What is Botanical garden?
[[File:Orto botanico di Pisa - general view.JPG|thumb|[[Orto botanico di Pisa]], example of a botanical Garden]] A '''botanical garden''' is generally a well kept [[garden]] or a [[park]] which contains many different kinds of [[plant]]s labeled with their [[botanical name]]s. They can contain collections of special types of plants, such as [[cacti]], [[herb]] gardens, plants of certain parts of the world. Some of these collections need to be kept in [[greenhouse]]s, such as [[tropical]] plants, [[alps|alpine]] plants or other [[wikt:exotic|exotic]] plants. In botanic gardens, seeds or cuttings are collected from species in the wild and then used to build up a population of plants from which, one day, some plants may be reintroduced to their natural habitats. Tissue culture can often help to produce many plants from just a few specimens. <ref>{{Cite book|title=Plant and Animal Taxonomy: A self instructional approach|last=Ukoro|first=Frank|publisher=Zion Publishing House LTD|year=2015|isbn=978-1-32650699-5|location=Benue-Nigeria|pages=56–60}}</ref> The garden encompasses all green vegetation with specific names and values that add beauty to the environment. The plant needs to be selected and considered for onward discovery, [[biological classification|classification]], naming and systematic. Botanical gardens employ professional [[Botanist|botanists]]. Botanists make sure the information given about plants is correct, and also they do research. == Related pages== *[[Zoological garden]] *[[Kew Gardens]] *[[Brooklyn Botanic Garden]] == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Botanical gardens| ]]