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The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Great Britain and one of the oldest scientific gardens in the world. The garden was founded in 1621 as a physic garden growing plants for medicinal research. Today it contains over 5,000 different plant species on 1.8 ha (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 acres).
Harcourt Arboretum is an arboretum owned and run by the University of Oxford.It is a satellite of the university's botanic garden in the city of Oxford, England.The arboretum itself is located six miles (ten kilometres) south of Oxford on the A4074 road, near the village of Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire, [1] and comprises some 150 acres (60 hectares). [2]
The park is part of the grounds of Headington Hill Hall, [2] previously owned by the Morrell family, bought by Oxford City Council, and leased to Oxford Brookes University since 1992. [3] [4] The landscaping for the park was originally designed in the 1850s by William Hart Baxter, curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden. [5]
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the university's chemistry , zoology and mathematics departments.
The department housed the Oxford University Herbaria that consists of two herbaria: [2] Fielding-Druce Herbarium. Daubeny Herbarium. In total the collections contain 800,000 specimens [3] and benefits from close links with the university's Oxford Botanic Garden. The herbaria are now housed under the title of Department of Biology.
The Oxford University Parks, commonly referred to locally as the University Parks, or just The Parks, is a large parkland area slightly northeast of the city centre in Oxford, England. The park is bounded to the east by the River Cherwell , though a small plot of land called Mesopotamia sits between the upper and lower levels of the river.
The Missouri Botanical Garden will host a grand opening for the new Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center Saturday and Sunday, and admission to the event is free. An orientation video, new classrooms ...
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