboretum-like campus of
Michigan State University. More than 5,000 different
kinds of plants can be found on the five-acre site.
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