University of Dundee Botanic Garden

Date posted: 1 November 1999

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Last updated: 17 May 2022

Address and contact details
	Riverside Drive, Dundee, DD2 1QH
	Tel: 01382 381190
	Fax: 01382 640574
	Latitude: 56° 27' 16" N
	Longitude: 03° 01' 26" W
Background to the collection
Year founded:	1971
Ownership:	University of Dundee
Garden code:	DUNDU
Umbrella organisation:	PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International
Personnel
Curator:	Alasdair Hood
Contact person:	Alasdair Hood
Total Staff:	6
Total Horticultural Staff:	4
Policies
Accessions:	Plants that enhance conservation and education value to users' departments, schools and the public.
Collections:	Plants of known wild origin preferred.
Physical environment
Altitude:	10-20 m
Soil type:	Sandy loam, neutral
Aspect:	South
Total area:	9.6 ha
Area heated:	1000 m²
Weather records	Records kept
Temperature
Absolute maximum:	28 °C (2003)
Absolute minimum:	-4 °C (2003)
Wind
Direction:	Southwesterly
Strength:	Average
Rainfall
Average annual:	638 mm
Month of maximum:	December
Month of minimum:	April
Plant collection
Families:	238
Genera:	1025
Species:	2978
Taxa:	3581
Accessions:	5147
Plants:	5581
Notable plants within the collection:
	Conifers
Geographical area(s) of specialisation:
	Native Plants Unit
Special genera within the collections:
	Pinus, Cupressus
Special collections:
	Primitive plants
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 alpinus Alpine Milk-vetch B VU T8 Dundee BG Astragalus danicus Purple Milk-vetch B I EN RE VU T8 Dundee BG NBG Glasnevin St.Andrews BG RBG Logan Erigeron borealis Alpine Fleabane B VU T8 Dundee BG RBG Edinburgh Homogyne alpina Purple Colt's-foot B EN T8 Dundee BG RBG Edinburgh Lychnis alpina Alpine Catchfly B VU T8 Dundee BG RBG Edinburgh Salix lanata Woolly Willow B VU UKSAP National Trust for Scotland T8 RBG Edinburgh Dundee BG Salix lapponum Downy Willow B VU T8 Dundee BG RBG Dawyck Ness Chester Zoo Salix myrsinites Whortle-leaved Willow B EN T8 Dundee BG Woodsia ilvensis Oblong Woodsia B W EN UKSAP CR T8 RBG Edinburgh Dundee BG
Record Keeping:	Kept since 1983 Computerised
Record System:	BG-Base
Phenological records:	Yes - but low key
Plant-collecting trips:	On occasion to local sites Local
Facilities on site
Herbarium:	Yes, held on main campus
Library:	No
Research facilities:	Yes
Publications:	No
Identifications:	If asked
Teaching and Education:	Yes, primary, secondary, higher
Interpretation:	Mini guides and boards around the garden
Friends Organisation:	Yes 800
Visitor facilities:	Café, plant shop, gift shop
Access to the collections
Access conditions:	During opening hours or by prior arrangement
Public access:	Admission charge
Visitors per year:	76,000
Public opening hours:	Mon-Sun: 10am to 4.30pm (Mar-Oct), 10am to 3.30pm (Nov-Feb)
Guiding principles behind the collection
	The Garden’s mission is to support research and education across the full range of academic disciplines within the University, with a particular, but not exclusive, focus on plant science, the environment, climate change and biodiversity conservation. It aims to raise awareness of the vital role of plants, and of the environment in general, in the survival of our planet and to contribute to the University’s carbon reduction efforts. In addition, it fosters engagement between the University and its local and national communities as a recreational visitor attraction and as a venue for public engagement, outreach and broader educational activities.
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