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The summerhouse in the Herb Garden is from the late eighteenth century. It was designed by the city engineer in
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The park is unique in Sweden since it is independent of the city university. Currently it is one of the larger botanical gardens in Europe, with its 175 hectares, which include a wild nature reserve in the Ă„nggĂĄrdsbergen hills. This reserve is also the site of the garden's arboretum with copses of
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offer a gorgeous, scented spectacle in the early summer. At different times of the year visitors may also enjoy the world's largest collection of bulbs and tuberous plants brought here straight from their wild habitats. The pretty Herb Garden, the lush beds of perennials and not least the
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The yellow-painted country house Stora Ă„nggĂĄrden with its formal garden lies just beyond the greenhouses. It is used as a staff residence, as is the timbered
Boatsman's Cottage, also known as the Blue House. Built in 1794, it was originally situated in the old harbour area of Gothenburg, below
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trees from many parts of the world, in scientifically ordered collections. The cultivated part of the garden is about 40 hectares in area, of which about half consists of beds of plants. There are also extensive lawns and shrubberies. The symbol of the garden is a white
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Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences buildings, to the right seen from the Main Entrance. They were designed by the architects Stig Hansson and Walter Kiessling and completed in 1971. In 1975 The Woodlands containing the
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Japanese Glade where valuable plants can be seen that were collected and brought in the 1950s by former curator Tor Nitzelius straight from their wild habitats in East Asia to the botanical garden in Gothenburg.
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