The Cruickshank Botanic Gardens in Aberdeen, Scotland, were built on land presented to the University of Aberdeen in 1898 by Miss Anne Cruickshank to commemorate her brother Dr. Alexander Cruickshank.[1] The 11 acre (45,000 m2) garden is located in a low-lying and fairly sheltered area of Aberdeen, less than 1-mile (1.6 km) from the North Sea.
| Cruickshank Botanic Gardens | |
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 Cruickshank Botanic Gardens | |
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| Type | Trust owned gardens, open to public |
| Location | Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°10′4″N 2°6′17″W / 57.16778°N 2.10472°W |
| Area | 11 acres (45,000 m²) |
| Created | 1898 |
| Operated by | University of Aberdeen and the Cruickshank Botanic Gardens Trust |
| Open | Daily (locked at night) |
The Cruickshank Botanic Garden is partly owned and financed by the university and partly by the Cruickshank Botanic Gardens Trust. The Friends of the Cruickshank Botanic Garden actively promote and support the garden. Each summer vacation the Friends provide a bursary to allow an undergraduate student interested in botany to gain work experience in the gardens.
Although open to the public, the gardens are extensively used for both teaching and research purposes. The Natural History Centre regularly guides school parties round the Garden, and the School of Biological Sciences of the University of Aberdeen holds a reception for graduands and their guests here each July.
A plaque in the Cruickshank Botanic Garden commemorates Francis Masson, a Scottish botanist, gardener, and Kew Gardens’ first plant hunter
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- ^ "Cruikshank Botanic Garden: Our History". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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View of St Machar's Cathedral spires from the Arboretum -
Sundial in the formal gardens -
Pond in the gardens
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