Gardens in Bretagne - Gardens in Finistre, Gardens in Ille-Et-Vilaine, Gardens in Morbihan, Conservatoire Botanique National de Brest (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gardens in Finistre, Gardens in Ille-Et-Vilaine, Gardens in Morbihan, Conservatoire Botanique National de Brest, Jardin Botanique de L'hpital D'instruction Des Armes Clermont-Tonnerre, Jardin Georges Delaselle, Parc Animalier et Botanique de Branfr, Arboretum Du Porop, Jardin Botanique de L'universit de Rennes, Parc Botanique de Cornouaille, Arboretum de Camors, Jardin Botanique Yves Rocher de La Gacilly, Jardin Exotique de Roscoff, Arboretum Du Cranou, Parc Botanique de Kerbihan, Jardin Botanique Du Thabor, Parc Botanique de Suscinio, Jardin Botanique Des Montagnes Noires. Excerpt: The Conservatoire botanique national de Brest (32 hectares) is a notable botanical garden located at 52 Alle du Bot, Brest, Finistre, in the region of Brittany, France. It is open daily without charge. The conservatory site was formerly a quarry and rubbish dump, purchased in 1971 by the municipality to create open space. The conservatory itself was founded in 1977 with a primary mission of preserving endangered species from the Armorican Massif (including parts of Brittany, Basse-Normandie and Pays de la Loire), France, Europe, and islands around the world, but also including plants from China, Japan, the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand. Since 1990 it has been designated a National Botanical Conservation Center to protect endangered and protected plants of the Armorican Massif. Today the conservatory contains a remarkable collection of endangered plants, totaling about 1700 species, of which 20 species have been preserved in large part by the conservatory's actions. These very rare plants include Brighamia insignis, Centaurium favargeri, Cheirolophus massonianus, Cylindrocline lorencei, Dombeya cacuminum, Hibiscus insularis, Hibiscus liliiflorus,... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20498124