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The approximate number of living plant accessions recorded in these botanical gardens — 600,000. [6] The approximate number of taxa in these collections — 90,000 taxa or approximately 40,000 species. [6] Estimated percentage of collections in existence before Convention on Biological Diversity — 70% [6]
The Bolz Conservatory is a 10,000-square-foot [1] greenhouse housing over 750 plants representing over 70 families and over 550 different species and cultivars. The plants are native to tropical and sub-tropical regions. The structure itself is a glass pyramid measuring 100 by 100 ft (30 by 30 m) and rising to 50 ft (12 m) at the apex.
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Anderson Japanese Gardens: Rockford: Bethalto Arboretum Bethalto: Cantigny: Wheaton: Century Park Arboretum Vernon Hills
Interior View of the Desert Garden Conservatory. The Desert Garden Conservatory is a large botanical greenhouse and part of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California. [1] It was constructed in 1985. The Desert Garden Conservatory is adjacent to the 10-acre (40,000 m 2) Huntington Desert Garden itself.
Longwood Gardens has a long, varied history. For thousands of years, the native Lenni Lenape tribe fished its streams, hunted its forests, and planted its fields. Evidence of the tribe's existence is found in quartz spear points that have been discovered on and around the property and can be found on display in the Peirce-du Pont House on the Longwood Gardens property.
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Alta Vista Botanical Gardens: Vista: Arlington Garden: Pasadena: Balboa Park Gardens: San Diego: Ruth Bancroft Garden
The University of Illinois Conservatory and Plant Collection is a 2,000-square-foot (190 m 2) conservatory and botanical garden located in the Plant Sciences Laboratory Greenhouses, on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign campus, 1201 South Dorner Drive, Urbana, Illinois. The conservatory is generally open to the public daily when ...
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden set in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a City of Pittsburgh historic landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [4] The gardens were founded in 1893 by steel and real-estate magnate Henry Phipps Jr. as a gift to the City of ...