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	List of botanical gardens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, the Bonn University Botanic Garden, Bonn, the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, England, the Hortus Botanicus of Leiden, Netherlands, Kraus Preserve of Ohio Wesleyan University.
		Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zürich
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	Christchurch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the third largest city in the country.
		Christchurch is the provincial capital of Canterbury, New Zealand.
		Christchurch was the seat of provincial administration for the Province of Canterbury.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christchurch,_New_Zealand (2627 words)

	List of Famous Gardens in the world ,
		Botanic Garden of the Jozsef Attila University - Hungary
		Botanical Garden of the University of Gent, Belgium
		The Botanical Garden of the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
	www.quartershopping.com /Gardens.htm (1022 words)

	Tel Aviv University Botanic Gardens: a List of Botanic Gardens
		Botanical Garden of Cagliari, Sardinia (archaeological excavations in the garden)
		Villa Tresca Botanical Garden, University of Lecce, Lecce
		Botanical Garden, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
	www.tau.ac.il /lifesci/plant_sciences/gardens.htm (488 words)

	Christchurch Botanic Gardens - Christchurch City Council
		Christchurch was officially settled by the British in 1850.
		On 09 July 1863, an English oak tree was planted in the Gardens to commemorate the marriage of the English monarch, Queen Victoria’s eldest son Prince Albert Edward to Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
		The grounds of the Botanic Gardens encompass an area of 30 hectares (74 acres), the majority of this being within a loop of the Avon River.
	www.ccc.govt.nz /parks/botanicgardens (309 words)

	International Gardens and arboretums by Betrock Information Systems
		The Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna, Austria (Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis - HBV)
		Botanic Garden at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
		Botanical Gardens of the University of Oulu, Finland
	www.plantfinder.com /Gardens/International.asp (3448 words)

	Christchurch Botanic Gardens — a major inner-city botanic garden in transition
		Christchurch and Dunedin Botanic Gardens probably have the biggest range of plants in terms of numbers of species and cultivars.
		Cockayne, who spent much of his life in Christchurch, is often seen as the standard bearer for native plants, and the area known as The Cockayne Garden features native plants, but less well-known is the fact that it was Cockayne who pushed very hard for the planting of cherry trees and daffodils along the Avon.
		Botanic gardens have a vital role in bringing people and nature together in positive ways and in ensuring that botanical diversity world-wide is saved from extinction.
	www.nzine.co.nz /views/christchurchbotanicgardens.html?Rcat=Community&Tcat=Gardens (3459 words)

	Christchurch Botanic Gardens
		I went to the Christchurch Botanic Gardens determined to take good photographs and write a good report - one which captured the organic essence of this grand acreage of botanical wonders...
		These botanic gardens are really amazing - on a large scale they seem to spread for miles, with huge trees, long sweeping lawns, and massed plantings in incredibly deep beds.
		The botanic gardens are full of twisting and turning paths - leading visitors to a huge water-lily pond ringed with giant Gunnera, or through New Zealand native bush and woodland to a bed of flaxes and hebes, or into picturesque enclosed wedding-venue lawns.
	www.mooseyscountrygarden.com /botanical-gardens/christchurch-botanic-gardens.html (400 words)

	Rhododendron Garden Links
		Opened to the public in 1977 the garden displays plants native to the province and cultivated plants suitable to the local climate.
		The garden is home to many specimen trees, rare and unusual shrubs and perennials, and signature collections of magnolia, cymbidium, camellia, osmanthus, rhododendron and bamboo.
		This spectacular 55-acre garden in the heart of Vancouver is a botanical garden of international stature.
	www.rhododendron.org /gardens.htm (1814 words)

	Gardenscape.com Gardens
		Botanic Garden of Salzburg University - Salzburg, Austria
		The Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna
		University of Nebraska-Lincoln Botanical Garden and Arboretum - Lincoln, Nebraska
	www.gardenscape.com /GSGardens.html (933 words)

	Christchurch Botanic Gardens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Botanic Gardens in New Zealand's Garden City of Christchurch are like a grand old estate in the very heart of the city.
		The Garden has a lake and several ponds, and along the Avon huge sweeping bushes hiding trout and a mother duck, and her little brood behind.
		The Gardens of the World column is sponsored by the Seed Guild, providers of unusual and rare seeds.
	www.gardenweb.com /gotw/christch.html (374 words)

	Sculpture in the Gardens 2000 - Robert McDougall Art Gallery Exhibitions Archive 1999
		A collaboration between the Botanic Gardens and the Robert McDougall Art Gallery this event was initiated to celebrate the diversity of New Zealand sculptural practice.
		Griffiths"s project for Sculpture in the Gardens 1999 involves the "framing" of a section of the Botanic Gardens using a window constructed of slabs of chlorite schist.
		This exhibition was held in the Botanic Gardens.
	www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz /Exhibitions/1999/SculptureintheGardens (745 words)

	Tbe Botanic Gardens
		Control of the Botanic Gardens was until 1946 vested in the Christchurch Domains Board, but due to financial difficulties the government dissolved the Board and placed control and funding under the jurisdiction of the Christchurch City Council.
		The grounds of the Botanic Gardens encompass an area of 30 hectares, the majority of this being within the loop of the Avon River.
		During the 1920's, excavation of shingle for pathways in the gardens formed the basis of ponds which were later developed into a water garden.
	canterbury.cyberplace.org.nz /public/botanic.html (1995 words)

	New Zealand gardens, New Zealand gardening
		Tauranga Garden and Art Fest.Over 80 of the Bay of Plenty's finest gardens providing the stunning backdrop for works of art.
		Te Whau Garden, Waiheke Island, Auckland.One hundred pieces of art and sculpture on display at the garden gallery forest walk, at the property of Lance and Kay Peterson.
		Trott's Garden was recently awarded the prestigious "Award of Garden Excellence" by the Canterbury Horticultural Society, for gardens considered to be outstanding for their horticultural value in plant material, cultivation, design, construction, and maintenance.
	www.zeroland.co.nz /new_zealand_gardens.html (284 words)

	Christchurch Botanic Gardens - Spring
		Those in the Botanic Gardens are very old, stuck in contortionist's poses with grey twisted limbs.
		The Azaleas in the rock garden were in full flower - bright purples, shocking pinks, cerises and magentas - all the hard-to-miss, in-your-face colours.
		Garden Clean-Up As a country gardener, I fully accept the noise of the chainsaw in the garden soundscape.
	www.mooseyscountrygarden.com /botanical-gardens/christchurch-botanic-gardens-4.html (508 words)

	Gardening : Asian : New Zealand, Singapore : Home & Garden Television
		The first tree was planted in this garden in the year 1863; in fact, most of the trees in this section are 100 years old.
		These picturesque gardens were constructed in the style reminiscent of a period approximately 800 years ago, during which Japanese gardening artistry was at its height.
		A Zen Buddhist state of peace and simplicity are produced by the quiet and serenity of the gardens.
	www.hgtv.com /hgtv/gl_design_asian/article/0,1785,HGTV_3563_1384781,00.html (561 words)

	* NZine * Christchurch Botanic Gardens - Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Christchurch New Zealand, Christchurch The ...
		Many people believe that the Christchurch Botanic Gardens were developed to provide a pleasant place to take the kids for a picnic, or to wander in the gloaming with your lady love in beautiful surroundings or for time out 'to smell the flowers'.
		It is most disheartening for a gardener responsible for a particular zone to come to work in the morning and find that cherished trees have had branches broken or plants have been stolen from newly planted beds.
		Yet another issue is the lack of funding for botanical work like specialist plant propagation and research, continuation of seed and plant exchanges with overseas gardens at an appropriate level, and the proper maintenance of a plant herbarium.
	www.nzine.co.nz /features/botanic_gardens.html (1494 words)

	RNZIH - Conference 1999
		The Botanic Garden Board supported collectors such as Henry Travers, John Buchanan and Thomas Kirk in their plant collecting trips and by 1877, there were 63 introduced native species.
		Few gardens had specific and clear objectives for their collections and mentioned general educational and conservation goals without really defining what they meant or how they were going to be achieved.
		Edinburgh Botanic Garden was the only one that identified their collection of New Zealand Apiaceae were part of research programme on the taxonomy of this family.
	www.rnzih.org.nz /pages/1999ConferenceMikeOates.htm (2598 words)

	Christchurch Garden Tour
		The public gardens may include Mona Vale, the Sanitarium Gardens, or the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
		The private gardens are generally award winning and offer a mix of perennial, rose, water features and woodlands.
		The tour consists of two public and two private gardens all of which are full with an array colorful and fragrant plants, shrubs and flowers.
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	Christchurch Accommodation Addington Court Motel : Christchurch Attractions and Activities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Christchurch is the capital of Canterbury and the main international gate way to the south Island.
		Christchurch is renowned as the garden city with over a third of its central area area devoted to beautiful parks and gardens.
		The city's historic trams, first introduced in 1905, are a familiar sight as they complete their 2.5km circuit, stopping at some of the city's best known sights.
	www.addingtoncourtmotel.co.nz /christchurch.htm (669 words)

	CACTUS AND SUCCULENT COLLECTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
		Hortus Botanicus - VU (The Botanical Garden of the Free University of Amsterdam)
		The garden is situated in the heart of the city Panchkula, Satellite town of Chandigarh City was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chief Minister Haryana on 18/05/92.
		In this garden, the natural scenary is enhanced by the art of the landscape artist and a Harmonious collection of rare forms and colours of mature specimens of cacti and succulents.
	www.cactus-mall.com /gardens.html (6200 words)

	Christchurch New Zealand
		Also close to Christchurch is an abundance of Canterbury skifields not least of all Mt Hutt - typically the first skifield in the South Island to open.
		Catch a Tram: Christchurch Tramway is an inner city tour experience that combines the heritage of the trams, attractions and historical buildings with the culture of the Garden City.
		Christchurch Botanic Gardens: The grounds of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens encompass an area of 30 hectares alongside the Avon River.
	www.luxuryadventures.co.nz /new_zealand/christchurch.htm (799 words)

	Christchurch Botanic Gardens New Zealand
		Christchurch Botanic Gardens New Zealand, undoubtedly the finest collection of exotic and indigenous plants to be found anywhere in the country.
		The grounds of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens encompass an area of 30 hectares alongside the Avon River.
		The Rose Garden is central in the Botanic Gardens layout, containing more than 250 different roses.
	www.tourism.net.nz /new-zealand/about-new-zealand/attractions/parks-and-reserves/christchurch-botanic-gardens.html (205 words)

	The Cristchurch botanical gardens- Christchurch, New Zealand - VirtualTourist.com
		Botanic Gardens are probably not the first thing you think of visiting in winter, but in Christchurch they're definitely worth it.
		Christchurch is known as a garden city and the gardens are beautiful.
		Botanic Gardens is approximately 30 hectares or 74 acres.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Australia_and_Oceania/New_Zealand/South_Island/Canterbury/Christchurch-1883860/Things_To_Do-Christchurch-The_Cristchurch_botanical_gardens-BR-1.html (958 words)

	Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand
		Christchurch Botanic Gardens are beautifully situated on flat land adjacent to Hagley Park close to the city centre, where citizens can easily enjoy this quiet civic amenity alongside the curves of the slow and shallow Avon River.
		Mature trees, many of which were originally brought from England by sea, give shelter to spacious gardens with collections of native and imported plants.
		The gardens are beautifully maintained by the Christchurch City Council, whose mission is to promote understanding and appreciation of the world's flora, including special areas devoted to plants of the Southern Hemisphere.
	www.sisley.co.uk /christch.htm (256 words)

	bestgardening.com Christchurch & Canterbury Gardens Open to Visit
		Developed since the first oak tree was planted in 1863, the Botanic Gardens boast an extensive collection of exotic and native trees and plants.
		Directions- From Christchurch take SH 1 south in the direction of Ashburton, at Tinwald turn right into Maronan Cracroft Rd and continue towards Arundel keeping irrigation ditch on left until the last house on the Moronan Rd. Turn into the garden at the stone mailbox and entrance, across the irrigation ditch.
		Lyddington is a 4 hectare (10 acre) hillside garden paradise.
	www.bestgardening.com /bgc/gardenopen/gdncant.htm (1944 words)

	Beautiful Gardens
		Visitors are invited to stroll through 5 acres of gardens, enjoy educational programs in our 18th century manor house, attend classes in the visitor center, or research gardening questions in our horticultural library.
		Old Westbury Gardens listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the former home of John S. Phipps, his wife, Margarita Grace Phipps and their four children.
		Quail Botanical Gardens is dedicated to the conservation of rare and endangered plants from across the globe.
	www.mnsi.net /~jhlavac/gardening/gardens.htm (527 words)

	Online Personal Albums by martin_nl - VirtualTourist.com
		Immediately as you enter the Botanic Gardens it is like being somewhere else.
		No Botanic Garden is complete without its fair share of flowers here and there.
		Unlike the Botanics I have seen in Australia that mostly have tropical plants and flowers the ones in Christchurch have some more traditional ie.
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	Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Christchurch - Reviews of Christchurch Botanic Gardens - IgoUgo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is said that these gardens have the finest collection of exotic and indigenous plants in New Zealand.
		The gardens are next to the Canterbury Museum and are part of Hagley Park, a huge slice of green within walking distance of downtown Christchurch.
		The gardens also have a childrenâ€™s playground and the Robert McDougall Art Gallery which offers free guided tours 11am-3pm and is generally open to the public from 10am-5.30pm daily.
	www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=11698 (309 words)

	Christchurch New Zealand History : Christchurch New Zealand Heritage
		Christchurch, New Zealand has a top selection of history and heritage attractions where you enjoy learning about events of the past.
		ANTIGUA BOAT SHEDS - Christchurch Relax and enjoy the tranquil scenery while devouring a fabulous breakfast or brunch from our licensed café on the banks of the River Avon.
		NGAIO MARSH HOUSE - Christchurch Visitors to this unique property can gain an understanding of the life and work of Dame Ngaio Marsh, 1895-1982, one of New Zealand’s most remarkable and charismatic women, world-renowned as a leading crime fiction writer and as an eminent Shakespearian producer.
	www.tourism.net.nz /region/christchurch/attractions-and-activities/heritage-and-history (351 words)

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