TL4557 : The winter gardens at Cambridge University Botanical Garden
taken 16 years ago, near to Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
The winter gardens at Cambridge University Botanical Garden
Even though these gardens were set up in 1831 for scientific study of plants and saw Charles Darwin as one of their students; they are open to the public. Consequently there is also an element of amenity display, as this fine exposition of winter colour demonstrates. In a season with a paucity of flowers the winter garden uses coloured barks and foliage to create interest.
This is Fitzwilliam Street, in Little St Mary's parish. Probably its most famous resident was Charles Darwin, who lodged here while studying at Christ's College (1828-1831). Darwin's mentor, the Professor of Botany John Stevens Henslow, was a curate at Little St Mary's.