Botanical gardens with animals

Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
Thank you for your reply @Crowthorne !

Do you think the possibilities of the aquarium re-opening at some later date are good ?
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I wouldn't like to say. I think it closed due to structural reasons, as the Palm House is very old and very much overdue a refurbishment. But, as the iconic glasshouse at Kew, closing it for such a long time has been a major consideration (for reference, I think the Temperate House was closed for 4 years).
 
Crowthorne said:
I wouldn't like to say. I think it closed due to structural reasons, as the Palm House is very old and very much overdue a refurbishment. But, as the iconic glasshouse at Kew, closing it for such a long time has been a major consideration (for reference, I think the Temperate House was closed for 4 years).
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Ah I see, well it makes sense if it is due to structural reasons as they are very old buildings.

However, I do hope that the aquarium is reopened as it was a brilliant educational and aesthetic feature of the palm house.
 
The Barbican conservatory, England - This city botanical / indoor garden apparently has two ponds, one with fish like koi carp, rudd and roach and the other with many terrapins that have been rescued over the years from London's parks (nothing spectacular but worth mentioning).
 
MJB said:
Batto says: Wüstenhaus Wien / Desert House Vienna
Palmenhaus Wien - Schönbrunn / Palm House Vienna
I have been in February in Schonbrunn:
1: Palmenhaus Wien - Schönbrunn / Palm House Vienna has no butterflies. The butterflies are in another Palmenhaus: Palmenhaus Burggarten (the butterflies "come" from Schmetterlinghaus Sonnenuhrhaus).
2: Wüstenhaus Wien / Desert House Vienna is a greenhouse with desert animals. It was opened as such in 2004, but between 1990 and 1998 it was Schmetterlinghaus Sonnenuhrhaus (1990-1998).
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I've just found an interesting live animal exhibit at a botanical garden. The Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in South Africa has recently created a display for threatened freshwater fish endemic to the Berg and Breede Rivers of the Cape Floristic Region.

The 1.2 metre long aquarium houses three species - the Berg-Breede whitefish Pseudobarbus andrewi (Endangered), the Breede River redfin Pseudobarbus sp. burchelli breede (Critically Endangered) and the Cape kurper Sandelia capensis (Data Deficient).

More information can be found in this link:
Awareness for threatened fish
 
DesertRhino150 said:
I've just found an interesting live animal exhibit at a botanical garden. The Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in South Africa has recently created a display for threatened freshwater fish endemic to the Berg and Breede Rivers of the Cape Floristic Region.

The 1.2 metre long aquarium houses three species - the Berg-Breede whitefish Pseudobarbus andrewi (Endangered), the Breede River redfin Pseudobarbus sp. burchelli breede (Critically Endangered) and the Cape kurper Sandelia capensis (Data Deficient).

More information can be found in this link:
Awareness for threatened fish
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Thanks for your comment @DesertRhino150 !

That is a really interesting example and a refreshing one too as I really think that small freshwater fish are very neglected by conservation and often sorely need ex-situ insurance populations.

I think the same that has been done with amphibians at Atlanta Botanical Gardens in the USA could be done with freshwater fish as it is in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.

Ultimately these gardens often have aquariums anyway so why not utilize them for a constructive conservation purpose rather than just have ornamental fish ?

Incidentally, I'm not at all knowledgeable about fresh water fish species and I really didn't know about the existence of these species before reading your comment but I'm glad the Berg-Breede whitefish, Breede River redfin and Cape kurper are being kept by that botanical garden. :)
 
MJB said:
I do not have the list of exhibited animals. They were primarily reptilian. But I posted a lot of photos on the facebook page ZooAnlagen - onlyExhibits
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I don't have facebook so kind of hard to access that page and see them, is there no way you could post them in this thread ?
 
In New Zealand some botanical gardens have tuataras, and they have reproduced there.

Also, in Japan the only public display of the Southeast Asian giant freshwater stingray is in a botanical garden.
 
RatioTile said:
In New Zealand some botanical gardens have tuataras, and they have reproduced there.

Also, in Japan the only public display of the Southeast Asian giant freshwater stingray is in a botanical garden.
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Thank you for your comment @RatioTile !

I think tuataras in botanical gardens is an amazing idea ! :D

Which botanical garden in Japan holds the stingray ?
 
Some pictures of what I think is the most inspiring and useful display of live animals in a botanical garden at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in the USA.
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Photo credit to @ThylacineAlive and @geomorph .
 
birdsandbats said:
Atlanta Botanical Gardens held Toughie, the last Rabb's Fringe-limbed Tree Frog.
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Yes, it was really quite a shame that he was the last of his kind and the species went extinct after his death.

But I feel that his many years spent in the Atlanta botanical garden served as a living reminder of extinction and that was really very important in educational terms for the general public.
 
On the subject of animals in botanical gardens I kept trying to design a garden but I kept adding animal exhibits to the point that it just became a well landscaped zoo!
 
Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
Those are some really strikingly colourful bird species indeed.

I bet it is wonderful to see them amongst all of the lush vegetation of the glasshouses. I think it would really give a bit of a rough idea to visitors of what the Atlantic rainforest here in Brazil or the Australian outback looks like.
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The wilhelma is both a zoo and a botanical garden and there is a second greenhouse that is home to bali mynahs and crowned pigeons and many other birds.
 
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