PlantNetwork member
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:	8
Total Horticultural Staff:	7
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 SAP lead partner 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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