Showing posts with label Botanical Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Botanical Garden. Show all posts

Monday, October 31, 2016

Top 10 Best Botanical Garden in the World

1. Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

       A home to around 6500 species of plants, Jardim Botanico is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is One of the best Botanic Garden to visit. The gardens were founded in 1808 and opened to the public in 1822. These gardens are spreaded in 140 hectare park lies at the foot of the Corcovado Mountain, far below the Statue of Christ the Redeemer.


2. Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York, United States.

         Having an around 1000,000 visitors each year this 52 acre garden was founded in 1910 in Brooklyn, New York. Number of specialty inner gardens are part of this garden having rich plant collections, the Steinhardt conservatory, climate themed plant pavillions, an art gallery and many more.


3. Singapore Botanic Garden, Singapore.

            Singapor Botanic Garden, founded in 1859, is known to be one of the best botanical gardens in the world. This 74-hactare garden has rich flora including more than 20,000
orchids, a childeren's garden, an evolution garden, a ginger garden, a rainforest, and also wild monkeys, terrapins and much more.


4. Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Museum, Berlin, Germany.

            One of the best Botanical Garden in the World, Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Museum, was opened to the public in 1910. Rich in plants species that are over 22,000, the garden has an area of 43 hactares. The garden is a part of the Free University of Berlin, having a botancan museum in it.


5. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.

            Having a world's largest collection of plants, the Royal Botanic Gardens are spreaded in an area of 300 acres. Except the Treetop Walkway, The Kew Explorer Train is the best way to get around in the park. The garden includes the famous  Davies Alpine House which is an echo friendly building that houses cool weather plants. The Royal Botanic Garden also includes a Water Lilly house, a Temperate house, a Palm house, and a Conservatory. These botanical gardens are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 

6. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden,Cape Town, South Africa.

          To preserve the country's unique flora, this garden was founded in 1913, located at the foot of Table Mountain. This garden is spreaded in 89 acres land havin rich flora. It is one of the best and among a few gardens that only cultivates indigenous plants.


7. Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, Canada.

            Montreal Botanical Garden was founded in 1931. This 75 hectares garden is known for the extent of its collections and facilities. It includes a Chinese Garden with a collection of Bonsai and Penjing, a Japanese Garden which is populated with Japanese Plants, the First Nations Garden is Populated with Canadian Plants, the Alpine garden and many more species.


8. Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden, Chonburi Province, Thailand.

            Opened to the public in 1980, this botanical garden is spreaded in a 500-acre land. The garden with rich flora includes a french garden, European Garden, Cactus and Succulent Garden, ant tower, butterfly hill, flower valley and orchid garden. It is one of the best place to visit if you are visiting to the Thailand.


9. Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, United States.

             This 23 acre botanical garden contains North America's largest collection of plants from cold temperate climates from around the world. The park also includes several other gardens, a conservatory and an amphitheater which hosts concerts during the summer.
 

10. Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Kolkata, India.

         Spreaded in over a land of 109 hectare, the garden was previously known as Indian Botanic Garden or culcutta botanical garden is among the best Botanical Gardens of the World. These gardens holds over 12,000 specimens of different plants in which some plants are very rare.It also includes the Great Banyan Tree having age more than 250 years.
 

Friday, October 14, 2016

The Great Grandfather Of Indian Botanical Garden,Howarh

Great Banyan  (Ficus benghalensis)


The Great Banyan is a banyan tree  located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra bose Indian Botanic Graden,Howrah), near Kolkata, India.The Great Banyan tree is over 250 years old.
Its main trunk became diseased after it was struck by two cyclones , so in 1925 the main trunk of the tree was amputated.





A sculpture is made on the main truck which is not visible to the visitors.





The Great Banyan looks more like a forest than an individual tree with its large number of aerial roots.

It has at present 3772 aerial roots reaching down to the ground as  prop roots. 
It is believed to have, the second largest  canopy.
The area occupied by this  tree is about 18,918 square meters and the present crown of the tree has a circumference of 486 m with  the highest branch rising  to 24.5 m.

                                             This is a place where botany comes to alive and 
 every day an uncountable number of people visit this place just  to see our great grandfather...