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Belfast Botanic GardensLast updated: Nov 1999 |  | ||
| Address: | Botanic Garden Park, Belfast, BT7 1JP Tel: 01232 324902 Fax: 01232 324902 email: web address: Latitude: 54° 35'0''N Longitude: 5° 56'0''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | 1828 | ||
| Ownership: | Belfast City Council Parks Department | ||
| Garden code: | BELFA | ||
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Reginald Maxwell | |||
| Contact person: | Reginald Maxwell | ||
| Total Staff: | 10 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Collections | | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 20 m | ||
| Soil type: | Clay and sand | ||
| Aspect: | South and mostly flat | ||
| Total area: | 8.6 ha | ||
| Area heated: | 2075 m² | ||
| Other sites of collection: | | ||
| WEATHER RECORDS | Records are kept | ||
| Temperature: | |||
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| Wind: | |||
| direction | South and west | ||
| strength: | Below average | ||
| Rainfall | |||
| Average annual | 945 mm | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | |||
| Genera | |||
| Species | |||
| Taxa | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Plants | |||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| West Tropical Africa, West Central Tropical Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Northern South America | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Acanthaceae, Apocynaceae, Araliaceae, Bignoniaceae, Cyatheaceae, Compositae, Euphorbiaceae, Gesneriaceae, Moraceae, Fagaceae, Gramineae, Leguminosae, Malvaceae, Myrtaceae, Polypodiaceae, Solanaceae, Palmae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Special collections | Slieve Donard plants, NCCPG | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Records kept Computerised | ||
| Record System | Word 6 | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | No | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | No | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | Index seminum | ||
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Primary | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised garden walks, lectures, signs | ||
| Friends Organisation: | Yes | ||
| Visitor facilities: | No | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Free | ||
| Visitors per year: | |||
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 8am-sunset | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||
| The garden is a historic site with two fine glasshouses, the aims are to provide collections of plants for educational interpretation and public display. | |||