Occupying 20 acres, the Gardens had been created in 1765 by Normal Robert Melville, governor of the British Caribbean islands, as a plant breeding centre and ‘to supply medicinal vegetation for the military and improve the life and economic system of the colony’. In a letter accompanying his draft survey, … Read the rest
Read MoreEstablished in 1810, the Ljubljana Botanical Backyard is Slovenia’s oldest cultural, scientific and academic establishment working uninterruptedly since its basis. The garden is on of the northern most botanical gardens in the world. Located at the heart of the town of Singapore, the site demonstrates the evolution of a British … Read the rest
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