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Bristol Zoological Gardens
Last updated: April 2009
Address: Clifton, Bristol, Avon, BS8 3HA
Tel: 01179 706176
Fax: 01179 736814
email: bristolzoo.org.uk
web address: www.bristolzoo.org.uk/
Latitude: 51º27'7''N Latitude: 51° 27'7''N
Longitude: 02° 37'00''E

BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded: 1835
Ownership: Bristol and West Zoological Society
Garden code: BRZOO

PERSONNEL
Edwin Mole

Contact person: Edwin Mole
Total Staff: 16
Total Horticultural Staff:

POLICIES
Accessions: BGCI guidelines
Collections:

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:
Soil type: Loam
Aspect: Varied
Total area: 4.8 ha
Area heated: 240 m²
Other sites of collection: Hollywood Tower Estate, Clifton Nursery

WEATHER RECORDS Records not kept
Temperature:
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum:
Absolute minimum:
Wind
Direction:
Strength:
Rainfall
Average annual:
Month of maximum:
Month of minimum:

PLANT COLLECTION
Families:
Genera:
Species:
Taxa:
Accessions:
Plants: 70 000
Notable plants within the collection:

Geographical area(s) of specialisation:
Southern Africa, Malaysia, New Zealand
Special families within the collections:
Orchidaceae, Actinidiaceae, Verbenaceae, Violaceae, Zingiberaceae
Special genera within the collections:
Caryopteris, Actinidia, Hedychium, Lantana, Ornithogalum, Primula, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, British Natives
Special collections: Actinidia, NCCPG – 6 Species, 6 Taxa, 12 Accessions.
Caryopteris NCCPG – 6 Species, 4 Taxa, 14 Accessions.

Phenological Garden:
Record Keeping: Records kept
Computerised
Record System: BG-Recorder
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
Teaching and Education: No
Interpretation: No
Friends Organisation: No

Visitor facilities: No

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access: Admission charge
Visitors per year:
Public opening hours: Mon-Sun: open, times unknown

GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION:
To maintain and defend biodiversity through breeding endangered animal species, conserving threatened species and habitats and promoting a wider understanding of the natural world.

PlantNetwork > DIRECTORY of Botanical Collections in Britain and Ireland > Index

Bristol Zoological Gardens Last updated: April 2009
Address:	Clifton, Bristol, Avon, BS8 3HA Tel: 01179 706176 Fax: 01179 736814 email: bristolzoo.org.uk web address: www.bristolzoo.org.uk/ Latitude: 51º27'7''N Latitude: 51° 27'7''N Longitude: 02° 37'00''E
BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:	1835
Ownership:	Bristol and West Zoological Society
Garden code:	BRZOO
PERSONNEL
	Edwin Mole


Contact person:	Edwin Mole
Total Staff:	16
Total Horticultural Staff:
POLICIES
Accessions:	BGCI guidelines
Collections:
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:
Soil type:	Loam
Aspect:	Varied
Total area:	4.8 ha
Area heated:	240 m²
Other sites of collection:	Hollywood Tower Estate, Clifton Nursery
WEATHER RECORDS	Records not kept
Temperature:
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum:
Absolute minimum:
Wind
Direction:
Strength:
Rainfall
Average annual:
Month of maximum:
Month of minimum:
PLANT COLLECTION
Families:
Genera:
Species:
Taxa:
Accessions:
Plants:	70 000
Notable plants within the collection:

Geographical area(s) of specialisation:
	Southern Africa, Malaysia, New Zealand
Special families within the collections:
	Orchidaceae, Actinidiaceae, Verbenaceae, Violaceae, Zingiberaceae
Special genera within the collections:
	Caryopteris, Actinidia, Hedychium, Lantana, Ornithogalum, Primula, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, British Natives
Special collections:	Actinidia, NCCPG – 6 Species, 6 Taxa, 12 Accessions. Caryopteris NCCPG – 6 Species, 4 Taxa, 14 Accessions.
Phenological Garden:
Record Keeping:	Records kept Computerised
Record System:	BG-Recorder
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
Teaching and Education:	No
Interpretation:	No
Friends Organisation:	No
Visitor facilities:	No
ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access:	Admission charge
Visitors per year:
Public opening hours:	Mon-Sun: open, times unknown
GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION:
	To maintain and defend biodiversity through breeding endangered animal species, conserving threatened species and habitats and promoting a wider understanding of the natural world.