Oxford
Botanic Gardens
Welcome
to the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. We are often asked
how a botanic garden differs from other types of gardens.
Botanic gardens are collections of plants that are grown for
purposes other than purely aesthetic reasons but in
Oxford Botanic Garden we do try to arrange the plants in attractive,
sympathetic and exciting ways. Many gardeners come here to
seek inspiration. In the beds and borders you may find new
plants that would be perfect in your garden at home and partly
for this reason we strive to label clearly every plant in
the Garden.
Plants
are grown in this Garden to support our teaching programmes,
for research scientists in this University and elsewhere and
as part of plant conservation projects.
Furthermore
this Garden is a national reference collection of 7,000 different
types of plant, making it the most compact yet diverse collection
of plants in the World there is even more biological
diversity here than there is in tropical rain forests and
other biodiversity hotspots.
The
Garden consists of three sections. The Glasshouses contain
plants that need protection from the extremes of the British
weather. The area outside the Walled Garden contains classic
garden features such as a Water Garden and Rock Garden as
well as the innovative Black Border and Autumn Borders. Within
the Walled Garden plants are grouped in a number of different
ways such as by country of origin, botanic family or economic
use.
Source
: Oxford Botanic Gardens web site
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Botanic Gardens web site |
