Overview

This rich and beautiful guide from bestselling 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 centres 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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Author:   Ambra Edwards
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Frances Lincoln
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9780711282261

ISBN 10:   0711282269
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   12 September 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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 S.ller Botanic Garden Troms. Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden Nezahat G.kyiğit Botanic Garden Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca Select bibliography Index Acknowledgements

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Ambra Edwards is an award-winning writer and garden historian. She is the author of the National Trust's definitive The Story of the English Garden, the acclaimed global history The Story of Gardening (with Penelope Hobhouse) and most recently The Plant Hunter's Atlas, which tells the enthralling stories of plants and the people who found them. In 2017, her bestselling book Head Gardeners was named Book of the Year by the Garden Media Guild. Three times named Garden Journalist of the Year in Britain, her work also appears in Europe and Australia.

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