《Botanic Gardens》是2015年Shire Publications出版社出版的圖書，作者是Sarah Rutherford。
基本介紹
- 中文名：Botanic Gardens
- 作者：Sarah Rutherford
- 出版社：Shire Publications
- 出版時間：2015年2月17日
- 頁數：64 頁
- ISBN：9780747814443
內容簡介,圖書目錄,作者簡介,
內容簡介
Across the world hundreds of botanic gardens combine scientific research, conservation and beauty with public access, with Kew Gardens alone attracting around one million visitors a year. For centuries they have variously focused on cultivating medicinal and exotic plants, introducing lucrative crops such as tea and rubber to new countries, preserving international plant collections, scientific classification and research – or have combined all these things.
Sarah Rutherford here tells their story from the sixteenth-century up to their long heyday in the last two hundred years. She explains the gardens' design and architecture, the personalities and institutions associated with them, their important role in research and conservation, and their appeal to millions of visitors。
圖書目錄
Introduction: A Living Laboratory
- The First Botanic Gardens: Physic Gardens in Europe
- The Blossoming of British Botanic Gardens
- Colonial Botanic Gardens
- The United States of America
- The Twentieth Century: Education and Conservation
- What Makes a Botanic Garden?
- Places to Visit
- Further Reading
- Index
作者簡介
Sarah Rutherford is a Kew-trained gardener who began her career at Oxford Botanic Garden. She was head of the English Heritage Historic Parks and Gardens Register and is now a freelance consultant and writer。
