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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, York Museum Gardens, University of Oxford Botanic Garden, Goodnestone Park, Derby Arboretum, Bedgebury National Pinetum, Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, Harris Garden, RHS Garden, Wisley, Southport Botanic Gardens, Royal Victoria Park, Bath, Westonbirt Arboretum, Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Chelsea Physic Garden, Ventnor Botanic Garden, Wakehurst Place Garden, Exbury Gardens, Moorbank Botanical Garden, Harcourt Arboretum, Lincoln Arboretum, Batsford Arboretum, Valley Gardens, Sheffield Botanical Gardens, Durham University Botanic Garden, Royal National Rose Society Gardens, Bennetts Water Gardens, Tortworth Court, Borde Hill Garden, Winterbourne Botanic Garden, South London Botanical Institute, Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, Thorp Perrow Arboretum, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Rosemoor Garden, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, University of Leicester Botanic Garden, RHS Garden, Hyde Hall, University of Bristol Botanic Gardens, Ramster, Winkworth Arboretum, Ness Botanic Gardens, Firs Botanical Grounds. Excerpt: Belle Vue Zoological Gardens was a large zoo, amusement park, exhibition hall complex and speedway stadium in Belle Vue (Gorton), Manchester, England, opened in 1836. The brainchild of John Jennison, the gardens were initially intended to be an entertainment for the genteel middle classes, with formal gardens and dancing on open-air platforms during the summer, but they soon became one of the most popular attractions in Northern England. Before moving to Belle Vue, Jennison, part-time gardener, had run a small aviary at his home: the beginnings of the zoo which over the years grew to become the third-largest in the United Kingdom. Jennison set out a small amusements area in Belle Vue during the 1870s, which was expanded in...
