Across the world hundreds of botanic gardens combine scientific research, conservation and beauty with public access, with Kew Gardens alone attracting around one million visitors a year.
For centuries they have variously focused on cultivating medicinal and exotic plants, introducing lucrative crops such as tea and rubber to new countries, preserving international plant collections, scientific classification and research - or have combined all these things.
Sarah Rutherford here tells their story from the sixteenth century up to their long heyday in the last two hundred years. She explains the gardens' design and architecture, the personalities and institutions associated with them, their important role in research and conservation, and their appeal to millions of visitors.
| ISBN: | 9780747814443 |
| Publication date: | 10th February 2015 |
| Author: | Sarah Rutherford |
| Publisher: | Shire Publications an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 62 pages |
| Series: | Shire Library |
| Genres: |
Gardens (descriptions, history etc) Nostalgia: general |
Across the world hundreds of botanic gardens combine scientific research, conservation and beauty with public access, with Kew Gardens alone attracting around one million visitors a year.For centuries they have variously focused on cultivating medicinal and exotic plants, introducing lucrative crops such as tea and rubber to new countries, preserving international plant collections, scientific classification and research - or have combined all these things.Sarah Rutherford here tells their story from the sixteenth century up to their long heyday in the last two hundred years. She explains the gardens' design and architecture, the personalities and institutions associated with them, their important role in research and conservation, and their appeal to millions of visitors.
Botanic Gardens features in the following genres: Gardens (descriptions, history etc), Nostalgia: general
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Botanic Gardens was written by Sarah Rutherford and published by Shire Publications an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Botanic Gardens has 62 pages
Yes it is part of Shire Library series
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