Cultivating Alpines at Utrecht University Botanic Garden
The rock garden at the Utrecht University Botanic Garden was built between 1967 and 1976 and is considered to be the best of its type in the Netherlands. As well as traditional rock garden beds there are a number of special constructions such as raised beds, spheres and walls. This paper describes...
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
2007-10-01
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The rock garden at the Utrecht University Botanic Garden was built between 1967 and 1976 and is considered to be the best of its type in the Netherlands. As well as traditional rock garden beds there are a number of special constructions such as raised beds, spheres and walls. This paper describes the history of the rock garden and the cultivation of the plants in it. The construction of the raised beds, spheres and walls are described along with some of the plants cultivated on them.
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| spelling | doaj.art-39168e216f164c7fa4a95e92c4574c712023-11-03T05:50:10ZengRoyal Botanic Garden EdinburghSibbaldia2513-92312007-10-01510.24823/Sibbaldia.2007.7Cultivating Alpines at Utrecht University Botanic GardenWiert Nieuman0Utrecht University Botanic Garden P.O. Box 80.162, Budapestlaan 17, 3508 The rock garden at the Utrecht University Botanic Garden was built between 1967 and 1976 and is considered to be the best of its type in the Netherlands. As well as traditional rock garden beds there are a number of special constructions such as raised beds, spheres and walls. This paper describes the history of the rock garden and the cultivation of the plants in it. The construction of the raised beds, spheres and walls are described along with some of the plants cultivated on them. https://journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/article/view/7 |
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| title | Cultivating Alpines at Utrecht University Botanic Garden |
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| title_fullStr | Cultivating Alpines at Utrecht University Botanic Garden |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultivating Alpines at Utrecht University Botanic Garden |
| title_short | Cultivating Alpines at Utrecht University Botanic Garden |
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