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Added to NRHP. April 11, 1973. The United States National Arboretum is an arboretum in northeast Washington, D.C., operated by the United States Department of Agriculture 's Agricultural Research Service. It was established in 1927 by an act of Congress [ 1 ] after a campaign by USDA Chief Botanist Frederick Vernon Coville.
The total number of botanical gardens recorded in the United States depends on the criteria used, and is in the range from 296 [4] to 1014. [1] The approximate number of living plant accessions recorded in these botanical gardens — 600,000. [4] The approximate number of taxa in these collections — 90,000 taxa or approximately 40,000 species ...
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates American Orchid Society Visitors Center and Botanical Garden: American Orchid Society: Delray Beach: Arboretum of the University of Central Florida
Coordinates: 38.91023°N 76.96754°W. Columns and pool. The National Capitol Columns are a monument in Washington, D.C. 's National Arboretum. It is an arrangement of twenty-two Corinthian columns which were a part of the United States Capitol from 1828 to 1958, placed amid 20 acres (8.1 ha) of open meadow, known as the Ellipse Meadow.
Blake Garden. University of California, Berkeley. Kensington. 37°54′48″N 122°17′07″W / 37.91333°N 122.28528°W / 37.91333; -122.28528. Luther Burbank Home and Gardens. Santa Rosa. 38°26′10″N 122°42′42″W / 38.43611°N 122.71167°W / 38.43611; -122.71167. California State University Northridge Botanic ...
Created. 1829. Operated by. Forestry England. Designation. Grade I [1] Westonbirt, The National Arboretum is an arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) southwest of the town of Tetbury. Managed by Forestry England, it is perhaps the most important and widely known arboretum in the United Kingdom.
Canberra National Arboretum (foreground) with Telstra Tower in the distance. The National Arboretum Canberra is a 250-hectare (620-acre) arboretum in Canberra, the national capital of Australia, created after the area was burned out as a result of the Christmas 2001 [1] and 2003 Canberra bushfires: [2] The Himalayan Cedar forest lost about one third of its trees, and the commercial Radiata ...
Website. www.usbg.gov. The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) is a botanical garden on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., near the James A. Garfield Monument. The Botanic Garden is supervised by the Congress through the Architect of the Capitol, who is responsible for maintaining the grounds of the United States Capitol.