Site Represents a site. Show Point true Place The town or city Canongate, St Andrews KY16 8RT Prim Media 472 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St Andrews Botanic Gardens Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived mathematicalycurious Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 307 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.33519217403502,-2.8064274787902836; Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource yl238 Description An account of the resource St Andrews Botanic Gardens, founded in 1889, is the third oldest botanic garden in Scotland. Originally built at St. Mary’s College by University of St Andrews, the gardens moved to the current site in 1962. The present Botanic Garden is an 18-acre site that contains over 8000 species of both native and exotic plants. It also includes beautiful places such as a rock garden and has accommodated local wildlife such as red squirrels. The principal founder, John Hardie Wilson (1858-1920), was an eminent botanist who specialised in disease-resistant varieties of crops and fruits, especially potatoes. His potato varieties remained influential long after his death. He received many honours for his contribution to Botany and Horticulture, including being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1891. It was alleged that it was his work of maintaining the Botanic Gardens during WW1, largely single-handedly, that contributed to his death. <p>To see more information on the St Andrews Botanic Gardens, click <a href="https://maths.curious-sta.org/st-andrews-botanic-gardens/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> Subject The topic of the resource Botany,Natural History,Photography Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT