A botanical garden is a place where plants, especially ferns, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research and education. This distinguishes them from parks and pleasure gardens where plants, usually with showy flowers, are grown for public amenity only. Botanical gardens that specialize in trees are sometimes referred to as arboretums. They are occasionally associated with zoos. The earliest botanical gardens were founded in the late Renaissance at the University of Pisa (1543) and the University of Padua (1545) in Italy, for the study and teaching of medical botany. Many Universities today have botanical gardens for student teaching and academic research, e.g. the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, the Bonn University Botanic Garden , Bonn, the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, England and the Botanical and Experimental Garden of the Radboud University of Nijmegen , Nijmegen, Netherlands.

This page lists important botanical gardens throughout the world

Australia

• The Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden - Port Augusta West - South Australia
• The Australian Inland Botanic Gardens - Buronga - New South Wales
• The Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
• Booderee Botanic Gardens (formerly Jervis Bay Botanic Gardens) - New South Wales
• Botanic Gardens of Adelaide - Adelaide, South Australia
• Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha - Brisbane, Queensland
• Brisbane City Botanic Gardens - Brisbane, Queensland
• Castlemaine Botanic Gardens - Castlemaine, Victoria
• Coffs Harbour Regional Botanic Garden - Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
• Flecker Botanical Gardens - Cairns, Queensland
• Fruit Spirit Botanical Garden - Dorroughby - New South Wales
• Geelong Botantic Gardens - Geelong - Victoria
• Hunter Region Botanic Gardens - New South Wales
• Maranoa Gardens - Balwyn - Victoria
• Mount Annan Botanic Garden - New South Wales
• Olive Pink Botanic Garden - Alice Springs, Northern Territory
• Rockhampton Botanic Gardens - Rockhampton, Queensland
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria
• Royal Botanic Gardens - Sydney, New South Wales
• Warrnambool Botanic Gardens - Warrnambool, Victoria

Austria

• Alpengarten Patscherkofel Universität Innsbruck - Innsbruck
• Botanischer Garten der Universität Innsbruck - Innsbruck
• Botanischer Garten der Stadt Linz - Linz
• Vienna Botanic Gardens - University of Vienna

Belgium

• National Botanic Garden of Belgium - Meise

Bermuda

• Bermuda Botanical Gardens . Hamilton, Bermuda

Belarus

• Central Botanical Garden of NAS of Belarus

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Brazil

• Instituto Plantarum - São Paulo
• Jardim Botânico de São Paulo - São Paulo
• Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro
• Núcleo de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Jardim Botânico - Campinas

Canada

• Calgary Zoo Botanical Garden , Calgary, Alberta
• Devonian Botanic Garden , Edmonton, Alberta
• Jardin botanique de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec [2]
• The Montréal Botanical Garden , Montréal, Quebec
• Reford Gardens (Jardins de Métis) , Grand Métis , Quebec
• Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario
• Royal Roads University Botanical Gardens , Victoria , British Columbia
• UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, Vancouver, British Columbia
• VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia

China

• Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Hong Kong
• Nanjing Botanical Garden, Men. Sun Yat-Sen, Nanjing
• Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden , Yunnan
• Wuhan Botanical Garden , Wuhan
• Beijing Botanical Garden , Beijing
• Lushan Botanical Garden , Lushan,Jiangxi
• Southern China Botanical Garden , Guangzhou

Croatia

• Botanical Gardens , Zagreb

Czech Republic

• Botanic Gardens Liberec , Liberec

Denmark

• Botanisk Have , Københavns Universitets , Copenhagen

Estonia

• Tallinna Botaanikaaed, in English, Tallinn. 4500 species outdoors, 2400 species indoors.

Finland

• Helsingin kasvitieteellinen puutarha, in English, University of Helsinki, Helsinki. 800+ species indoors, 2800+ species outdoors.
• Ruissalon kasvitieteellinen puutarha, University of Turku, Turku. 5000+ species in- and outdoors.
• Oulun yliopiston kasvitieteellinen puutarha., in English University of Oulu, Oulu. 1500 species indoors, 4000 species outdoors.
• Jyväskylän kasvitieteellinen puutarha, in English, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä.

France

• Jardin des Plantes, Paris

Georgia

• Bakuriani Botanical Garden of The Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
• Batumi Botanical Garden of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
• Central Botanical Garden of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (Tbilisi)

Germany

• Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem - Berlin
• Bonn University Botanic Garden - Bonn
• Herrenhäuser Gärten , Hanover (Großer Garten )
• Palmengarten , Frankfurt am Main

Honduras

• Lancetilla Botanical Garden , Tela

Hungary

• Vácrátót botanic garden

India

• Lalbagh , Bangalore, Karnataka
• Ooty Botanical Gardens , Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu

Ireland

• National Botanic Gardens , Glasnevin, Dublin

Israel

• Jerusalem Botanical Gardens , Jerusalem

Italy

• L'Orto Botanico di Roma - Rome
• The Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua

Japan

• Hiroshima Botanical Garden

Latvia

• LAS Botanical Gardens - Salaspils

Lithuania

• Botanical garden of Vilnius university - Vilnius
• Kairenai Botanical garden

Malaysia

• Rimba Ilmu Botanic Gardens , Kuala Lumpur

Mauritius

• Pamplemousse Botanic Gardens

Netherlands

• Botanical and Experimental Garden of the Radboud University of Nijmegen
• De Botanische Tuinen Universiteit Utrecht , Utrecht
• Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
• Hortus Botanicus Leiden

New Zealand

• Christchurch Botanic Gardens , Christchurch
• Dunedin Botanic Gardens , Dunedin
• Otari-Wilton's Bush , Wellington
• Wellington Botanic Gardens , Wellington

North Korea (see Kimjongilia)

• Korean Central Botanical Garden

Norway

• Botanisk hage, Tøyen, Oslo

Romania

• Bucharest Botanical Garden
• Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden

Russia

• The Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University

Singapore

• Singapore Botanic Gardens

South Africa

• Johannesburg Botanic Garden - Johannesburg
• Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden- Cape Town
• Pietermaritzbrg National Botanical Garden - Pietermaritzburg
• Pretoria National Botanical Garden - Pretoria
• University of KwaZulu Natal Botanical Garden

Sri Lanka

• Royal Botanic Gardens - Peradeniya , Kandy

Sweden

• Bergianska trädgården, University of Stockholm, Stockholm. 9000 species.
• Göteborg botaniska trädgård, in English, Gothenburg. 16000 species outdoors, 4000 species indoors.
• Botaniska trädgården Uppsala universitet, in English, Uppsala University, Uppsala. 13000 species.
• Linnéträdgården, in English, Uppsala.
• Lunds botaniska trädgård, Lund University, Lund. 7000 species outdoors, 2000 species indoors.

Switzerland

• Botanical Garden of the University of Basel , Basel
• Berne Botanical Garden , Bern
• Alpine botanical garden , Champex
• Botanical Garden Schatzalp , Davos
• Botanical Garden of the University of Fribourg , Fribourg
• Geneva Conservatory and Botanical Gardens , Geneva
• Jardin Botanique Cantonal Lausanne , Lausanne
• Botanical Garden of the University and City of Neuchâtel , Neuchâtel
• Botanical Garden St. Gallen , St. Gallen
• Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich , Zürich

Tahiti

• Jardin Botanique - Papeete

Thailand

• Nong Nooch Tropical Garden
• Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden - Chiangmai

Trinidad and Tobago

• Scarborough Botanic Gardens - Tobago
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Trinidad -Port of Spain, Trinidad

United Kingdom

• See separate list

United States

• See the List of botanical gardens in the United States

See also

• List of aquaria
• List of zoos

External links

• http://www.botanique.com/
• http://dmoz.org/Science/Institutions/Botanical_Gardens_and_Arboreta/
• http://www.ftg.org
• http://www.usbg.gov