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About the Garden

A plant collection of over 8,000 species.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG) holds a collection of over 8,000 plant species from all over the world to facilitate teaching and research. The Garden provides resources including plant material, horticultural expertise and facilities to research workers and lecturers.

Since its foundation, however, the Garden has also provided a beautiful place for everybody to enjoy and benefit from – a series of wonderful landscapes through which to discover the drama of plant diversity.

Click on the links below to see all the sections of the Garden and to watch a short film about the Garden.

To order a copy of the Director’s Choice guidebook,  where CUBG’s Director, Professor Beverley Glover, introduces some of the highlights in the Garden’s collection, sets the scene for the Garden’s foundation and history and showcases some of our modern landscapes and horticultural set pieces, please click here.

Garden and plantings

Garden and plantings

Explore the different Garden sections - from tropical glasshouses to British wild flowers.

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Short films about Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Short films about Cambridge University Botanic Garden

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History of the Garden

History of the Garden

From 1762 to the present day.
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Talented horticulturist through to regional final of prestigious competition

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Talented horticulturist through to regional final of prestigious competition

Cambridge University Botanic Garden's own Ross Gildea will have his knowledge tested in the Young Horticulturalist of the Year Competition.
International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition returns to Cambridge University Botanic Garden

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International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition returns to Cambridge University Botanic Garden

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