University of Leicester 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 Leicester Botanic Garden |
| Stoughton Drive South, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 2NE | |
| Tel: 0116 2712933 | |
| Fax: 0116 2712933 | |
| Email: rjg@leicester.ac.uk | |
| Web site: | |
| Latitude: 52° 36' 30" N / 52.6069183 | |
| Longitude: 01° 05' 25" W / -1.0914555 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1921 |
| Ownership: | University of Leicester |
| Garden code: | LTR |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
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| Mr B. Frankland | |
| Dr R. J. Gornall | |
| Contact person: | Dr R. J. Gornall |
| Total Staff: | 15 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | To develop collections of wild plants (i) for taxonomic research, (ii) to support educational programmes for schools and the general public, (iii) for conservation purposes, including cultivars. |
| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 100 m |
| Soil type: | Clay, neutral |
| Aspect: | South and west |
| Total area: | 8.45 ha |
| Area heated: | |
| Other sites of collection: | Attenborough Arboretum |
| Weather records | Records kept |
| Temperature | |
| Average daily: | 9.5 °C |
| Av. monthly max: | 14 °C |
| Av. monthly min: | 6 °C |
| Absolute maximum: | 32 °C (1995) |
| Absolute minimum: | -9 °C (1995) |
| Wind | |
| Direction: | South |
| Strength: | Average |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 708 mm |
| Month of maximum: | November |
| Month of minimum: | March |
| Plant collection | |
| Families: | 191 |
| Genera: | 1000 |
| Species: | 2500 |
| Taxa: | 3000 |
| Accessions: | 6000 |
| Number of plants: | |
| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Tallest Pinus aristata and Quercus petraea 'Mespilifolia' in the British Isles | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Saxifragaceae, Coriariaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Skimmia, Aubrieta, Fuchsia, Chamaecyparis, Acer, Paeonia | |
| Special collections: | |
| Aubrieta, NCCPG – 12 Species, 58 Taxa. Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana, NCCPG – 1 Species, 92 Taxa. Hardy Fuchsia, NCCPG – 9 Species, 242 Taxa. Skimmia, NCCPG – 4 Species, 35 Taxa. Hesperis, NCCPG – 1 Genus, 2 Species, 3 Taxa. | |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1964 Computerised |
| Record System: | Advanced Revelation |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | Approximately 120 000 wild collected and cultivated specimens. Code LTR in Index Herbariorum |
| Library: | Yes, general reference works, |
| Research facilities: | General biological laboratories, sub-cellular microscopy, molecular |
| Publications: | Garden guide |
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic, potentail for public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails, lectures |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, café, plant shop, book shop, gift 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: | 5,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The Garden is funded by the University of Leicester to support the research and teaching of the biology department and to provide an educational amenity for schools and the general public. | |
| Location map | |
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