2. Botanical Garden Kolkata from India
What is in a botanical
garden?
Botanical garden, also
called botanic garden,
originally, a collection of
living plants designed
chiefly to illustrate
relationships within
plant groups. ... It may
be a collection in its own
right or a part of a
botanical garden.
3. Semmozhi Poonga, Chennai
What is the function of
Botanical Garden?
A botanical garden is a
controlled and staffed
institution for the maintenance
of a living collection of plants
under scientific management
for purposes of education and
research, together with such
libraries, herbaria,
laboratories, and museums as
are essential to its particular
undertakings.
4. What is the difference
between an arboretum
and a botanical garden?
If the definition of “tree”
includes all woody plants,
then an arboretum may
also include shrubs and
vines. In contrast, a
botanical garden typically
exhibits a “wide range of
plants”
5. Lal Bagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore
How much is the botanical
garden for visitors?
All-Garden Pass price for
weekdays: $23 for adults,
$20 for seniors 65+, $20 for
students with ID, $10 for
children ages 2 – 12,
children under age 2 free.
All-Garden Pass price for
weekends: $28 for adults,
$25 for seniors 65+, $25 for
students with ID, $12 for
children ages 2 – 12,
children under age 2 free
6. Fort Jefferson lighthouse - Garden Key, Florida
Which is the
largest botanical
garden in the
world?
Kew Gardens is
the world's
largest
collection of
living plants.
7. How is the botanical garden
useful for scientists?
A new organism found can be
studied while comparing it with
living plants and animals living in
protected areas like Botanical
gardens, Zoological parks, etc.
Botanical gardens helps in
conservation of plants by (i)
Growing important local plant
species and keeping record of
them.
Monsanto Centre for Research
Missouri Botanical Gardens
8. The Arboretum, Nottingham
Is an arboretum like a
garden?
An arboretum (plural:
arboreta) in a general sense
is a botanical collection
composed exclusively of
trees. More commonly a
modern arboretum is a
botanical garden containing
living collections of woody
plants and is intended at
least in part for scientific
study.