Directory of Botanic Gardens and Arboreta Resources

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• Batsford Arboretum

  http://www.batsarb.co.uk/
  Information on the collections at this Arboretum in Gloucestershire. Details of the history, conservation activities, and for visitors.

• Belfast Botanic Gardens

  http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/leisure/parks-openspaces/Park-6614.aspx
  Garden history, events, virtual tour, entry, features and facilities.

• Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses

  http://www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk/
  Among many other features, historic Roman, Medieval and Tudor gardens, a herb garden, the National Bonsai Collection, collections of tropical and desert plants, and an Education Centre. Includes a diary of events.

• Bodenham Arboretum and Earth Centre

  http://www.bodenham-arboretum.co.uk/
  Housed on a working farm near Kidderminster, Worcestershire. Information on the trees, the farm, and walks. Details for visitors.

• Borde Hill

  http://www.bordehill.co.uk/
  Sussex botanic garden and park with a very diverse and large collection of trees and shrubs. Pictures; information on visitor facilities and access.

• Bradenham Hall Gardens and Arboretum

  http://www.bradenhamhall.co.uk/
  In Norfolk, UK, a private garden open to the public on selected days, featuring over 1000 named varieties of trees.. Information about the garden, its collections, and plants and other items for sale.

• Bristol University Botanic Garden

  http://www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden/
  Collection of 4,500 species just outside Bristol from across the world, in beds and glasshouses; includes a collection conserving threatened plants native to SW England, and collections of plants used in alternative medicine.

• Cambridge University Botanic Garden

  http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/
  Collections of British Native Plants, and Trees. Other gardens include Scented, Woodland, Winter, Rock and Genetic. Glasshouses house the tropical, desert and alpine collections. Education and events programme.

• Chalice Well Gardens

  http://www.chalicewell.org.uk/
  Magical spring and gardens with holy thorn trees, said to have sprouted from Joseph of Arimathea's staff. Wide herbaceous borders either side of the path are a riot of colour and perfume in Summer, views across the Vale of Avalon. Beneath Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, England.

• Chelsea Physic Garden

  http://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/
  Founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries; one of Europe's oldest botanic gardens. Important Herb and Medicinal collections, and of Mediterranean plants. Information on history, events and visitor access.

• Clyne Gardens

  http://www.swansea.gov.uk/clyne
  Describes the Botanic Gardens, and information about access and events.

• Dilston Physic Garden

  http://dilstonphysicgarden.com/
  In the Tyne Valley, this garden has over 500 medicinal plants on display. Information about garden, and courses run there.

• Dundee University Botanic Garden

  http://www.dundee.ac.uk/botanic/
  Collections of plants native to the UK, and collections representative of the world. Information on the garden tour, education, events, and for visitors.

• Durham University Botanic Garden

  http://www.dur.ac.uk/botanic.garden/
  Information and pictures covering glasshouse and outdoor plant collections, art in the garden, walks, a virtual plant gallery, and visitor access and facilities.

• E A Bowles Society of Myddleton House

  http://www.eabowlessociety.org.uk/
  Charitable organisation set up to further interest in the life and work of plantsman E A Bowles and the conservation of his garden at Myddelton House, Enfield, UK.

• Friends of the National Pinetum, Bedgebury

  http://www.bedgeburypinetum.org.uk/
  A collection of conifers in Kent. Started as a joint project with Kew Gardens. Includes news, events and tour listing, and educational programme.

• Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum

  http://www.fowa.org.uk/
  Details of the collection, including rare trees, champion trees, and visitor facilities at the country's national arboretum.

• Glasgow Botanic Gardens

  http://www.clyde-valley.com/glasgow/botanic.htm
  Twelve glasshouses, with an important collection of tree ferns from Australia and New Zealand. Free admission.

• Harlow Carr Botanical Gardens

  https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/harlow-carr
  Royal Horticultural Society Gardens outside Harrogate, N Yorkshire. National collections of rhubarb, ferns, fuchsia and heathers. Education programme, and special interest groups. Plant trials of benefit to gardeners in the North of England.

• Hergest Croft Gardens

  http://www.hergest.co.uk/
  Arboretum and gardens in Kington, Herefordshire. Information on the history and the different parts of the garden, planted and worked by three generations of the same family.

• Inverness Botanic Gardens

  https://www.highlifehighland.com/inverness-botanic-gardens/
  Unique tropical greenhouse and outdoor gardens visitor centre and coffee shop.

• Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum

  http://www.markshall.org.uk/
  Located in Essex and featuring woodland walks, footpaths and a visitor centre offering a tea room, gift shop, plant centre and picnic area.

• National Botanic Garden of Wales

  https://botanicgarden.wales/
  Opened in May 2000, in Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. The project includes the Great Glasshouse, restoring 18th century formal gardens, woodland, species-rich grassland, and developing a demonstration organic farm.

• Ness Botanic Gardens

  http://www.nessgardens.org.uk/
  Part of the University of Liverpool. Virtual tour, history, general information, and list of events.

• Palm House Botanic Gardens, Belfast

  http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Belfast-Botanic-Gardens-and-Palm-House-Belfast-P2787
  One of the earliest examples of a curvilinear and cast iron glasshouse, built for Belfast Botanical and Horticultural Society in the 1830s.

• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

  http://www.rbge.org.uk/
  Founded in the 17th century, RBGE now has one of the world's largest collections of living plants, and of preserved specimens. Information on main garden at Inverleith, visitor access and facilities, and activities in research and education. Searchable databases.

• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  http://www.kew.org/
  Overview of the gardens, collections, conservation and research activities of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Information on tours, trails and the education programme.

• Royal Horticultural Society Gardens

  http://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens
  Visitor information and details of the collections at the four RHS gardens in the UK.

• Savill Garden, Windsor

  http://www.theroyallandscape.co.uk/gardens-and-landscape/the-savill-garden/
  35-acre garden, part of the Crown Estate. History of the garden and its development, events listing, and seasonal highlights in photographs. Details of admission and facilities.

• Sheffield Botanical Gardens

  http://www.sbg.org.uk/
  Focus on progress in restoring the botanical and horticultural collections, the landscape and the buildings. Also covers the history of the gardens, their two national collections, plant of the month, visitor access, and includes a virtual tour.

• Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum

  http://www3.hants.gov.uk/hilliergardens
  Diverse collection of hardy trees and shrubs from around the world, started by the late Sir Harold Hillier in 1953 and now covering 180 acres, in Romsey, Hampshire. Open to the Public.

• The Cruickshank Botanic Garden

  http://www.abdn.ac.uk/botanic-garden/
  Part of Conoco Natural History Centre, which supports teaching and study of botany in Aberdeen University, and is also open to the public. Collection of 2,500 plants recently catalogued.

• The National Memorial Arboretum

  http://www.thenma.org.uk/
  A living tribute to the war-time generations of the twentieth century in Staffordshire. Includes information on events and visitor facilities.

• Thorp Perrow Arboretum

  http://www.thorpperrow.com/
  Collection of almost 1,500 trees and shrubs from across the world. Three national plant collections are held in the arboretum (lime, walnut and ash). Also houses the Falconry of Thorp Perrow. Events calendar.

• University of Leicester Botanic Garden

  http://www2.le.ac.uk/institution/botanic-garden
  Brief details of the gardens, arboretum, and their education programme.

• University of Oxford Botanic Garden

  http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/
  The oldest botanic garden in Britain, includes glasshouses, a walled garden, and an arboretum.

• Ventnor Botanic Gardens

  http://www.botanic.co.uk/
  Gardens commenced in 1970 on the Isle of Wight with a variety of temperate, sub-tropical and exotic plants, shrubs and trees; provides information about the gardens and their maintenance.

• Wakehurst Place

  http://www.kew.org/visit-wakehurst/
  This West Sussex garden is a satellite of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, housing the Millennium Seed Bank, and the national collection of birch trees; offers a range of trails and tours, and a guide to seasonal attractions.

• Westonbirt Arboretum

  http://www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt
  Details of the collection, including rare trees, champion trees, and visitor facilities at this national arboretum. Westonbirt, Gloucestershire.

• Yorkshire Arboretum

  http://www.yorkshirearboretum.org/
  Kew at Castle Howard (North Yorkshire) is an arboretum set in the Howardian Hills containing many rare and endangered trees and shrubs.

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