The splendid gardens under the direction of my predecessors in this discussion are well known to everybody, but this can not be true of the modest one of which I have charge. It will therefore be fairer to my comments on the subject if I say that it has been my duty, during the past fifteen years, to develop at Smith College, with due regard to reasonable financial restrictions, a garden which ...

RoBotanic is a brand new project we recently started to deliver a robotic guide for the Botanical Garden of the University of Palermo. This project follows on the researches of the Robotics Lab that yelded CiceRobot, the robotic guide that has been tested in the indoor environment of the Archaeological Museum of Agrigento. In this paper we describe the goal of the new project, the design challe...

Butterfly gardens are green spaces designed as places where butterflies can feed, mate, and rest. Here, we present some perspectives on the possible use of botanical in natural areas butterfly to promote insect conservation through science dissemination citizen activities. We explored this possibility with a project developed Botanical Garden Gran Sasso Monti della Laga National Park (Italy). f...

A quantitative survey focusing on the geographical distribution of botanical gardens in Japan was conducted to clarify changes and factors evident between Meiji Heisei era（1868-2019）. 216 garden-related facilities were surveyed, these members Association Botanical Gardens, which is only garden organization Japan. The range more than doubled after World War II about 90% prefectures had 2005. com...

The fruit bodies of three Ganoderma species namely G. lucidium, G. applanatum and G. australe were collected from the decaying logs within the University of Ibadan Botanical Gardens .Invitro antagonistic effect of the ethanol, methanol and distilled water extracts of these macro fungi were tested against some disease causing microorganisms. Both crude and pure extracts of these Ganoderma specie...

Biodiversity and economic losses resulting from invasive plant pests pathogens are increasing globally. For these impacts threats to be managed effectively, appropriate methods of surveillance, detection identification required. Botanical gardens provide a unique opportunity for biosecurity as they accommodate diverse collections exotic native species. These also often located close high-risk s...