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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).
The floodplains for Oxford's two rivers reach right into the heart of the city, providing a wealth of green spaces. The University Parks; The University Botanic Garden; Christ Church Meadow; Port Meadow; Mesopotamia; Angel & Greyhound Meadow; Cutteslowe Park; South Park; Warneford Meadow; Punts in Oxford
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]
From 1980 to 1982, he was a trainee gardener at the Oxford Botanic Garden. He studied for a National Certificate in Horticulture at Askham Bryan College in North Yorkshire during 1982–83. Then during 1983–84 he was a trainee gardener at the Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park. He was a diploma student at Kew Gardens during 1984–85.
Memorial plinth commemorating scientists who worked on the medical applications of penicillin in the Rose Garden, at the Oxford Botanic Gardens. When Orr-Ewing started her research at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology Georges Dreyer was the professor of pathology.
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 meadow can be accessed from St Aldate's to the northwest via Broad Walk through the Christ Church War Memorial Garden, from the north in Merton Street via Grove Walk and Merton Walk, and from the eastern end of the High Street via Rose Lane near the Oxford Botanic Garden to the northeast.
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