List of botanical gardens

This distinguishes them from parks and pleasure gardens where plants, usually with showy flowers, are grown for public amenity only.

Botanical gardens that specialize in trees are sometimes referred to as arboretums.

The earliest botanical gardens were founded in the late Renaissance at the University of Pisa (1543) and the University of Padua (1545) in Italy, for the study and teaching of medical botany.

This page lists important botanical gardens throughout the world.

With over 800 participating botanical gardens, BGCI forms the world's largest network for plant conservation and environmental education.