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The Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in the UK. It features over 5000 plants in over 200 species. The garden was founded in 1621 as a physic garden growing plants for medicinal research for the hospital which was located across the street where Magdalen College is today.
According to the Ashmolean, their Cast Gallery is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved collections of casts of Greek and Roman sculpture in the UK, containing some 900 plaster casts of statues, reliefs and architectural sculptures.
It’s amazingly fun to photography due to the crowded juxtaposition of all the casts, allowing them to interact in surprising and interesting ways.
