Internet Directory for Botany - Arboreta and Botanical Gardens

Arboreta

For more sites (mainly in the USA), check the list of members of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta.

• The Arboretum at the University of California at Davis, USA.
• The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (WWW) / Arnold Arboretum living collections (gopher), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA (WWW) . 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.
• The Bartlett Arboretum at the University of Connecticutt, Stamford, USA, gives info on the history, gardens, collections and programs of the arboretum. A newsletter of the arboretum will be made accessible via Internet.
• Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, near Superior, just outside the metropolitan Phoenix area,, Arizona, USA.
• 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. The Eddy Arboretum, in Placerville, California, USA, is part of the Institute of Forest Genetics (IFG), operated by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
• Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, Texas, USA.
• Idaho State Arboretum, Pocatello, Idaho, USA.
• Louisiana State Arboretum, Ville Platte, USA
• 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.
• Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens, Texas, USA.
• Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. Morris Arboretum is located in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, USA.
• Nichols Arboretum, University of Michigan, USA, lies on the outskirts of The Ann Arbor Campus and covers 123 acres.
• North Carolina State University Arboretum, Raleigh, USA.
• Ohio State University, Secrest Arboretum, USA. Secrest Arboretum, situated on the Wooster campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), is a major research arboretum in Ohio, with more than 2,000 species, varieties, and cultivars of trees and shrubs for inspection and enjoyment.
• Schedel Foundation Arboretum and Gardens, Elmore, Ohio, USA.
• Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore College, USA. - In February 1996 only two images.
• The Stephen F. Austin State University Arboretum, Nacodoches, Texas, USA.
• Tyler Arboretum Homepage. The history, mission, educational resources and collections of the Tyler Arboretum in Media, Pennsylvania, USA.
• University of California, Irvine - Arboretum and Gene Bank, USA.
• University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chanhassen, MN, USA. The Arboretum maintains 14 display and specialty gardens, 60 generic collections, 5,000 species of plants, and 8 native environments on 905 acres.
• University of Nebraska - Lincoln: Botanical Garden and Arboretum, USA.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Arboretum, USA.
• Van Vleck Arboretum, The Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, USA.

Botanical Gardens

General

• Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), maintained in the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK.

Australia

• 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.
• The Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium, Australia.
  • The Adelaide Botanic Garden, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
  • Beechwood Garden, Stirling, Adelaide South Australia.
  • The Bicentennial Conservatory, Adelaide, Australia.
  • The Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens, Stirling, Adelaide, South Australia.
  • Wittunga Botanic Gardens, Blackwood, Adelaide, South Australia.
• Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens and Arboreta. Maintained by M.Fagg & J.Wilson, Australian National Botanic Gardens.
• The Grevillea Park, Illawarra, south coast of NSW, Australia.
• Norfolk Island Botanic Gardens, Australia.
• Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia.

Austria

• Der Botanische Garten der Stadt LinzBotanische Garten der Stadt Linz, Austria.
• University of Salzburg, Botanical Garden, Austria (in German).

Belgium

• Botanical Garden and Public Parks in Leuven, Belgium.

Canada

• The Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Devonian Botanic Garden, University of Alberta, 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.
• Directory of Canadian Botanical Gardens. Maintained by the Canadian Botanical Conservation Network at Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is the first full scale classical Chinese garden built outside of China.
• 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.
• Le Jardin botanique du Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada. French text from a travel guide.
• McMaster University, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Ontario, Canada.
• The Montréal Botanical Garden and Insectarium, Quebec, Canada.
• Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens and School of Horticulture, Niagara Falls, Canada.
• Olympic Park, Botanical Garden, Biodôme, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• University of Waterloo Botanical Garden, Ontario, Canada.

China

• Friends of the Kunming Botanical Gardens, Yunnan, China.
  • Yuan Ming Yuan - Garden of Centred Wisdom, China, was burned in 1860. This web site located in Canada has gathered together information and images of the garden.

Costa Rica

• Lankester Botanical Garden, 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.

Croatia

• Botanical Garden of Zagreb, Croatia.
• Botanical Gardens in Croatia.

Dominican Republic

• National Botanical Garden, Dominican Republic.

Estonia

• Tallinn Botanical Garden, Estonia.

France

• The Gardens of Le Mans, text from a travel guide of the town of Le Mans, France.
• Tête d'Or Park, Lyon, France. This 290 acres park was laid out en 1862 by the Town of Lyon in the English style.

Germany

• Botanischer Garten der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten der TH Darmstadt, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten der Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten der Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany.
• Der Botanische und der Forstbotanische Garten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten der Universität Heidelberg, Botanical Garden of the University of Heidelberg, Germany (gopher).
• Botanisches Garten der Universität Hohenheim, Botanical Garden of the University of Hohenheim, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Botanical Garden of the Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten Universität Leipzig, Botanical Garden of the University of Leipzig, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg, Botanical Garden of the University of München-Nymphenburg, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten der Universität Osnabrück, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten der Universität Regensburg, Germany. An article from the university's newsletter.
• Botanical Garden, University of Tübingen, Germany.
• Botanischer Garten der Universität Ulm, Germany. Here you can find SysTax -- Botanical Garden Information System. This database system can be used for systematic and taxonomic work as well as for the administration of botanical gardens and herbaria.
• Institut für Allgemeine Botanik und Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg, Germany.
• Institute of Geobotany and Botanical Garden, University of Halle, Germany.
• Institute of Systematic Botany and Botanic Garden, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
• Julius-von-Sachs-Institut für Biowissenschaften mit Botanischem Garten Würzburg, Botanical Garden of the University of Würzburg, Germany.
• Palmengarten der Stadt Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
• Rhododendron Park und Botanischer Garten Bremen, Rhododendron Park and the Botanical Garden of the University of Bremen, Germany.
• Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster: Botanischer Garten, Germany.
• Ökologisch-Botanischer Garten der Universität Bayreuth, Germany (inside a document describing also the other depratnemtns of the university).

Hungary

• The Botanical Garden and botanical regions of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary.

Israel

• Tel Aviv University Botanic Gardens, Israel.

Italy

• 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 basis of the "Corno Grande", which is the highest tip of the Apennines, 2914 m a.s.l.
• Botanical Garden of Abetone, Italy.
• Botanical Garden of the University of Bari, Italy.
• Botanical Garden of Bologna, Italy.
• Botanical Garden of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. - (from a travel guide). L'area archeologica dell'orto botanico page (different server) gives information on the archaeological excavations ion the garden.
• Botanical Garden of Catania, Italy.
• Botanical Garden of Firenze, Italy. /// Botanical Garden "Giardino dei Semplici", Firenze (Florence), Italy (own server).
• Botanical Garden of Lucca, Italy.
• Botanical Garden of Modena, Italy.
• Botanical Garden of Napoli, Italy.
• Botanical Garden of the University of Parma, Italy.
• Botanical Garden of the University of Perugia, Italy.
• Botanical Garden of Pisa, Italy.
• Giardino Botanico Alpino delle Viotte del Monte Bondone, Trento, northern Italy.
• Giardini Botanici Hanbury, Università degli Studi Genova, Italy.
• Giardino Botanico, Istituto Tecnico Agrario Statale "Celso Ulpiani", Ascoli Piceno, Italy
• Giardino Botanico "Ruggero Tomaselli", Campo dei Fiori (Varese), Italy.
• Gruppo di Lavoro per gli Orti Botanici e i Giardini Storici della Società Botanica Italiana. - Also available in English: The Working Group for Botanic Gardens, Italy. Maintained by Gianni Bedini, Botanic Garden of Pisa, Italy.
• List of Parks and Gardens in Bologna, Italy.
• L'Orto Botanico dell'Università di Camerino, Italy.
• L'Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino, Italy.
• Orto Botanico, Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), Italy.
• Orto Botanico 'Pietro Pellegrini', Italy.
• Orto Botanico, Rome, Italy.
• University of Lecce, Villa Tresca Botanical Garden, Italy.

Japan

• Fukuoka City Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Japan.
• Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands, Japan. - in Japanese.
• Hiroshima Botanical Garden, Japan.
• Ochiai Park/Botanical Garden, Kasugai, Japan.

Latvia

• University of Latvia Botanical Gardens.

Mauritius

• Pamplemouses Botanical Garden, Mauritius.

Mexico

• Jardín Botánico Francisco Xavier Clavijero, Mexico (in Spanish).

the Netherlands

• Leiden, Hortus Botanicus, the Netherlands.

New Zealand

• The Christchurch Botanic Gardens, New Zealand.

Norway

• Botanical Garden, University of Oslo, Norway.
• 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.

Poland

• Botanical Garden, University of Wroclaw, Poland.
• University of Warshaw, Botanical Garden, Poland. Plant DataBase of the Botanical Garden, Warshaw University, searchable database.

Russia

• Botanical Garden, Ural State University, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
• Petrozavodsk State University Botanic Garden (PSUBG), Karelia, Russia.

Singapore

• Singapore Botanic Gardens.

South Africa

• Bloemfontein Botanical Gardens, South Africa. The Botanical Gardens of the Free State is one of eight gardens in South Africa managed by the National Botanical Institute.
• Botanical Garden, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
• Johannesburg Botanical Garden, South Africa. - In February 1996 just two pictures.

Spain

• Jardi Botanic de la Universitat de Valencia, Spain (gopher, in Spanish; with a checklist of the plants cultivated in the garden).
• Jardín Botánico Barcelona, Spain.
• Jardín Botanico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.
• Real Jardin Botanica Juan Carlos I, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá en Henares, Madrid, Spain.
• Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid, Spain (gopher).

Sweden

• Bergianska Trädgården / The Bergius Botanical Garden, Stockholm, Sweden.
• The Göteborg Botanical Gardens (= Gothenburg), Sweden.
• Botanical Garden of Uppsala, Sweden. - An address list.

Switzerland

• Botanischer Garten der Universität Basel, Switzerland.
• Conservatoire & Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva, Switzerland.
• Institute of Systematic Botany and Botanical Garden of the University of Zürich, Switzerland.
• Le Jardin botanique de Genève, Switzerland (from a town guide).
• St. Gallen Botanical Garden, Switzerland - a short description in a tourist guide.

UK

• Botanic Gardens, University of Durham, UK (gopher).
• Brickmans Botanical Country Garden, UK.
• Kew, The Royal Botanic Gardens, UK.
• Ness Botanic Garden, University of Liverpool, UK.
• 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.
• Winterbourne Botanic Garden, University of Birmingham, UK.

USA

• Atlanta Botanical Garden, Georgia, USA.
• Bartram Gardens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Bellevue Botanical Garden, Washington, USA.
• Bellingrath Gardens and Home, Alabama, USA.
• Betty Ford Alpine Garden, Vail, Colorado, USA.
• Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Alabama, USA (from a city guide). Established in 1962 by the City of Birmingham, the Gardens sits on 67½ acres of land which were once Indian campgrounds.
• Boerner Botanical Gardens, Milwaukee, USA.
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden, USA.
• Chaparral Gardens. Chaparral Gardens, in the Sierra Foothills, California, USA, specializes in modern hybrid daylilies.
• Cheekwood, Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art, USA.
• Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, USA.
• Clinton Community Garden, New York, USA.
• 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.
• 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.
• Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
• Dubuque Arboretum & Botanical Gardens at Marshall Park, Iowa, USA.
• Florida Community College at Jacksonville Botanical Garden, USA.
• Florida Institute of Technology Botanical Garden, Melbourne, FL, USA.
• 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.
• George Eastman's Gardens, Rochester, New York, USA.
• 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.
• The Hagiwara Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA.
• Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida, USA.
• The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida, USA.
• 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.
• Missouri Botanical Garden WWW Page, - Missouri Botanical Garden (gopher), St. Louis, USA.
• Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory The Domes, Milwaukee, USA.
• Moody Gardens, Galveston Island, Texas, USA.
• Myriad Botanical Gardens & Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory, Oklahoma City, USA.
• The New York Botanical Garden, The Bronx, New York, USA.
• Norfolk Botanic Garden, Virginia, USA.
• The North Carolina Botanical Garden, USA. Made up of three tracts in Chapel Hill: the Coker Arboretum, the Mason Farm Biological Reserve, and the North Carolina Botanical Garden proper.
• Oklahoma State University (OSU) Botanical Garden and Arboretum (OBGA), USA.
• Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California, USA.
• The Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, USA.
• Riverbanks Botanical Garden, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
• San Antonio Botanical Gardens, Texas, USA.
• San Jose Gardens, California, USA.
• Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, California, USA. - another page: Santa Barbara Botanical Garden.
• Shofuso: The Pine Breeze Villa, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
• 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.
• State Botanical Garden of Georgia, USA (gopher). 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.
• The Staten Island Botanical Gardens at Snug Harbor, New York, USA.
• University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology - Greenhouses, Storrs, CT, USA.
• University of Delaware Botanic Gardens (WWW) and University of Delaware Botanic Gardens (clickable map). The Gardens are located on the grounds of the College of Agriculture at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE, USA.
• University of Georgia, Botany Department - Greenhouse Tour, Athens, Georgia, USA.
• University of Nebraska - Lincoln: Botanical Garden and Arboretum, USA.
• University of Washington, Medicinal Herb Garden, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• Utah State University Botanical Gardens. Utah State University Extension and the Utah Agriculture Experiment Station created and maintains a beautiful botanical garden in Farmington, Utah, USA.
• 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.
• The Wrigley Memorial and Botanical Gardens, Catalina Island, California, USA.

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