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Botanical garden: Botanical Gardens
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    • Sjalen
  • Updated By Sjalen on October 3, 2005
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    by Sjalen
    Sweden's oldest botanical gardens are from 1655. They have a lot to boast since famous botanist Carl von Linné (Linnaeus), made Uppsala his home as an academic and took over the running of the gardens in 1741. Here he developed the classification of plants we still use today with latin names and so, the gardens of course have a strong tradition they need to continue. In Linneaus' days, the gardens were along the Fyris river but this was both too swampy and too small, so after his death, one of his deciples persuaded the king to use the castle grounds instead. Thus, famous architect Hårleman started to design the grounds and as the king appreciated the works Linneaus had made, he even donated money himself to build Linnaeanum, the Orangery, in the gardens. Today, this is all left and you will also find a Tropical house. The gardens are of course used by biology- and horticultural students but open to the public most days. If you are interested in Linneaus himself, you could also visit the Linné Museum in the city, or his summer residence at Hammarby outside town. I have not done this as their opening hours are very erratic (frankly, an embarrassment) but in 2007 during the Linnaeus jubilee, I hope they have remedied this. Meanwhile, I can of course myself always visit his birth house in my granddad's area in the south of Sweden. Check out my Råshult page to see what it looks like.

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  • Website: http://www.botan.uu.se/
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    Botanical garden: Linnaeus Gardens
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    • Ken_Weaver
  • Updated By Ken_Weaver on January 21, 2003
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    Linnaeus Gardens
    by Ken_Weaver
    After you have toured the castle you can look out the back area of the castle and see the beautiful gardens of Carolus Linnaeus, the scientist who developed the system of naming plant and animals that is used worldwide today.

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    Botanical garden: Under Construction
    Sharrie
  • Updated By Sharrie on October 4, 2002
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    Botanical garden: Under Construction
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  • Updated By Sharrie on October 4, 2002
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    Botanical garden: Under Construction
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  • Updated By Sharrie on October 4, 2002
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    Botanical garden: The Botanical Garden - Botanikum
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  • By MalenaN on February 11, 2003
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    Botanical garden: The Orangery in Linneanum
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  • By MalenaN on February 11, 2003
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    Botanical garden: Linneanum in Botanikum
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  • By MalenaN on January 3, 2004
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    Botanical garden: If you like green plants..
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  • Updated By curiosone on January 26, 2005
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    • u.f.o. in the sky? - Uppsala
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    by curiosone
    It extends over 34 acres with more than 11000 species coultivated outdoor and indoor.It was built
    on the Uppsala castle garden during 1787AD,because the old garden(that one of Linnaeus),was becoming too little...
    I like very much plants,so I WOULD have found it really
    interesting....but it was closed!
    At the next time! Sick!
    Entrance:20Sek

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  • Address: Svartbäcksgatan 27, Uppsala
  • Directions: Easy way:from the centre of the city,beyond the Uppsala castle,you'll see the garden...
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