University of London Botanical Supply Unit
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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 London Botanical Supply Unit |
| School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX | |
| Tel: 0402 663457 | |
| Fax: 01784 470756 | |
| Email: s.case@rhbnc.ac.uk | |
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| Latitude: 51° 25' 27" N / 51.4253235 | |
| Longitude: 0° 33' 36" W / -0.5672179 | |
| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | |
| Ownership: | University of London |
| Garden code: | BCW |
| Umbrella organisation: | 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. | |
| Sarah Case | |
| Contact person: | Sarah Case |
| Total Staff: | 4 |
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| Policies | |
| Accessions: | Material for teaching and research support. |
| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 65 m |
| Soil type: | Loam |
| Aspect: | Flat |
| Total area: | 650 ha |
| Area heated: | 450 m² |
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| Weather records | Are records kept ? (Y/N) |
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| Plant collection | |
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| Accessions: | 100 |
| Plants: | 2000 |
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| Special families within the collections: | |
| Crassulaceae, Solanaceae, Euphorbiaceae | |
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| 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: | Unknown |
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| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Unknown |
| Identifications: | Unknown |
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, higher potential for taxonomic and public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, guided trails, lectures |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | No |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Unknown |
| How many visitors do you get a year? | |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Fri: 7.45am-3.45pm, to 2.45pm on Friday |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The garden aims to provide material for teaching and research in the School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway. The University of London Botanic Garden no longer exists in its former state as a result of the loss of central funding. It is now only two glasshouses and the surrounding beds; the rest of the garden is in a poor state. Renovation has been undertaken in the last two years, starting with the identification of the specimens in the collection. The primary aim now is to increase the relevance of the collection to the teaching and research undertaken at Royal Holloway. | |
| Location map | |
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