Description: The Botanic Garden by Ambra Edwards The Botanic Garden takes readers from tropical forests to deserts, and from alpine mountains to English country gardens, as it tours the most magnificent botanic havens in the world. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This rich and beautiful guide from bestselling garden writer Ambra Edwards explores the most magnificent botanic havens from every continent across the world. There has never been a better time to celebrate botanic gardens. From Brooklyn and San Francisco, to Colombia and Brazil; Oxford and Kew, to Cape Town and Mauritius; Norway and Germany, to Sydney and Thailand, discover surprising diversity, superb vistas and some of the most intriguing plants you can imagine. As centres for research, conservation and education, these expansive collections are integral to our understanding of the true power of plants. But they also hold some of the most beautiful species on earth - including ferns, trees, cacti, orchids and more - expertly cared for and presented as a feast for the senses, delighting thousands of visitors each year. Ambra Edwards introduces the gardens, bringing them to life on the page, and uncovers their history, collections and scientific influence. This is a celebration of the wonder that is contained within the worlds greatest botanic gardens. Author Biography Ambra Edwards is an award-winning writer and garden historian. She is the author of the National Trusts definitive The Story of the English Garden, the acclaimed global history The Story of Gardening (with Penelope Hobhouse) and most recently The Plant Hunters Atlas, which tells the enthralling stories of plants and the people who found them. In 2017, her bestselling book Head Gardeners was named Book of the Year by the Garden Media Guild. Three times named Garden Journalist of the Year in Britain, her work also appears in Europe and Australia. Table of Contents Botanic Gardens: an evolutionPadua Botanical GardenHortus Botanicus LeidenOxford Botanic Garden and ArboretumRoyal Botanic Garden EdinburghBotanic Garden and Botanical Museum BerlinSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic GardenRoyal Botanic Gardens, KewRio de Janeiro Botanical GardenRoyal Botanic Garden SydneySingapore Botanic GardensCibodas Botanical GardenMissouri Botanical GardenHanbury Botanical GardensNew York Botanical GardenThe Huntington Desert GardenKirstenbosch National Botanical GardenWeihenstephan Trials GardenNong Nooch Tropical GardenXishuangbanna Tropical Botanical GardenViera y Clavijo Botanical GardenNational Tropical Botanical Garden, HawaiiRoyal Botanic Gardens CranbourneBelize Botanic GardensS.ller Botanic GardenTroms. Arctic-Alpine Botanical GardenNezahat G.kyiit Botanic GardenEthnobotanical Garden of OaxacaSelect bibliographyIndexAcknowledgements Details ISBN0711282269 Author Ambra Edwards Short Title The Botanic Garden Language English ISBN-10 0711282269 ISBN-13 9780711282261 Format Hardcover Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-10-08 Illustrations 250 Pages 256 Year 2024 Subtitle The worlds greatest botanical sanctuaries Audience General Publisher Quarto Publishing PLC Imprint Frances Lincoln DEWEY 580.73 NZ Release Date 2023-10-08 Publication Date 2023-10-08 UK Release Date 2023-10-08 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161410047;
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