Botanical Garden (Adelaide)
The Botanic Garden in Adelaide , the capital of South Australia , is a 51 hectare public garden northeast of the city center.
history
The garden was opened in 1857. The founding director George William Francis (1847–1865) was followed in 1865 by the botanist Dr. Moritz Richard Schomburgk , who was born in Freyburg , completed an apprenticeship as a gardener in Sanssouci Park , had made a career as a scientist through his publications and research trips, and emigrated to Australia in 1848. During his term of office (1865-1891) important ecological initiatives and research as well as the expansion of the garden with new departments and greenhouses fall. In 1867 he built a greenhouse for aquatic plants, in which the only Victoria regia on the continent, a giant water lily, the botanical name of which goes back to Schomburgk, was cultivated for many years . In terms of architectural history, the palm house , which was completed in 1875, is one of the most important and popular attractions of the city for citizens and tourists to this day.
Attractions
Palm House
The most important unit of the garden in terms of garden and architectural history.
Museum of Economic Botany
Established at Schomburg's instigation until 1881, it still houses important groups of exhibits from its early days, such as a collection of plant replicas, Aboriginal artefacts and rooms for special exhibitions. The building in the style of late classicism and the equipment (decoration, exhibition presentation) are in an exceptionally original condition and, like the palm house, are under monument protection.
Goodman Building
The 1909 administration building also houses the State Herbarium of the State of South Australia.
Bicentennial Conservatory
For the 200th anniversary of the founding of Australia, the technically and formally unusual greenhouse was set up to present the rainforest flora of Northern Australia and the South Pacific.
Rose Garden
Established in 1996, the rose garden is to be a test site for the compatibility and sustainability of rose plants in the Australian climate.
Wetlands
Here, the supply of the botanical garden with considerable amounts of water is used as an opportunity to demonstrate the importance of water-retaining landscape planning for a healthy environment.
literature
- Pauline Payne: The Diplomatic Gardener. Richard Schomburgk, explorer and Botanic Garden director. Adelaide 2007
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Coordinates: 34 ° 55 ′ 5.2 ″ S , 138 ° 36 ′ 39.6 ″ E