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Logan Botanic GardenLast updated: March 2009 |  | ||
| Address: | Port Logan, Stranraer, Wigtownshire, DG9 9ND Tel: 01776 860231 Fax: 01776 860333 email: r.baines at rbge.org.uk web address: www.rbge.org.uk/rbge/web/visiting/lbg.jsp Latitude: 54° 44'38''N Longitude: 4° 57'25''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | 1968 | ||
| Ownership: | Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
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| PERSONNEL | |||
| Regius Keeper: | Professor Stephen Blackmore | ||
| Curator: | Richard Baines | ||
| Contact person: | Richard Baines | ||
| Total Staff: | 8 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 7 | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions: | As for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
| Collections: | As for the Royal Botanic Graden Edinburgh | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 25-65 m | ||
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| Aspect: | Varied | ||
| Total area: | 11 ha | ||
| Area heated: | |||
| Other sites of collection: | Dawyck Botanic Garden, Benmore Botanic Garden, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
| WEATHER RECORDS | Records kept | ||
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| Absolute maximum: | 27 °C | ||
| Absolute minimum: | -10.5 °C | ||
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| Direction: | Southwesterly | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families: | 177 | ||
| Genera: | 612 | ||
| Species: | 1956 | ||
| Taxa: | 2387 | ||
| Accessions: | |||
| Plants: | 4113 | ||
| Notable plants within the collection: | |||
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |||
| Southern South America, Australasia, Southern Africa, North and Central Mexico, Canary Is | |||
| Special families within the collections: | |||
| Labiatae, Ericaceae, Myrtaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections: | |||
| Azara, Eucryphia, Weinmannia, Gunnera, Rhododendron, Eucalyptus, Dicksonia, Cyathea, Diascia | |||
| Special collections: | Rhododendron section Maddenii | ||
| Phenological Garden: | |||
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1968 Computerised | ||
| Record System: | BG-Base | ||
| Plant-collecting trips: | International and national | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium: | At the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Code E in Index Herbariorum | ||
| Library: | At the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, | ||
| Research facilities: | At the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
| Publications: | Garden catalogue, garden guide, Edinburgh Journal of Botany, The Botanics , catalogue on Internet | ||
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, taxonomic, public education | ||
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails | ||
| Friends Organisation: | Yes | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, plant shop, gift shop | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge | ||
| Visitors per year: | 29 461 | ||
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-6pm spring-autumn | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION: | |||
| To document, display and scientifically interpret global plant and fungal diversity, thereby enhancing our knowledge of plant biology, evolution, conservation, habitats and sustainable utilisation for the long-term benefit of humanity. | |||