Ventnor 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: | Ventnor Botanic Garden |
| Undercliff Drive, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 1UL | |
| Tel: 01983 855397 | |
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| Email: chris.kidd@iow.gov.uk | |
| Web site: www.botanic.co.uk | |
| Latitude: 50° 35' 16" N / 50.5896645 | |
| Longitude: 01° 13' 53" W / -1.2300183 | |
| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1971 |
| Ownership: | Isle of Wight Council |
| Garden code: | VENTN |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| 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. | |
| Garden Manager: | Chris Kidd |
| Business Officer: | Della Pragnell |
| Garden Team Leader: | Jason Melia |
| Volunteer Coordinator: | Kate Ingrem |
| Contact person: | Chris Kidd |
| Total Staff: | 10 |
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| Policies | |
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| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 10 m |
| Soil type: | Alkaline |
| Aspect: | Varied |
| Total area: | 11 ha |
| Area heated: | 600 m² |
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| Weather records | Records kept |
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| Wind | |
| Direction: | South and west |
| Strength: | Above average |
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| Plant collection | |
| Number of families: | |
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| Accessions: | 7,000 |
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| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| Australia, Southwestern Europe, Southern Africa, New Zealand, North and Central Mexico, Southern South America | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Boraginaceae, Bromeliaceae, Cactaceae, Pittosporaceae, Agavaceae, Myrtaceae, Aloeaceae, Aizoaceae, Arecaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Puya, Kniphofia, Lampranthus, Delosperma, Opuntia, Eucalyptus, Correa, Echium, Prostanthera | |
| 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: | Kept since 1988 Computerised |
| Record System: | Bespoke database |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Does your garden conduct Plant-collecting trips? Are they Local, National or International? | |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No, but reference library to be located in new visitor's centre |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Garden guide, Index seminum |
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, potential for higher and taxonomic |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, lectures |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, plant 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: | 200,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: All the time, except temperate house |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The Garden aims to provide a public amenity for recreation, education and plant conservation. | |
| Location map | |
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