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Botanic Gardens

Sarah Rutherford

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English
Shire Publications
10 February 2015
Series: Shire Library
Across the world hundreds of botanic gardens combine scientific research, conservation and beauty with public access, with Kew Gardens alone attracting around one million visitors a year. For centuries they have variously focused on cultivating medicinal and exotic plants, introducing lucrative crops such as tea and rubber to new countries, preserving international plant collections, scientific classification and research – or have combined all these things. Sarah Rutherford here tells their story from the sixteenth century up to their long heyday in the last two hundred years. She explains the gardens’ design and architecture, the personalities and institutions associated with them, their important role in research and conservation, and their appeal to millions of visitors.

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Imprint:   Shire Publications
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   807
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 149mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   151g
ISBN:   9780747814443
ISBN 10:   0747814449
Series:   Shire Library
Pages:   64
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction: A Living Laboratory / The First Botanic Gardens: Physic Gardens in Europe / The Blossoming of British Botanic Gardens / Colonial Botanic Gardens / The United States of America / The Twentieth Century: Education and Conservation / What Makes a Botanic Garden? / Places to VIsit / Further Reading / Index

Sarah Rutherford is a Kew-trained gardener who began her career at Oxford Botanic Garden. She was head of the English Heritage Historic Parks and Gardens Register and is now a freelance consultant and writer.

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