View allAll Photos Tagged botanic

Singapore Botanic Gardens

 

Photography: Stephanie Segarra

Styling: Stephanie Segarra and Angela Ortiz

Hair and Makeup: Charlotte London

Model: Suzette Quirós

All clothes from: Ounas Closet

Botanic Gardens, Rockhampton, Queensland. Thought this would be an interesting place for a HDR. Had a few attempts at processing the image, i think this one ended up the best.

Botanical garden pond with yellow iris flowers

Kebun Raya Bogor, Indonesia

(Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesia).

 

The picture is the newest grave with the headstone epitaph of Dr. André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans (A.J.G.H. Kostermans; A.J.G.H. designates, Ahmad Jahja Go Hartono, a combination of names of his close friends and students after he embraced Islam), a prolific Dutch botanist who became an Indonesian citizen. He died on 10 July 1994 at the age of 88 years old; and was honored and laid to rest in the Gardens among the trees which he loved in his lifetime devotion. The genus Kostermansia, and over 50 species were named in his honor. The abbreviation, Kosterm. is used in botanical literature referring to his name. He also fostered not less than 98 adopted children. Five of them have become university professors and 38 have achieved doctorate degrees in various fields of science.

 

"According to the storyboard, there are 42 graves in the quaint little graveyard of which only 38 having the identities of the dead persons. Most of them were the relatives of the Dutch colonial governor generals at the time. Two young biologists, Heinrich Kuhl and J.C. Van Hasselt were buried in a single grave. Both died shortly after their short trip to Java."

 

Old Dutch graveyard. The old cemetery was here long before the Gardens was established by Reinwardt in 1817. The oldest grave at the location is that of Cornelius Potmans, a Dutch chemist administrator who died in 1784.

 

The area that is now Bogor Botanical Gardens was part of the samida (man made forest) that was established at least around the era when Sri Baduga Maharaja (Prabu Siliwangi, 1474-1513) rules the Sunda Kingdom, as written in the Batutulis inscription. This forest was created to protect seeds of rare woods. Another similar samida was established near the current border between Bogor and Cianjur, called Ciung Wanara Forest. This forest was neglected after the Sunda Kingdom was defeated by the Banten Sultanate. The 85 hectares gardens officially opened in 1817 as 's Lands Plantentuin ('National Botanical Garden'), the idea of which was introduced by German-born Dutch biologist and botanist Professor Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt. They were used to research and develop plants and seeds from other parts of Indonesia for cultivation during the 19th century. This is a tradition that continues today and contributes to the garden's reputation as a center of botanical research.

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogor_Botanical_Gardens

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Elias_Teijsmann

www.nationaalherbarium.nl/fmcollectors/K/KostermansAJGH.htm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Joseph_Guillaume_Henri_K...

id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Joseph_Guillaume_Henri_K...

proseanet.org/prosea/_newsletters/newsletter_13_oktober19...

Cadereyta botanical garden, Queretaro

A visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne on 6th November 2013

Taken with an Olympus Trip 35 on Kodak ColourPlus 200.

Park and botanical garden in Toledo, Ohio.

Day Four in Prague ... the New Town.

 

Although December is just about the least visual time of year to visit an outdoor botanical garden in a cold-weather country, we really wanted to see it. Although most of the flowers were hibernating for winter, there were trees and other things of interest ... plus the glasshouse.

 

Prague Botanical Garden is located in the Troja Chateau (Trojský zámek) section of the city. The garden was first established in 1969 for scientific purposes but is now open to the public. The garden covers about 4.5 hectares and is located close to the Prague Zoo.

Flower, Royal Botanic Garden Melbourne

The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin were founded by the Royal Dublin Society in 1795. The Gardens are 19.5 hectares. Visitors can see an arboretum, rock garden, large pond, herbaceous borders and an annual display of plants including Victorian carpet bedding.

 

Glasshouses include the curvlinear built between 1843 and 1869, large palm house, new alpine house and ferns, tropical water plants and succulents.

 

Specimens include a , weeping Atlantic cedar, Chusan palms and native strawberry trees.

 

National collections of tassel-bush (Garrya) and shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa) are among the 20,000 species..

 

Opening Times:

Admission: Free. Guided tours by prior arrangement. Scheduled tours as posted. £1.50 per person - tour lasts 1 hour.

 

Directions: 3.5km north from centre of Dublin, off Botanic Road

Another quick stop at my local botanical garden - it changes daily. It's hard to choose one to post....so I picked several.

David Mayne

'Bear', 2005

Botanical Gardens

welded and rusted mild steel

  

Location:

In the Bear Pit, Botanical Gardens.

 

Description:

A lifesize standing bear, c. 2m high, with front paws dangling at its side. The metal has been deliberately allowed to rust so that the figure is realistically brown.

At the feet of the bear are four lines from one of the riddles that tempt visitors to the Gardens to explore various features and views within them. The riddles were written by local author and poet, Berlie Doherty, and have been incorporated into a number of artworks within the Botanical Gardens. Lettering by Matt Fairley, who also installed the piece with the artist.

 

Commission:

The sculpture was commissioned by Sheffield City Council for the Riddle Trail project initiated by the city's Off the Shelf Festival of Writing and Reading in 1999 in collaboration with Sheffield Botanical Gardens. A partnership composed of the Friends of the Botanical Gardens, Sheffield Town Trust, Sheffield City Council and the University of Sheffield has been responsible for the restoration of the gardens since 1997.

 

The Bear was installed on 3 March 2005.

 

Comment:

The bear pit was the home of two captive bears in 1850's.

 

The original concept was for this bear to be reaching upwards, but this had to be changed for Safety considerations; the figure was considered to be too close to viewers looking into the pit and might invite spectators to try to climb onto it.

 

Sources: Conversations with the artist [3.3.05 and 23.3.05]

  

public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/may396.html

 

————————————————————

  

Bear Pit

 

The Bear Pit is the finest surviving example in the UK.

 

The superb condition of the structure is due to the many years it was used as Yorkshire’s biggest compost pit.

 

This is a Grade II listed structure and was built in 1836 to home a black bear.

 

Local legend relates that a child was killed after falling into the pit around 1870.

 

www.sbg.org.uk/portfolio-items/bear-pit

 

——————————————————————————————————

 

BEAR PIT NEAR SOUTH SIDE OF BOTANICAL GARDENS, CLARKEHOUSE ROAD, SHEFFIELD

 

Grade II Listed

 

List Entry Number: 1247256

  

Detail

 

SHEFFIELD

 

SK3386SW CLARKEHOUSE ROAD 784-1/32/198 (South side (off)) 28/06/73 Bear Pit near south side of Botanical Gardens

 

II

 

Bear pit. Early C19, restored mid C20. Coursed rubble with stone dressings and renewed iron railing. Circular pit approx 5m diameter and 4m deep, with low parapet wall and slab coping. Triple arched passage entrance with larger central opening, with slots for bars or doors. Inside, 2 blocked segment-headed openings on opposite sides. One of the original features of the Botanical Gardens.

 

Listing NGR: SK3340586200

  

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1247256

Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK.

The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin were founded by the Royal Dublin Society in 1795. The Gardens are 19.5 hectares. Visitors can see an arboretum, rock garden, large pond, herbaceous borders and an annual display of plants including Victorian carpet bedding.

 

Glasshouses include the curvlinear built between 1843 and 1869, large palm house, new alpine house and ferns, tropical water plants and succulents.

 

Specimens include a , weeping Atlantic cedar, Chusan palms and native strawberry trees.

 

National collections of tassel-bush (Garrya) and shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa) are among the 20,000 species..

 

Opening Times:

Admission: Free. Guided tours by prior arrangement. Scheduled tours as posted. £1.50 per person - tour lasts 1 hour.

 

Directions: 3.5km north from centre of Dublin, off Botanic Road

Nikon F100 + Nikkor af 50mm 1.4D

Kodak Portra 400

Cadereyta botanical garden, Queretaro

Botanical Interests is a family-owned business founded in 1995. It offers more than 500 dependable varieties of certified organic, heirloom, non-GMO, untreated, and responsibly produced hybrid vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. Our goal is to inspire and educate so you can create beautiful and successful gardens. Our packets contain a wealth of information, inside and out. Seeds are available for purchase at independent garden centers, gourmet grocers and health food stores throughout the United States.

www.botanicalinterests.com

 

Photo by Allison Stapleton.

I'm working on some botanical shots for my bathroom ;-)

 

Prints available (with editing mistake fixed) here: muddyboots.deviantart.com/

   

This photo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution

Non-Commercial Share-Alike license.

For information on the license see this link.

 

The required attribution should read:

" Erica Marshall of muddyboots.org "

 

If you'd like information on using my photos commercially, see this link.

Botanic Gardens Samares Manor Jersey CI

Pioneer Women's Memorial - sculpture by Margaret Priest

@ Saint Jean de Luz (France)

Objectif/Lense : Tamron SP AF 17-50 mm f/2.8 XR Di

post-traitement : CaptureOne 4 / Photoshop CS2

 

Au Jardin Botanique Littoral Paul Jovet

At Coast Botanical Garden Paul Jovet

Al Jardín Botánico Litoral Paul Jovet

 

voir où cette photo à été prise / see where this picture was taken [?]

Ilustração botânica / botanical illustration by Kelen Pureza Soares

1 2 ••• 28 29 31 33 34 ••• 79 80