University of Bristol Botanic Garden
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Address Background Personnel Policies Environment Weather Collection Facilities Access Principles Location map
| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | University of Bristol Botanic Garden |
| Bracken Hill, North Road, Leigh Wood, Bristol, BS8 3PF | |
| Tel: 01179 733682 | |
| Fax: 01179 733682 | |
| Email: | |
| Web site: | |
| Latitude: 51° 27' 07" N / 51.4532127 | |
| Longitude: 02° 37' 55" W / -2.6341698 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1882 |
| Ownership: | University of Bristol |
| Garden code: | BRIST |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork individual, Botanic Gardens Conservation International |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
| Please include actual titles in brackets after the name i.e. Owner, Director/Manager, Curator/Head gardener. If you have other administrative staff, i.e. taxonomists, education officers etc. please add extra rows. | |
| Mr Nicholas Wray | |
| Contact person: | Mr Nicholas Wray |
| Total Staff: | 7 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | Yes. |
| Collections: | Yes. |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 100 m |
| Soil type: | Clay, alkaline |
| Aspect: | Northwest |
| Total area: | 2.22 ha |
| Area heated: | 200 m² |
| Other sites of collection: | |
| Weather records | Records kept |
| Temperature | |
| Average daily: | 9.62 °C |
| Av. monthly max: | 13 °C |
| Av. monthly min: | 6.2 °C |
| Absolute maximum: | |
| Absolute minimum: | |
| Wind | |
| Direction: | West |
| Strength: | |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 960 mm |
| Month of maximum: | October |
| Month of minimum: | July |
| Plant collection | |
| Number of families: | |
| Genera: | 1120 |
| Species: | 4500 |
| Number of taxa: | |
| Accessions: | 17500 |
| Number of plants: | |
| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| Northern Europe, Southern Africa, New Zealand | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Crassulaceae, Labiatae, Cistaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Geraniaceae, Proteaceae, Bromeliaceae, Rosaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Sempervivum, Pelargonium, Hebe, Aeonium, Salvia, Cistus, Protea, Banksia, Fascicularia, Sorbus | |
| Special collections: | |
| Conservation collection of threatened species of the South West Peninsular, UNIV – 36 Genera, 47 Species. | |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1976 Computerised |
| Record System: | word processing |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | National |
| Facilities on site | |
| Do you have a Herbarium? | |
| Library: | Yes. Horticulture and plant identification |
| Research facilities: | General biological laboratories |
| Publications: | Garden guide, index seminum, annual report, occasional leaflets |
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | Public education. Potential for primary, secondary, higher and taxonomic |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, lectures |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | No |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Free |
| How many visitors do you get a year? | |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm Sat-Sun: By appointment |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The Garden has a wide programme of Adult Education Courses. The Garden is funded as a teaching resource. It has in recent years developed a programme of continuing education courses to expand the teaching that it does to a wider section of the public. | |
| Location map | |
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