Glasgow Botanic Gardens
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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Glasgow Botanic Gardens |
| 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G12 OUE | |
| Tel: 0141 276 1614 | |
| Fax: 0141 276 1615 | |
| Email: gbg@glasgow.gov.uk | |
| Web site: see Glasgow City Council web page | |
| Latitude: 55° 51' 23" N / 55.8781509 | |
| Longitude: 4° 18' 00" W / -4.2898555 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1817 |
| Ownership: | Glasgow City Council |
| Garden code: | GBG |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, ICCP |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
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| General manager: | Ewen Donaldson |
| Curator: | Paul Matthews |
| Contact person: | Paul Matthews |
| Total Staff: | 14 |
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| Policies | |
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| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 33 m |
| Soil type: | Clay and loam, acid and neutral |
| Aspect: | varied |
| Total area: | 16.8 ha |
| Area heated: | 5500 m² |
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| Weather records | No records kept |
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| Average annual: | 1015 mm |
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| Plant collection | |
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| Number of species: | |
| Taxa: | 10000 |
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| Special families within the collections: | |
| Orchidaceae, Begoniaceae, Rosaceae, Compositae, Cactaceae, Bromeliaceae, Gesneriaceae, Piperaceae, Dicksoniaceae, Cyatheaceae, Osmundaceae, Betulaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Begonia, Dendrobium, Paphiopedilum, Cymbidium, Peperomia | |
| Special collections: | |
| Begonia, NCCPG – 220 Species, 350 Taxa, 420 Accessions, 1263 Plants. Dendrobium, NCCPG – 72 Species, 215 Taxa, 407 Accessions, 775 Plants Tree ferns, NCCPG – 6 Genera, 33 Species, 36 Taxa, 186 Accessions, 400 Plants Conifers, ICCP – 7 Genera, 7 Species, 17 Taxa, 17 Accessions, 17 Plants. Orchidaceae – 158 Genera, 558 Species, 1058 Taxa, 1659 Accessions, 4400 Plants | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept Computerised |
| Record System: | BGBASE |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | Approximately 500 wild collected and 2,000 cultivated specimens |
| Library: | 1962 items, general and archive. No public access |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Index seminum Quarterly Friends' newsletter |
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public |
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic, public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Small Visitor centre, Information and art displays, shop |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Free |
| Visitors per year: | 450,000, |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: Grounds 7.00 - dusk, Glasshouse 10.00 - 4.15 Winter and 10.00 - 6.00 Summer |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| Glasgow City Council is committed to the long-term development of Glasgow Botanic Gardens as a high quality centre of botanical excellence, providing visitor facilities that enhance the development and understanding of environmental issues through the plant collections at local, national and international levels. | |
| Location map | |
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