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Zoological Society of Ireland, Dublin Zoo
Last updated: May 2005
Address: Phoenix Park, Dublin 8, Ireland
Tel: 353 (0)1 474 8900
Fax: 353 (0)1 677 1660
email: sbutler at dublinzoo.ie
Web address: dublinzoo.ie
Latitude: 53.5° N
Longitude: 06° W

BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded: 1833
Ownership: The Council of the Zoological Society
private, with state backing
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation: PlantNetwork-individual, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Zoo Associations (BIAZA and EAZA)

PERSONNEL
Director: Leo Oosterweghel
Curator: Stephen Butler

Contact person: Stephen Butler
Total Staff: approx 50
Total Horticultural Staff: 6

POLICIES
Accessions
Collections

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude: near sea level
Soil type: clay loam on limestone bedrock
Aspect: Open, in parkland, heavily planted site
Total area: 70 acres
Area heated: animal houses only
Other sites of collection: sister site, at Fota in County Cork

WEATHER RECORDS No records 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
Notable plants within the collection

Geographical area of specialisation

Special families within the collections

Special genera within the collections

Special collections

Phenological Garden
Records of living collection Unknown
Record System
Plant-collecting trips No

FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium
Library
Research facilities
Publications
Identifications:
Teaching and Education: plants highlighted within education where possible, many plants have signs for identification
Interpretation of the material: some plant labels, occasional displays as part of promotion or education programme
Friends Organisation: volunteer helpers in education only
approx 50
Visitor facilities: shops and restaurant

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access: as a member or on payment, all year
Visitors per year:
Public opening hours: Mon-Sun: 09.30 to 18.00 or dusk in winter

GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
Initial planting was as a garden, rose beds etc, now themed to be as naturalistic as possible, creating a green background and pleasant ambience for visitors plus planting within exhibits to recreate natural habitat. Within large scale plantings there is scope for more interesting plants. Plants now seen as just as valuable as animal exhibits.

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

Zoological Society of Ireland, Dublin Zoo Last updated: May 2005
Address:	Phoenix Park, Dublin 8, Ireland Tel: 353 (0)1 474 8900 Fax: 353 (0)1 677 1660 email: sbutler at dublinzoo.ie Web address: dublinzoo.ie Latitude: 53.5° N Longitude: 06° W
BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:	1833
Ownership:	The Council of the Zoological Society private, with state backing
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation:	PlantNetwork-individual, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Zoo Associations (BIAZA and EAZA)
PERSONNEL
Director:	Leo Oosterweghel
Curator:	Stephen Butler

Contact person:	Stephen Butler
Total Staff:	approx 50
Total Horticultural Staff:	6
POLICIES
Accessions
Collections
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:	near sea level
Soil type:	clay loam on limestone bedrock
Aspect:	Open, in parkland, heavily planted site
Total area:	70 acres
Area heated:	animal houses only
Other sites of collection:	sister site, at Fota in County Cork
WEATHER RECORDS	No records 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
Notable plants within the collection

Geographical area of specialisation

Special families within the collections

Special genera within the collections

Special collections
Phenological Garden
Records of living collection	Unknown
Record System
Plant-collecting trips	No
FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium
Library
Research facilities
Publications
Identifications:
Teaching and Education:	plants highlighted within education where possible, many plants have signs for identification
Interpretation of the material:	some plant labels, occasional displays as part of promotion or education programme
Friends Organisation:	volunteer helpers in education only approx 50
Visitor facilities:	shops and restaurant
ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access:	as a member or on payment, all year
Visitors per year:
Public opening hours:	Mon-Sun: 09.30 to 18.00 or dusk in winter
GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
	Initial planting was as a garden, rose beds etc, now themed to be as naturalistic as possible, creating a green background and pleasant ambience for visitors plus planting within exhibits to recreate natural habitat. Within large scale plantings there is scope for more interesting plants. Plants now seen as just as valuable as animal exhibits.