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The
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
The Birmingham Botanical Gardens were opened in 1832. They were designed
by J. C. Loudon, a leading garden planner, horticultural journalist
and publisher. Today the gardens offer a superb opportunity for recreation
and relaxation close to the centre of Birmingham. The Subtropical
(Palm) House is the largest of the glasshouses, rising to 8m at the
peak - a height sufficient to accommodate sizeable trees including
palms, tree ferns, a Norfolk Island pine and a giant bird-of-paradise
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The
Garfield Park Conservatory
The Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois is one of the
largest and most stunning conservatories in the USA. Often referred
to as "landscape art under glass," the Garfield Park Conservatory
occupies approximately 4.5 acres inside and out, and includes cold
frames and propagating where thousands of plants are grown each year
for displays in City parks and spaces
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San
Antonio Botanical Garden
Operated under the auspices of the City of San Antonio Parks and
Recreation Department, the San Antonio Botanical Garden founded in
1980, encompasses 33 acres in the center of the city of San Antonio,
555 Funston @ North New Braunfels Avenue. Explore the beautiful Lucile
Halsell Conservatory with its striking glass pyramids. Stroll through
the formal gardens. See the Old-Fashioned
Garden. Hike the native areas. Have lunch at the Carriage House
Kitchen and browse The Garden Gate Gift Shop. |
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Welcome to the Conservatory of Flowers
San Francisco's Friends of Recreation & Parks is leading the
campaign to restore the western hemisphere's oldest existing public
conservatory. Prominently situated near the eastern end of the world-famous
Golden Gate Park, the Conservatory of Flowers features tropical palms,
orchids, bromeliads, carnivorous plants and other rare species in
a series of walk-through climate controlled chambers. With a brand
new $4 million program of horticultural exhibits and floral displays,
the Conservatory joins a distinctive circle of modern American horticultural
museums that are on the cutting edge of botanical interpretation
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World
of Plants at Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
The greatest Victorian-era
glasshouse in the United States, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, greeted
the public after a four-year, $25
million restoration, when The New York Botanical Garden opened its unprecedented
exhibition A World of Plants on May 3, 1997. The restored Conservatory
and A World of Plants are the centerpiece of a renewed New York Botanical
Garden, which is being transformed through a $200 million master
plan
for capital projects and program development.
Niagara
Under Glass - Vineland, Ontario, Canada.
Our aim at Niagara Under Glass is to let the visitor discover the science
of growing plants and the relationship between plants and our environment.
Through a unique pairing of fun and floriculture, visitors experience
an interactive approach to the science of producing plants in an atmosphere
of education and entertainment. Australian National Botanic Gardens
Occupying a 90 hectare site on the lower slopes of Black Mountain
in Canberra, the Australian National Botanic Gardens is a major
scientific,
educational and recreational resource. It was one of the first botanic
gardens in the world to adopt the study and display of indigenous
species as a principal goal. One third of the known flowering plant
species
that occur in Australia are represented.
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