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The National Botanic Gardens (Irish: Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus) is a botanical garden in Glasnevin, 5 km north-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. [1] The 19.5 hectares [ 2 ] are situated between Glasnevin Cemetery and the River Tolka where it forms part of the river's floodplain .
Griffith Park (Irish: Páirc Uí Ghríofa) is a 7.5-hectare (19-acre) park located on the banks of the River Tolka in Dublin city between Glasnevin and Drumcondra.The park is a short distance downstream of Ireland's National Botanic Gardens, and upriver of Our Lady's Park, and has been noted by Discover Ireland as "one of the premier north city parks". [1]
It is a satellite of the main National Botanic Gardens located in Glasnevin, County Dublin. The 52 acre gardens are situated 5 km from exit 18 on the M11 motorway. The gardens were founded in 1712 as part of the Acton family estate who owned the land until 1940. [1] Today, the gardens are in State ownership through the Office of Public Works ...
Botanical gardens in Ireland have collections consisting entirely of Ireland native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in all states and territories of Ireland, most are administered by local governments, some are privately owned.
A public botanical garden library may contain books for children, nursery catalogs, seed catalogs, popular how-to publications, movies, and various other media resources. At an academic library, there may be such archived materials, such as historical letters, autographs of famous botanists, plant lists, field notes, and reports of botanic ...
The Botanic Garden is open to the public Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. It is closed on weekends and university holidays, and occasionally during extreme weather. [9] The entrance is reached via parking structures off Nordhoff or Zelzah (depending on campus construction). [10]
South Coast Botanic Garden The South Coast Botanic Garden is an 87 acres (35 ha) botanical garden in the Palos Verdes Hills , in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, California , United States, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Los Angeles International Airport . [ 1 ]
Baldwin Lake is a sag pond in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, which is in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California, south of the San Gabriel Mountains. The pond, arboretum, and botanic garden are all within the city of Arcadia. [3] [4]