Botanical Gardens (9)
Chicago Botanical Gardens // Research at the Chicago Botanical Gardens focuses on conservation of rare plants of the midwestern USA and the development and evaluation of new ornamentals suitable to the region. The Plant Evaluation Program is one of the largest in the nation and one of the few to formally evaluate perennials. One third of the Garden's 385 acres is native habitat including an oak woodland restoration, a prairie exhibit and a mile-long river corridor.
Fairchild Tropical Garden - Botanical Resource Center // Florida, USA. This is the scientific data site for Fairchild Tropical Garden. Here you will find scientific databases, data and other botanical resources that are generated at the Garden and by affiliates of the Garden. If you want an overview of the Garden and its activities, including current events and staff directories, please see the Fairchild Tropical Garden home page. The Botanical Resource Center site was built and is maintained and administered through the Fairchild Tropical Garden Herbarium and includes information from all areas of research at the Garden.
Missouri Botanical Garden // St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Founded by Henry Shaw, a prominent St. Louis businessman, in 1859, The Missouri Botanical Garden is now a National Historic Landmark and maintains one of the world's leading programs in botanical research. There is a strong history of economic botany study at the garden. The mission statement of the garden's research department is, "To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment, in order to preserve and enrich life." This is reflected in research projects directed at understanding and preserving traditional ethnobotanical uses of plants as well as projects seeking to discover new pharmaceutical, agricultural, or nutritional products.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh // Main garden in Edinburgh, Scotland. Research focus on Ericaceae, Orchidaceae, Compositae, Rosaceae and Apiaceae. Also plants of China, United States, Nepal, United Kingdom and Spain. Involved with floras of Turkey, China, Bhutan and Socotra.
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney // Sydney, Australia. The garden mission is to "Inspire the appreciation and conservation of plants" : "Plants=life, a simple equation, but it's the meaning of life. Our world is solar powered, and plants are the generators. Without the spectacular array of trees, grasses, orchids, seaweeds and microscopic plants, we would not exist. It's as simple as that". Major research themes are: Plant Conservation, Horticultural research, Systematics research, Ecology research, Plant pathology research, Herbarium & services.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew // Kew Gardens, Surrey and Wakehurst Place, West Sussex, England. One of the premier research botanical gardens in the world. Research on the following plant taxa: Araceae, Arecaceae (Palmae), Dioscoreaceae, Orchidaceae, Poaceae (Gramineae), Cyperaceae, Acanthaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Cactaceae, Compositae (Asteraceae), Euphorbiaceae, Lamiaceae (Labiatae), Leguminosae (Fabaceae), Malvales, Myrtales,Rubiaceae, Urticaceae, Conifers, Ferns and Fungi
The New York Botanical Garden International Plant Science Center // New York, USA. The New York Botanical Garden is one of the world's great collections of plants, the region's leading educational center about gardening and horticulture, and an international center for plant research. The Garden is a museum of plants alive with discovery, from the landmark Enid A. Haupt Conservatory offering an ecotour of the world under glass, to the innovative Everett Children's Adventure Garden where children explore nature and plant science, to 48 magnificent gardens and plant collections on a 250-acre historic site. Research site includes information on "Training Future Researchers", "Understanding Plants in Human Health", "Shaping Conservation", "Preserving and Sharing Knowledge", "Unlocking Molecular Secrets"
The University of California Botanical Garden // Berkeley, California, USA. The garden is a living museum open to the public featuring one of the most diverse plant collections in the United States. Established in 1890, the Garden's 34 acres contain over 12,000 taxa and more than 20,000 accessions from all over the world arranged by region.
UBC Botanical Garden // Vancouver, Canada. Contains significant collections of Acer, Clematis, Cornus, Epimedium, hardy Eucalyptus, Hebe, Lardizabalaceae, Lindera, Magnolia, Populus, Rhododendron, Sorbus, Styracaceae, British Columbia native flora, alpines and Chinese flora.
