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)

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 Burslem.

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.

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