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Birmingham Botanical Gardens & GlasshousesLast updated: Nov 1999 |  | ||
| Address: | Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 3TR Tel: 0121 4541860 Fax: 0121454 7835 email: bham-bot-gdns at demon.co.uk web address: bham-bot-gdns.demon.co.uk/ Latitude: 52° 28'06''N Longitude: 01° 55'40''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | 1829 | ||
| Ownership: | Birmingham Botanical & Horticultural Society Ltd. | ||
| Garden code: | BMBG | ||
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, English Heritage, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, National Heritage Programme | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Donald J. Murray | |||
| P.N. Aubury | |||
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| Total Staff: | 34 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | (1) Amenity - horticultural variety; (2) education - economic, geographic, ecological; (3) wide range as possible | ||
| Collections | | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 140 m | ||
| Soil type: | Sand, acid | ||
| Aspect: | South and west | ||
| Total area: | 5.6 ha | ||
| Area heated: | 1350 m² | ||
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| WEATHER RECORDS | Records are kept | ||
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| direction | South, west | ||
| strength: | Average | ||
| Rainfall | |||
| Average annual | 750 mm | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | |||
| Genera | |||
| Species | |||
| Taxa | 6400 | ||
| Accessions | |||
| Plants | |||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Dicksonia x lathamii (hybrid D. antarctica x D. arborescens) a putative hybrid possibly unique - see Gardner's Chronicle 1885 | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Acanthaceae, Araceae, Aizoaceae, Bromeliaceae, Cactaceae, Cycadaceae, Gramineae, Liliaceae, Marantaceae, Myrtaceae, Orchidaceae, Rosaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Zingiberaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Special collections | Bonsai, E.H. Wilson Bed, (E.H. Wilson worked here 1893-97) | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Records kept Computerised | ||
| Record System | unknown | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | No | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | 150 items | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | Garden Guide, Quarterly Newsletter circulated to members | ||
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, higher, public education, potential for taxonomic | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails, lectures | ||
| Friends Organisation: | Yes | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, café, plant shop, gift shop, bookshop | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Limited Free. Admission charge | ||
| Visitors per year: | paying 100 000, free 170 000 | ||
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 9am (10 am Sun)-dusk | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||
| Birmingham Botanical Gardens aim to assemble a plant collection to provide an amenity for members of the founding society and the public, and an educational resource for schools in the West Midlands region. The latter is served by two full-time tutors. The collection has as wide a geographic, taxonomic and ecological base as facilities permit, with emphasis on economic plants. | |||