University of Durham 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 Durham Botanic Garden |
| Hollingside Lane, Durham, Co. Durham, DH1 3TN | |
| Tel: 0191 3747971 | |
| Fax: 0191 3747478 | |
| Email: S.J.ANSDELL@durham.ac.uk | |
| Web site: | |
| Latitude: 54° 45' 41" N / 54.7633591 | |
| Longitude: 01° 34' 27" W / -1.5746284 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1971 |
| Ownership: | University of Durham |
| Garden code: | DHM |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork |
| 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 S.J. Ansdell | |
| Professor A.R.S. Slabas | |
| Contact person: | Mr S.J. Ansdell |
| Total Staff: | 12 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | |
| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 100 m |
| Soil type: | Clay and sand, neutral |
| Aspect: | South |
| Total area: | 16 ha |
| Area heated: | 465 m² |
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| Weather records | No records kept |
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| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 650 mm |
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| Plant collection | |
| Number of families: | |
| Number of genera: | |
| Number of species: | |
| Taxa: | 5000 |
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| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
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| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Primula, Sorbus | |
| Special collections: (i.e. ICCP International Conifer Conservation Programme; IPGRI International Plant Genetic Resources Institute; NCCPG National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens; SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest) | |
| Special collection 1: For each collection please give Nos. of Genera, species, taxa, accessions & plants. Also any official status. | |
| Special collection 2: Please add a row for each collection. | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept manual |
| Computer Program used: | |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | Yes |
| Library: | Yes |
| Research facilities: | Unknown |
| Publications: | Garden guide, Web Site Checklist of County Durham Vascular Plants |
| Identifications: | Undertakes freeidentifications for the general public |
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, potential for public education |
| Interpretation: | Signs |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Café, plant shop, gift shop |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Admission charge |
| Visitors per year: | 40,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-5pm by arrangement |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| Location map | |
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