15-1056: (Redirected from National Botanical Gardens ) National Botanic(al) Garden(s) may refer to: Australian National Botanic Gardens , Canberra China National Botanical Garden , Beijing National Botanic Gardens (Ireland) , Dublin National Botanic Garden of Belgium National Botanic Garden of Wales National Botanic Garden (Zimbabwe) , Harare National Botanic Gardens of India National Botanical Garden (Botswana) , Gaborone National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens , Burma National Tropical Botanical Garden , four gardens in Hawaii and Florida South China National Botanical Garden , Guangzhou United States Botanic Garden , Washington, DC Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden , South Africa Hryshko National Botanical Garden , Kyiv, Ukraine See also [ edit ] List of botanical gardens Topics referred to by
30-517: Is crossed by a network of paths, providing access to the various garden beds. Areas of native bushland are still present on the site. One area on the upper slopes had been developed as a nature trail. Special features within the Gardens include the eucalypt lawn, rockery, rainforest gully, mallee shrubland, Hawkesbury sandstone and the Aboriginal trail. The rainforest area has been developed in what
45-645: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Australian National Botanic Gardens The Australian National Botanic Gardens ( ANBG ) is a heritage-listed botanical garden located in Acton , Canberra , in the Australian Capital Territory , Australia. Established in 1949, the Gardens is administered by the Australian Government 's Department of Agriculture, Water and
60-550: Is located on the north-eastern side of Black Mountain and consists of steep to gently sloping hillsides cut by several gullies. The setting is within dry sclerophyll woodland dominated by Eucalyptus rossii , E. mannifera ssp. maculosa and E. macrorhyncha . Soils in the area are predominantly red/yellow earths and red earth/red podsolic soils with associated lithosols and siliceous sands. The Gardens comprise sections devoted to different taxonomic plant groups and ecological themes focussed on Australian native plants. The site
75-495: Is not open to the public. The Australian National Herbarium participates in the Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH), an online database of botanical information, including six million specimen records displaying geographic distribution, images, descriptive text and identification tools. The Gardens manages several large plant databases , including "What's Its Name" (WIN), which is a point of access to
90-759: The Australian Heritage Database published by the Commonwealth of Australia 2004 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 21 May 2020. Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council The Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council was an elected body that operated from 1930 until 1974, when it was replaced by the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly . The Council originally consisted of three elected members, being increased to five in 1952, to six in 1957 and to eight in 1959. It replaced
105-574: The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) listing all the scientific names ever used for Australia's plants. A large collection of images is also available. The Gardens' library has significant collections of botanical books, journals, CD-ROMs and maps. The library is open to students and the public by appointment. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article was originally based on Australian National Botanic Gardens (part), Clunies Ross St, Acton, ACT, Australia , entry number 105345 in
120-603: The Australian National Botanic Gardens is CANB . When Canberra was being planned in the 1930s, the establishment of the gardens was recommended in a report in 1933 by the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council . In 1935, The Dickson Report set forth a framework for their development. A large site for the gardens was set aside on Black Mountain . In September 1949, the ceremonial planting of
135-599: The Environment . The botanic gardens was added to the Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004. The botanic gardens is the largest living collection of native Australian flora . The mission of the ANBG is to "study and promote Australia's flora". The gardens maintains a wide variety of botanical resources for researchers and cultivates native plants threatened in the wild. The herbarium code for
150-661: The Gardens. The Australian National Herbarium is held on site at the National Botanic Gardens. The Herbarium houses the third largest collection of pressed, dried plant specimens in Australia. The Herbarium is operated jointly with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as part of a joint research facility, the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research . It
165-604: The coasts and hinterland of most of mainland Australia and Tasmania. The Gardens has tenure over 90 hectares (220 acres) on Black Mountain. Approximately 40 hectares (99 acres) are currently developed as the Botanic Gardens. Plans for the development of the remaining land are on hold until funds are available. The gardens is organised in thematic sections; plants are grouped by shared taxonomy or are presented in ecological groupings that exist in nature. More than 5,500 species are cultivated. Displays include: The area
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#1732781090758180-486: The first trees by Prime Minister Ben Chifley and Sir Edward Salisbury, director of Kew Gardens , took place. Development of the site, facilities and collection progressed and the Gardens were officially opened in October 1970 by Prime Minister John Gorton . To celebrate the Gardens' 50th anniversary in 2020, a new Banksia garden was added, showcasing a wide selection of the over-170 Banksia species spread across
195-447: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title National Botanical Garden . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Botanical_Garden&oldid=1208963083 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
210-472: The taxonomy, horticulture and biology of native plant species. The living collections are particularly important for this function. A large number of rare and endangered plant species are also included in the living collections, thus ensuring the preservation of their genotypes and allowing some protection through cultivation. Due to the mature vegetation and a wide range of habitats present in the area, over 100 native and exotic bird species have been recorded from
225-508: Was previously a dry gully and has been planted to represent the eastern coast of Australia: Tasmanian species occupy the lower end of the gully and Victorian , New South Wales and Queensland species in sequence moving up the gully. The proposed conservatory at the upper end will allow the cultivation of tropical species. The Gardens are used as an education centre from primary to tertiary levels including horticultural and taxonomic training. They are also important for scientific research into
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