Botanical Gardens
- Arnold Arboetum of Harvard University
- The historical mission of the Arnold Arboretum is to increase knowledge of woody plants through research and to disseminate this knowledge through education. Today this mission is carried out by
1) the development, curation, and maintenance of a well-documented collection of living woody plants from around the world that are hardy in the Boston area; and the execution of these responsibilities within the landscape of the Arboretum designed by Frederick Law Olmsted
2) the development and curation of an herbarium, library, and related information systems to support research on woody plants, their associations in nature and their future conservation
3) the development of related programs for instruction, publication, and public information
These priorities derive from the Indenture of Trust of 1872, which created the Arnold Arboretum as a trust held by Harvard University. The basic premises of this instrument govern administration of the Arboretum and permit its staff to provide instruction at Harvard University. As part of the City of Boston's park system, the Arboretum's historic landscape serves as an outdoor museum that is open to the public.
- CLAUDE MONET'S HOUSE AND GARDENS
- Giverny and Vernon
Gardens. France
page also displays in French
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- The Chicago Horticultural Society has been promoting gardens and gardening since 1890. The Society's flower shows, victory gardens, horticultural lectures and more have touched generations of Chicagoans. With the ground-breaking for the Chicago Botanic Garden in 1965 and its opening in 1972, the Society created a permanent site on which to carry out its mission. That mission encompasses three important components: collections, education and research.
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Plants in bloom, image galleries, library, monthly features, and other horticultural information
122 - 126 South Division Street •
Salisbury, Maryland 21801
410 742 1537 • Fax: 410 548 5807 •
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