Occupying 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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Backyard Figurines & Ornaments
A Garden ornament is an item used for backyard , panorama , and park enhancement and ornament. The aptly named inventor, Don Featherstone, created different backyard ornaments, comparable to geese and boys with canine, but the tropical chook struck a chord that has continued to reverberate by popular culture for … Read the rest
St Andrews Botanic Backyard
With the solar shining down gloriously on the Netherlands, what better a time than now to visit one of the many botanical gardens that the nation has to offer? Arrange by the British in 1884 by Charles Curtis of the Gardens & Forests Departments Straits Settlements, it used to be … Read the rest
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Positioned in Glasnevin, County Dublin, the Nationwide Botanic Gardens are famous for their wonderful plant collections holding more than 15,000 plant species and cultivars from a variety of habitats from around the world. La Mortella is by far one of the best botanical backyard I have ever been to. When … Read the rest
The Botanical Garden Of The University Of Latvia
The Botanical Backyard in Eilat is a gem of serenity and peace in Southern Israel. Certainly, botanical gardens have already contributed significantly to our understanding of biological responses to climate change, notably the effects of temperature on the timing of flowering and leaf-out. Throughout the Japanese occupation of Singapore from … Read the rest