Botanic gardens / Sarah Rutherford.

"Across the world there are more than a thousand botanical gardens, which combine scientific research, conservation and beauty with public access - Kew Gardens alone attracts around one million visitors a year. Their uses have varied through history - they might focus on cultivating exotic plants an...

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Uniform Title:Shire library ; no. 807.
Main Author: Rutherford, Sarah (Freelance consultant) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Shire Publications Ltd, 2015.
Series:Shire library ; no. 807.
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Physical Description:62 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction : a living laboratory -- The first botanic gardens : physic gardens in Europe -- The blossoming of British botanic gardens -- Colonial botanic gardens -- The United States of America -- The twentieth century : education and conservation -- What makes a botanic garden? -- Places to visit -- Further reading -- Index. 
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