The Palm House is home to a collection of agricultural plants often cultivated in humid tropical areas (bananas, pineapple, sugar cane, espresso). Ecopark (Cibinong Science Middle-Botanical Backyard), Bogor, West Java – extension of Bogor Botanical Backyard. A 700-page nomination dossier was compiled and written up over one-and-a-half years, led by … Read the rest
Read MoreOccupying 20 acres, the Gardens had been created in 1765 by General Robert Melville, governor of the British Caribbean islands, as a plant breeding centre and ‘to offer medicinal crops for the navy and enhance the life and financial system of the colony’. The 450 m² greenhouse complex boasts countless … Read the rest
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