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Georgetown Botanical Gardens
Guyana Botanical Gardens is a tropical botanical garden in Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana. It is next to the Guyana Zoo and Castellani House, Guyana, Castellani House. Description It includes the Seven Ponds (the Place of Heroes), which is the burial sites of * Governor General David Rose (Guyanese politician), David Rose * President Desmond Hoyte * President Arthur Chung * poet Martin Carter * in a separate nearby mausoleum: Prime Minister Forbes Burnham Near Guyana Zoo, the zoo (but outside of it), there are docile manatees in a pond. The first manatees were placed in the gardens in the 1870s. More captive manatees are at the Guyana National Park, National Park. History It was founded in the late 19th century, during the time of British Guiana, on an abandoned sugar estate, Plantation Vlissengen. At the time, it was at the eastern end of the city limits. An early garden superintendent was botanist George Samuel Jenman. Environs South of the gardens, acro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other municipal corporation, incorporated places that offers open space reserve, green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors. Urban parks are generally Landscape architecture, landscaped by design, instead of lands left in their natural state. The design, operation and maintenance, repair and operations, maintenance is usually done by government agencies, typically on the local government, local level, but may occasionally be contracted out to a park conservancy, "friends of" group, or private sector company. Depending on size, budget, and land features, which varies considerably among individual parks, common features include playgrounds, gardens, hiking, running, fitness trails or paths, bridle paths, sports fields and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
