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As plans went on, and the adjacent open-air museum expanded into the botanical garden, civil protests pushed for a protection of the park's green space in 2014, and in May 2018, the area was given permanent protection on a national level. The protection does not include the specific content of the
239:"Botanisk Haves Venner" (Friends of the Botanical Gardens) and since 2012, they are now in charge of the daily chores of maintaining the rose gardens and arboretum, working for free. Aarhus University also took over part of the responsibility from Aarhus Municipality, through the 243:
which operates the greenhouses. Both the gardens and greenhouses, have changed their status and function from a scientific study ground to a place for recreational activities, public outreach and education.
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The greenhouses was heavily renovated from 2011 to late 2014 and a large tropical dome was added, amongst other facilities. The project was budgeted at 65 million DKK and realized in a cooperation between
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Aarhus municipality found large parts of the botanical gardens too expensive in upkeep and manpower for several years. It was decided to stop the upkeep of the large rose gardens and the
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at one point and thereby end the park's status as a botanical garden, but civil protests postponed the city council's decisions for some years. In 2011, a group of citizens founded the
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open-air village museum and was founded in 1873. Nowadays it covers an area of 21.5 hectares (53 acres), with 5 hectares (12 acres) for the Old Town.
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Success with volunteers maintaining beds in The Botanical Garden
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City park
botanical garden
Aarhus
Denmark
Coordinates
56°09′38″N 10°11′27″E / 56.16056°N 10.19083°E / 56.16056; 10.19083
Aarhus Municipality
Aarhus University
NGO
Aarhus
Denmark
Old Town
botanical garden
Aarhus University
Latin
Danish
C. F. Møller Architects
amphitheatre
Aarhus Municipality
Aarhus University
Realdania
arboretum
non-governmental organization
Science Museums
biodiversity
The flowervalley
The rockeries
The amphitheatre
Entrance to the greenhouses

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