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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Botanical Gardens"”.
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The Unthinkable Botanical Gardens: Poems
The Unthinkable Botanical Gardens is a book of poems in five sections. The first, third, and fifth sections present a speaker navigating a wondrous and often hostile world. The second and fourth sections are long poems: "Zodiac B," a sequence inspired by obsolete or forgotten constellations, and …
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Growing Gardens: Botanical Gardens, Public Space and Conservation
<p>This thesis examines the history of botanical gardens and their evolution </p> <p>from ancient spaces to the modern gardens of the 20th century. I provide a brief </p> <p>overview of botanical gardens, with a focus on the unique intersection of public </p> <p>participation and scientific study …
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Designing a resource guide for horticultural therapy programs at botanical gardens and arboreta
Outreach programs in horticultural therapy at botanical gardens and arboreta are valuable resources to the community and to ongoing HT programs in nursing homes, special education classes, hospitals, psychiatric facilities, and other institutions and agencies. These outreach programs furnish …
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Isiko Lehlathi 'The Customary Rights of the Forest': Unearthing the True Nature of Botanical Gardens
… same conservational values as the existing ones. Botanical Gardens have historically been defined by Eurocentric values of cultivating natural landscapes, conserving flora and fauna, and curating spaces that foster medicinal and educational studies of plants. However, they are often established in …
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Seeds of exchange: collecting for Russia's apothecary and botanical gardens in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… plants in the Russian Empire for medicinal and botanical purposes from the beginning of the seventeenth to the end of the eighteenth centuries. It focuses on the itineraries of collection and the spaces of cultivation established by herbalists, doctors, and naturalists in the employ of the …
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Geochemistry of a pristine fynbos ecosystem in the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens and Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve
… were taken from the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens and the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve in order to investigate interactions between the various nutrient pools in a pristine fynbos ecosystem. Physical variables (pH, EC, temperature, DO, alkalinity) were measured in the field, and …
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Le Jardin des Pamplemousses: A case study into the role of botanical gardens in post-colonial Africa
The Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden of Mauritius, commonly known as "Le Jardin des Pamplemousses" was founded during the French occupation in 1770. Then it was the first tropical botanical garden in the world in addition to being the first botanical garden in the southern hemisphere. …
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Development of the Botanical Accessions Records System
… plant records systems are typical for most botanical gardens and arboreta. The few examples of records computerization now in use demonstrate that more efficient access to records increases productivity and leads to local planning opportunities. This study presents justification for …
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The Mobile Garden Program
… of reflection within health care environments.' Botanical gardens can provide practical, innovative, and community-centric programs in order to maintain a place of importance within today's world. Yet, health concerns and a lack of access to the outside community have hindered residents of senior …
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Fiducial accountability for collections : a comparison of traditional and non-traditional museums.
… a historical review of natural history museums, botanical gardens, and zoological gardens, and an examination of their mandating documents, such as articles of incorporation, enabling legislation, bylaws, mission statements, and professional codes of ethics. The mandating documents lack both …
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A dedicated mechanism for forgetting : fiction and the ghosts of the plantationocene
… the process and research behind the films Botanical Ghosts and The Density of Breath, expanding on two years of my artistic research and practice. Part fiction, part epistolary exchange, A Dedicated Mechanism for Forgetting is a meditation on conceptions of vision and sensitivity to light …
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Structural opportunities of ETFE (ethylene tetra fluoro ethylene)
… successfully being implemented in cladding for botanical gardens, zoo buildings, and swimming pools. ETFE is currently finding its place as an effective alternative to glass in more traditional buildings as roofing for courtyards, atria, and shopping malls.
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The effects of heuweltjies and Microhodotermes viator (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae) on invertebrate assemblages and species turnover in the succulent Karoo, Western Cape
… surrounding matrix in the Karoo Desert National Botanical Gardens, Worcester, Western Cape Province. On- and off-mound community contrasts were assessed by means of a cluster analysis, and species turnover was measured using the Jaccard distance. Invertebrates were more abundant on the …
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Planting improvement : the rhetoric and practice of scientific agriculture in northern British America, 1670-1820
… economic survey. By exchanging farming advice, botanical literature, and seeds, plants, and livestock with other naturalists and improvers in the republic of letters and scientific institutions in the region as well in England, Scotland, Sweden, Russia, and France, elites in New England and Nova …
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An introduction to the man-made landscape at the Cape from the 17th to the 19th centuries
… the other hand official sanctioning and aid to botanical gardens from the 4th decade of the 19th century, first in Cape Town and then in towns throughout the colony, introduced new trees, crops, and interest in horticultural activities. But communication with the wider botanical world stimulated …
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Phytophthora diversity in the Cape Floristic Region
… species descriptions and a diversity study in botanical gardens, it was possible to provide evidence for the importance of surveying urban environments. Then as a means to demonstrate the potential of public engagement to enhance biosecurity, the findings from activities in Cape Citizen Science …
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Cultivating imperial identity: the garden city and urban landscapes in London, Calcutta and Delhi, c. 1860-1931
… & Albert Museum, the collections of the Royal Botanical Gardens held at Kew, and the archives of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the London County Council, and the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association at the London Metropolitan Archives.
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Studi pengujian metode isolasi DNA dari spesimen herbarium Rafflesia
… are: Rafflesia patma (organ braktea) from Bogor Botanical Gardens - LIPI and Rafflesia arnoldii (braktea, discs and perigon) from collection of Forestry Departement the University of Bengkulu. The results showed that the CTAB method of Doyle and Doyle, (1990) produced isolates DNA from specimen …
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Assessing the potential for urban wind energy in Cape Town
… located in Observatory, and the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens located in Kirstenbosch, the Molteno reservoir located in Oranjezicht, the Automatic Weather station located near the Cape Town International Airport as well as the Cape Town Weather Office (WO) station which is also located at the …