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  2. Arboretum - Wikipedia

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    The Derby Arboretum is also significant because it was the planted counterpart to Loudon's Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum (1838) which detailed all the hardy and semi-hardy trees and shrubs of the British Isles. Within the park, the trees and shrubs were laid out according to the natural system and labelled so that visitors could identify ...

  3. Gardens of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The history and character of gardens in ancient Egypt, like all aspects of Egyptian life, depended upon the Nile, and the network of canals that drew water from it.Water was hoisted from the Nile in leather buckets and carried on the shoulders to the gardens, and later, beginning in about the 14th century B.C., lifted from wells by hoists with counterbalancing weights called shadouf in Arabic.

  4. List of botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States

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    The oldest surviving botanical garden in the United States is Bartram's Garden in Pennsylvania. [1] [2]This list is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States.

  5. Orto botanico di Padova - Wikipedia

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    The Garden of Padua was founded upon deliberation of the Senate of the Venetian Republic.It was devoted to the growth of medicinal plants, the so-called "simple plants" (Orto dei semplici – simples were herbs that were used as they are rather than in admixtures) which produced natural remedies, and also to help students distinguish genuine medicinal plants from false ones to prevent ...

  6. Greek garden - Wikipedia

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    Bowe, Patrick. (2010). "The Evolution of the Ancient Greek Garden." Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes 30.3: 208–223. Calame, Claude. (2007). "Gardens of Love and Meadows of the Beyond: Ritual Encounters with the Gods and Poetical Performances in Ancient Greece." In Sacred Gardens and Landscapes: Ritual and Agency.

  7. Byzantine gardens - Wikipedia

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    The city of Byzantium in the Byzantine Empire occupies an important place in the history of garden design between eras and cultures (c. 4th century – 10th century CE). The city, later renamed Constantinople (present day Istanbul), was capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and survived for a thousand years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

  8. Samara Arboretum - Wikipedia

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    The Samara Arboretum ... Samara is a regional development project that recreates ancient civilization and habitation based on local archaeology, ...

  9. Trsteno Arboretum - Wikipedia

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    The pride of the arboretum, two Oriental Planes located on the central market place of Trsteno, survived both disasters undamaged. They are over 500 years old and are unique specimens of its kind in Europe. The ancient trees are both about 45/60 m tall and their trunks are 5 m in diameter.