This rich and beautiful guide from best-selling garden writer Ambra Edwards explores the most magnificent botanic havens from every continent across the world.
There has never been a better time to celebrate botanic gardens. From Brooklyn and San Francisco, to Colombia and Brazil; Oxford and Kew, to Cape Town and Mauritius; Norway and Germany, to Sydney and Thailand, discover surprising diversity, superb vistas, and some of the most intriguing plants you can imagine.
As centers for research, conservation, and education, these expansive collections are integral to our understanding of the true power of plants.
But they also hold some of the most beautiful species on earth – including ferns, trees, cacti, orchids, and more – expertly cared for and presented as a feast for the senses, delighting thousands of visitors each year.
Ambra Edwards introduces the gardens, bringing them to life on the page, and uncovers their history, collections, and scientific influence. This is a celebration of the wonder that is contained within the world’s greatest botanic gardens.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Botanic Gardens: an evolution
- Padua Botanical Garden
- Hortus Botanicus Leiden
- Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
- Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden
- Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Cibodas Botanical Garden
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Hanbury Botanical Gardens
- New York Botanical Garden
- The Huntington Desert Garden
- Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
- Weihenstephan Trials Garden
- Nong Nooch Tropical Garden
- Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
- Viera y Clavijo Botanical Garden
- National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawai‘i
- Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne
- Belize Botanic Gardens
- Sóller Botanic Garden
- Tromsø Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden
- Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanic Garden
- Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca
- Select bibliography
- Index
- Picture credits
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
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