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Botanical GardensThe plants in the botanical backyard are living collections used for research, educational purposes, and conservation of endangered species. The Botanic Gardens has three lakes, particularly Symphony Lake , Eco-Lake and Swan Lake The Shaw Basis Symphony Stage on Symphony Lake often has free concert events on weekends. Later that … Read the rest

Botanical Gardens And The Urban Future — Dumbarton Oaks

Botanical GardensOccupying 20 acres, the Gardens had been created in 1765 by Normal Robert Melville, governor of the British Caribbean islands, as a plant breeding centre and ‘to supply medicinal vegetation for the military and improve the life and economic system of the colony’. In a letter accompanying his draft survey, … Read the rest