Cruickshank Botanic Garden

Cruickshank Botanic Gardens
Cruickshank Botanic Gardens
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 / 57.16778; -2.10472
Area	11 acres (45,000 m²)
Created	1898
Operated by	University of Aberdeen and the Cruickshank Botanic Gardens Trust
Open	Daily (locked at night)

See also: Green Spaces and Walkways in Aberdeen

The Cruickshank Botanic Gardens in Aberdeen, Scotland, were built on land bequested by Miss Anne Cruickshank to commemorate her brother Dr. Alexander Cruickshank. 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.

The Cruickshank Botanic Garden is partly owned and financed by the University of Aberdeen and partly by the Cruickshank Botanic Gardens Trust. The Friends of the Cruickshank Botanic Garden actively promote and support the garden. The Keeper of the Botanic Gardens is currently Professor David Robinson.

The Gardens are maintained on a daily basis by Head Gardener, Richard Walker, and Assistant Gardeners George McKay and Audrey Bews. 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.

External links

• Extract taken from the University of Aberdeen webpage

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  View of St Machar's Cathedral spires from the Arboretum

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  Sundial in the formal gardens

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  Pond in the gardens

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