A study into hawler botanical garden (h.b.g) in comparison to some other botanical gardens of the world

Abstract

The aim of establishing botanical garden (B.G) in any place, has now been well expanded. It is confined to creation of an aesthetically pleasant refuge form of life as perfect as possible. In fact, it is an outdoor and indoor living museum of plant. Recently it becomes a multi-purpose area in contrast to any traditional gardens, park or greenery. However, such, botanical garden is not found in Iraq and it is almost not available in whole Middle East countries. The present project is a first attempt to establish a botanical garden under the name of Hawler botanical garden (H.B.G) in Iraq. Its structure, design and composition are forwarded and discussed in the present paper. However, (H.B.G) goal is planned to be extended for creation of a herbarium, seed bank, gene bank, conservation of energy, also country local specific gardens and especially Kurdish gardens, all of which are not exist or found so far in the area. Undoubtedly, this will encourage establishing more such gardens in the region in order to increase greenery area and refresh the environment.