Joys of (virtual) Spring: Cambridge University streams online garden tours


Gardeners at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden in London have found a way to ensure their 8,000-plus species do not go unappreciated, by starting free virtual tours that allow people to download the delights of Spring. — Si B/VisualHunt.com/CC BY

LONDON: Spring is normally a busy season for Cambridge University Botanic Garden but as Britain enters its third week of enforced lockdown, visitors are absent – the lilacs and daffodils flowering for no one.

But the gardeners have found a way to ensure their 8,000-plus species do not go unappreciated, by starting free virtual tours that allow people to download the delights of Spring.

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