(24) THE SHADE OF THE TREES
- at the Botanic Garden of the Natural History National Museum (Lisbon University), widely known as the College of Sciences' Botanic Garden.
A botanic garden is obviously more than just a garden. The being botanic indicates that the plants growing in it, more than just being beautiful and providing a pleasant environment, have necessarily other usefulnesses, such as teaching, investigation and conservation of the vegetation's genetic heritage.
Free translation: Professor Fernando Catarino (Director of this Botanic Garden for twenty years and recently retired),
A Importância dos Jardins Botânicos - The Importance of Botanic Gardens.
[Portuguese post on Jan 23rd, 2008]
Category: PARKS AND GARDENS
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