P007420 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2024-07-11 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007420b.htm corporateBody Wittunga Botanic Garden State of South Australia AACR2 1975 Start Place Blackwood, South Australia, Australia Botanic garden Conservation or Environment Horticulture Wittunga Botanic Garden is one of two regional gardens of the Adelaide Botanic Garden (ABG). Located in Blackwood, a suburb in the Adelaide foothills, it features displays of Australian and South African plants. It was originally the property of Edwin Ashby, a noted naturalist and advocate for Australian flora. Ashby developed a deep-watering system that is now used in many gardens. The property was donated to the ABG in 1965 by Edwin's son, Keith, and opened to the public in 1975. Ashby, Arthur Keith (Keith) (1896 - 1971)

Donated to property to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1965

 Ashby, Edwin (1861 - 1941)

Original owner of the property

 Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Colony and State of South Australia (1855 - ) 'Wittunga Botanic Garden', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wittunga Botanic Garden Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Catalogue of plants 2010: Adelaide, Mount Lofty and Wittunga Botanic Gardens Adelaide Botanic Gardens Catalogue of plants 2010: Adelaide, Mount Lofty and Wittunga Botanic Gardens Adelaide Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium 2010