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This category contains 17 sites:

• Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses - Opened in 1832, the gardens were designed by J. C. Loudon, with glasshouses added during the latter half of the 19th century.
• Borde Hill - Sussex botanic garden and park
• Cambridge University Botanic Garden - Forty acres (16 hectares) close to the city centre containing a large collection of plants of international importance.
• Chelsea Physic Garden - Founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries; one of Europe's oldest botanic gardens.
• Durham University Botanic Garden - Extensive information about both plants and art in the garden, a tour and a virtual plant gallery.
• Harris Garden, University of Reading - Botanic garden with adjacent experimental grounds established in 1972 on 12-acre (5 ha.) site.
• Moor Bank Garden - Part of the Town Moor, a large working farm surrounded by the city maintained by the University of Newcastle.
• Ness Botanic Gardens - Part of the University of Liverpool. Site includes virtual tour, history, general information, and list of events.
• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Founded in the 17th century, RBGE now extends to 31 hectares (at Inverleith in Edinburgh) and incorporates specialist gardens at three very different locations in Scotland (Younger, mild oceanic climate; Logan, almost subtropical; and Dawyck, cool and dr
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Overview of the spectacular gardens and issues of Kew Scientist newsletter, as well as access to some of the Royal Botanic Gardens databases.
• The Cruickshank Botanic Garden - Located in a low-lying and fairly sheltered area of Aberdeen, less than a mile from the North Sea, this 11-acre garden is partly owned and financed by the University of Aberdeen and partly by the Cruickshank Botanic Gardens Trust.
• The Eden Project - Millennium project in the former Bodelva China Clay Pit, near St. Austell, Cornwall has created three climate zones and a visitor attraction.
• The National Botanic Garden of Wales - A visionary project and botanical science showcase built for the Millennium and beyond. Science Programme includes systemataics, biodiversity and conservation, sustainability and economic botany. Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire.
• Tropical Glasshouse, University of Wales Aberystwyth Botany Gardens - Collection of exotic ferns, cycads and angiosperms.
• Ventnor Botanic Gardens - Gardens commenced in 1970 on the Isle of Wight with a wide variety of temperate, sub-tropical and exotic plants, shrubs and trees; site provides extensive information about the gardens and their maintenance.
• Wakehurst Place - This West Sussex garden is an outpost of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Winterbourne Botanic Gardens - Details of the garden, including a virtual tour, and a list of events.