Cambridge University Botanic Garden

The Cambridge University Botanic Garden in Cambridge, England lies between the city centre and the railway station, and covers an area of 16 hectares.

The botanical garden was created by Professor John Stevens Henslow for the University of Cambridge in 1831, and opened to the public in 1846.

Features include:

• Autumn colour garden
• Bed of British native plants
• Dry garden – demonstrates planting requiring reduced watering
• Fen display
• Genetics garden
• Glasshouses, containing about 3,000 species, and comprising:
  • Alpine house
  • Belize house
  • Cactus house
  • Conservatory, with variable displays
  • Evolution house
  • Filmy fern house
  • Succulent and carnivorous plant house
  • Temperate house
  • Wet tropical house
• Herbaceous borders
• Lake
• National collections of:
  • Alchemilla
  • Bergenia
  • Fritillaria
  • Lavender
  • Lonicera
  • Ribes
  • Ruscus
  • Saxifraga
  • Tulips
  • Hardy Geraniums
• Rock gardens – for alpine plants
  • Limestone rock garden
  • Sandstone rock garden
• Scented garden
• Systematic beds – 144 island beds representing 80 families of flowering plants
• Tree collection
• Water garden
• Winter garden (December to April)
• Woodland garden – containing spring bulbs