What is a system garden?
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Join Tim Entwisle on a late autumn stroll through the System Garden at the University of Melbourne. The System Garden is used by teachers and students to learn about subclasses and families of plants. Created in 1856, it is one of the oldest gardens of its kind in Australia.
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