Botanical garden facts for kids
A botanical garden is generally a well kept garden or a park which contains many different kinds of plants labeled with their botanical names. They can contain collections of special types of plants, such as cacti, herb gardens, plants of certain parts of the world. Some of these collections need to be kept in greenhouses, such as tropical plants, alpine plants or other exotic plants.
In botanic gardens, seeds or cuttings are collected from species in the wild and then used to build up a population of plants from which, one day, some plants may be reintroduced to their natural habitats. Tissue culture can often help to produce many plants from just a few specimens. The garden encompasses all green vegetation with specific names and values that add beauty to the environment. The plant needs to be selected and considered for onward discovery, classification, naming and systematic.
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Braunschweig Botanical Garden, Braunschweig, Germany; Victoria amazonica, giant Amazon water lily
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon with the Tower of Babel in the background, a 16th-century hand-coloured engraving by Martin Heemskerck
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The Chelsea Physic Garden was established in 1673
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Wave Hill botanical garden
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, established 1759 The Palm House, Kew built 1844–1848 by Richard Turner to Decimus Burton's designs
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Hothouse, Jardin des Plantes built 1834–36 by Charles Rohault de Fleury. Example of French glass and metal architecture
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Singapore Botanic Gardens established 1822. Eco-lake at the Bukit Timah
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Auburn Botanical Gardens, with a view of its lake
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The John C. Gifford Arboretum, a botanical garden on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, May 2006
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The Eden Project, established in 2000 in Cornwall, England, includes a modern botanical garden exploring the theme of sustainability
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Seiwa-en Japanese Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA
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Inside Kew Gardens Palm House, London, England
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The New Brunswick Botanical Garden, Canada
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The Harry P. Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida, USA
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The Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Butchart Gardens, British Columbia, Canada
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Buenos Aires Botanical Garden, Argentina
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Main building of the University of Tartu Botanical Gardens, Estonia
See also
In Spanish: Jardín botánico para niños