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made a second ascent from the gardens. Initially it was hoped that the gas filled balloon would carry her and Mr Charles Brown, but it would not lift until Mr Brown left the basket. Mrs Graham flew alone. Once aloft she ejected a monkey with a parachute which descended successfully to the ground. Mrs
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assumed the management of the gardens in the closing years of the 19th. century, when they repaid the shareholders the nominal value of their £5 shares. The Trust abolished the existing entry charge and since that time entry to the Botanical Gardens has remained free. Though the Town Trust are still
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was formed in 1833 and by 1834 had obtained £7,500 (equivalent to £910,000 in 2023) in funding. The money was raised selling shares, permitting the purchase of 18 acres (73,000 m) of south-facing farmland from the estate of local snuff manufacturer
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The walks assume all the intricacy and mystery of a labyrinthine maze, while the monkey cages, the bear’s den, the eagles’ habitation, water-works &c. give a variety and effect to the whole, calculated to interest the visitor for hours
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12,000 people visited the Gardens on their opening in the summer of 1836. To attract people to continue to visit the gardens, the committee organised balloon launches. The first of these took place in 1837. On Tuesday 3 October,
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called Robert the Bear. In the rose garden is a bronze sculpture "Pan: Spirit of the Wood", a gift in 1934 from Sir
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Sheffield Botanical Gardens: People, Plants & Pavilions. R.A. Hunter 2007
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signed a 99-year lease on 18 December 1951, thereby taking over management.
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Friends of the Botanical Gardens, Sheffield FOBS) website
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The gardens hold the national collection of the genus
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Sheffield Botanical Gardens is located in South Yorkshire
botanical garden
Ecclesall Road
City of Sheffield
South Yorkshire
Coordinates
53°22′21″N 1°29′51″W / 53.37250°N 1.49750°W / 53.37250; -1.49750
National Plant Collection
Sarcococca
Weigela
Diervilla
Sheffield Botanical Gardens website
Grade II listed
botanical gardens
Ecclesall Road
Sheffield
Sheffield Botanical and Horticultural Society
Joseph Wilson
Robert Marnock
Margaret Graham
Conisbrough
Sheffield's Town Trust
Sheffield Corporation
Grade II* listed
Benjamin Broomhead Taylor
bear pit
American Black Bear
Charles Clifford
Sheffield Telegraph and Star

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