Logan Botanic Garden | PlantNetwork

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Address and contact details

Port Logan, Stranraer, Wigtownshire, DG9 9ND

Tel: 01776 860231

Fax: 01776 860333

Email: r.baines@rbge.org.uk

Web site: www.rbge.org.uk/rbge/web/visiting/lbg.js...

Latitude: 54° 44' 38" N

Longitude: 4° 57' 25" W

Background to the collection

Year founded:

1968

Ownership:

Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Umbrella organisation:

PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Personnel

Regius Keeper:

Professor Stephen Blackmore

Curator:

Richard Baines

Contact person:

Richard Baines

Total Staff:

Total Horticultural Staff:

Policies

Accessions:

As for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Collections:

As for the Royal Botanic Graden Edinburgh

Physical environment

Altitude:

25-65 m

Aspect:

Varied

Total area:

11 ha

Other sites of collection:

Dawyck Botanic Garden
Benmore Botanic Garden
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Weather records

Records kept

Temperature

Absolute maximum:

27 °C

Absolute minimum:

-10.5 °C

Wind

Direction:

Southwesterly

Plant collection

Families:

177

Genera:

612

Species:

1956

Taxa:

2387

Plants:

4113

Geographical area(s) of specialisation:

Southern South America, Australasia, Southern Africa, North and Central Mexico, Canary Is

Special families within the collections:

Labiatae, Ericaceae, Myrtaceae

Special genera within the collections:

Azara, Eucryphia, Weinmannia, Gunnera, Rhododendron, Eucalyptus, Dicksonia, Cyathea, Diascia

Special collections:

Rhododendron section Maddenii

TARGET 8 SPECIES:

TARGET 8 PROJECT TAXON LIST				UK Red Data List 2005	WELSH Red Data List 2008	IRISH Red Data List 1987	IRISH Red Data List 2005	TARGET 8 PROJECT datasheet	Garden(s)
Astragalus danicus Purple Milk-vetch	B		I	EN		RE	VU	T8	Dundee BG NBG Glasnevin St.Andrews BG RBG Logan
Dactylorhiza viridis Frog Orchid	B	W		VU	EN			T8	RBG Dawyck RBG Logan
Gentianella campestris Field Gentian	B	W	I	VU	EN		prop	T8	St.Andrews BG RBG Edinburgh RBG Logan
Spergula arvensis Corn Spurrey	B	W	I	VU	NT			T8	RBG Logan

Record Keeping:

Kept since 1968
Computerised

Record System:

BG-Base

Plant-collecting trips:

International and national

Facilities on site

Herbarium:

At the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Code E in Index Herbariorum

Library:

At the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,

Research facilities:

At the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Publications:

Garden catalogue, garden guide, Edinburgh Journal of Botany, The Botanics , catalogue on Internet

Identifications:

Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material

Teaching and Education:

Primary, taxonomic, public education

Interpretation:

Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails

Friends Organisation:

Yes

Visitor facilities:

Restaurant, plant shop, gift shop

Access to the collections

Public access:

Admission charge

Visitors per year:

29,461

Public opening hours:

Mon-Sun: 10am-6pm spring-autumn

Guiding principles behind the collection

To document, display and scientifically interpret global plant and fungal diversity, thereby enhancing our knowledge of plant biology, evolution, conservation, habitats and sustainable utilisation for the long-term benefit of humanity.

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