University of Oxford 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 Oxford Botanic Garden |
| Rose Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4AZ | |
| Tel: 01865 286690 | |
| Fax: 01865 286693 | |
| Email: postmaster@obg.ox.ac.uk | |
| Web site: www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk | |
| Latitude: 51° 54' 03" N / 51.7512360 | |
| Longitude: 01° 14' 48" W / -1.2468815 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1621 |
| Ownership: | University of Oxford |
| Garden code: | OXF |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
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| Director: | Timothy Walker |
| Curators: | Alison Foster (Senior Curator) |
| Tom Price (Hardy Curator) | |
| Kate Pritchard (Glasshouses Curator) | |
| Education Officers: | Emma Williams and Sarah Lloyd |
| Contact person: | Alison Foster |
| Total Staff: | 17 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 10 |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | The Garden aims to grow a collection of plants consistent with the fulfilment of its mission. Believing it to be best attained through a diverse collection reflecting the research and teaching programme of the garden, the collection policy may be summarised as follows. A plant will be grown at the Garden if it is: (i) required for the purposes of academic teaching or research by a member of the University, (ii) of value to the schools and/or public education programme, (iii) in a botanical family or genus not yet represented at the garden, (iv) a species from a diverse genus that differs greatly from the species (or that genus) already in the collection, (v) representative of a taxon which is part of a special collection at the Garden (i.e. Euphorbia) or plants of economic importance or endangered species of the world. |
| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 250 m |
| Soil type: | Loam, alkaline |
| Aspect: | Flat |
| Total area: | 1.8 ha |
| Area heated: | 883 m² |
| Other sites of collection: | [link id='3479'] |
| Weather records | No records kept |
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| Wind | |
| Direction: | West |
| Strength: | Below average |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 644 mm |
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| Plant collection | |
| Families: | 287 |
| Genera: | 1,786 |
| Species: | 5,274 |
| Taxa: | 6,360 |
| Accessions: | 8,858 |
| Plants: | 9,960 (includes [link id='3479'] collections) |
| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Euphorbiaceae | |
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| Special collections: | |
| Euphorbia, NCCPG – 82 Species, 112 Accessions. Medicinal Plants Collection | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept Computerised |
| Record System: | BRAHMS |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | 1,000 items, varied. Public access by appointment |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Garden catalogue, Index seminum, guide guide, specialist booklets e.g. The Medicinal Plant Collection |
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public. |
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic and public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails and 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: | Admission charge |
| Visitors per year: | 125,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Daily: 9am-4.30pm (Nov-Feb) 9am-5pm (Mar, Apr, Sept, Oct) 9am-6pm (May-Aug) |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The Garden is part of the University of Oxford. The mission statement is 'To promote learning and glorify nature' | |
| Location map | |
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