What is Australian National Botanic Gardens?
{{refimprove|date=September 2010}} [[Image:National botanical gardens rainforest tour.jpg|thumb|250px|National Botanic Gardens Rainforest Tour]] The '''Australian National Botanic Gardens''' (ANBG) are in [[Canberra]]. They are under the control of the Australian Government's [[Department of the Environment and Heritage (Australia)|Department of the Environment and Heritage]]. The [[Botanical garden|botanic gardens]] are the largest living collection of native Australian plants.<ref name=yb/> The garen was set up to study and promote Australia's plants. The garden keeps a wide variety of resources for researchers and grows native plants threatened in the wild. ==History of the Gardens== The Advisory Council of Federal Capital Territory recommended the setting up of a National Botanic Garden in 1933. A large site for the gardens was set aside on [[Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory)|Black Mountain]]. In September 1949, the first [[tree]]s were planted by Prime Minister [[Ben Chifley]] and Director of [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|Kew Gardens]], Sir Edward Salisbury. The Gardens were officially opened in October 1970 by Prime Minister [[John Gorton]].<ref name=yb/> The Gardens has over {{convert|90|ha|acre|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} on Black Mountain. About {{convert|40|ha|acre|0|lk=off|abbr=on}} have been used for the Botanic Gardens.<ref name=yb>{{cite journal | last =Castles | first = Ian| title =Year Book Australia 1989 | journal = Year Book, Australia| publisher =[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] | date =1989 | location =Canberra | pages = 329| url = https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/71494106544A5FE5CA257AFA00109149/$File/13010_1989_chapter12.pdf#page=8 | issn=0312-4746 }}</ref> Plans for the development of the remaining land are on hold until money is available. ==The collection== The gardens is organised in sections; plants are grouped by shared [[taxonomy]] or are presented in groupings that exist in nature. More than 5,500 species are cultivated. Displays include: *[[Rainforest]] Gu