Botanic gardens · South East England
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Britain's oldest botanic garden, founded 1621 — Tolkien, Pullman, Carroll all wrote about it.
Philip Halling — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Oxford Botanic Garden, founded in 1621 as a physic garden by Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby, is the oldest botanic garden in Britain. The four-acre walled site between Magdalen Bridge and the High Holds holds 5,000 plant species in seven themed glasshouses and outdoor beds. Lewis Carroll, Tolkien and Philip Pullman all referred to it in their fiction.
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From the Wikipedia article
The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Great Britain and one of the oldest scientific gardens in the world. The garden was founded in 1621 as a physic garden growing plants for medicinal research. Today it contains over 5,000 different plant species on 1.8 ha (4+1⁄2 acres). It is one of the most diverse yet compact collections of plants in the world and includes representatives from over 90% of the higher plant families. Professor Simon Hiscock became Director of Oxford Botanic Garden in 2015.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.7497, -1.2500
- Address
- High Street, Oxford, England
- Official site
- www.univ.ox.ac.uk
Sources
- manual: oxford-botanic-garden (manual)
- wikipedia: University of Oxford Botanic Garden (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is University of Oxford Botanic Garden?
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden is in South-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was University of Oxford Botanic Garden built?
- Dates from the Tudor or Stuart period.
- Who owns University of Oxford Botanic Garden?
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden is owned by University of Oxford.
- How busy is University of Oxford Botanic Garden?
- University of Oxford Botanic Garden draws around 211,573 visitors a year.