Category
Botanic gardens
University, royal and RHS botanic gardens — Kew, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Oxford and the dozens of named research collections of trees, shrubs and exotic plants opened to the public.
6 places in this category.
Botanic gardens by region
Highlights
★ Iconic📷 10Botanic gardens · London
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The world's most celebrated botanic garden — UNESCO, 50,000 plants, 1759.
★ Iconic📷 10Botanic gardens · South East England
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Britain's oldest botanic garden, founded 1621 — Tolkien, Pullman, Carroll all wrote about it.
Flagship📷 10Botanic gardens · South East England
Wakehurst
Kew's 535-acre Sussex sister garden — home of the Millennium Seed Bank.
Flagship📷 4Botanic gardens · East of England
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Cambridge's 40-acre teaching botanic garden — taxonomic beds, Henslow's 1846 founding.
★ Iconic📷 5Botanic gardens · Central Scotland
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Founded 1670, Edinburgh's 70-acre garden — world's largest rhododendron collection.
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