Darwin’s experimental garden

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Darwin’s experimental garden is the outdoor research space at Down House where Charles Darwin conducted many of his key botanical and evolutionary experiments.

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instanceOf botanical garden area ⓘ
component of Down House grounds ⓘ
historical research site ⓘ
associatedPerson Charles Darwin ⓘ
Emma Darwin ⓘ
associatedWithWork Insectivorous Plants ⓘ
On the Origin of Species ⓘ
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species ⓘ
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom ⓘ
The Power of Movement in Plants ⓘ
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse educational site ⓘ
museum interpretation space ⓘ
documentedIn Darwin’s notebooks and correspondence ⓘ
linked to: Darwin manuscripts
hasFeature experimental beds ⓘ
lawn areas used for plant experiments ⓘ
paths used for observation and measurement ⓘ
heritageStatus part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Darwin’s Home and Workplace, Down House) ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfUse c. 1840s–1880s ⓘ
locatedIn Down House ⓘ
Downe, Kent, England ⓘ
notableExperimentType climbing plant movement studies ⓘ
cross- and self-fertilisation of plants ⓘ
flower morphology and pollinator interaction studies ⓘ
insectivorous plant feeding experiments ⓘ
variation under domestication experiments ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator English Heritage ⓘ
partOf Down House garden ⓘ
primaryUse botanical experiments ⓘ
evolutionary biology experiments ⓘ
relatedConcept artificial selection ⓘ
experimental evolution ⓘ
plant reproductive strategies ⓘ
relatedPlace Darwin’s sandwalk at Down House ⓘ
linked to: Darwin’s sandwalk

Down House ⓘ
researchField botany ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ
natural selection ⓘ
plant physiology ⓘ
pollination biology ⓘ
significance key site in the development of evolutionary theory ⓘ
primary outdoor laboratory for Charles Darwin ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
usedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ

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linked to: Darwin’s experimental garden