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Benmore Botanic GardenLast updated: Nov 1999 |  | ||
| Address: | Benmore, Dunoon, Argyll, PA23 8QU Tel: 01369 706261 Fax: 01369 706369 email: p.baxter at rbge.org.uk web address: rbge.org.uk/rbge/web/visiting/bbg.jsp Latitude: 56° 01'34''N Longitude: 04° 58'51''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | 1850 | ||
| Ownership: | Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
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| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Regius Keeper: | Professor Stephen Blackmore | ||
| Curator: | Peter Baxter | ||
| Contact person: | Peter Baxter | ||
| Total Staff: | 12 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | As for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
| Collections | As for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 5-137 m | ||
| Soil type: | Acid | ||
| Aspect: | East | ||
| Total area: | 49 ha | ||
| Area heated: | |||
| Other sites of collection: | Dawyck Botanic Garden, Logan Botanic Garden, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
| WEATHER RECORDS | No records kept | ||
| Temperature: | |||
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| Absolute maximum | 25 °C | ||
| Absolute minimum | -10 °C | ||
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| Rainfall | |||
| Average annual | 2800 mm | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | |||
| Genera | 387 | ||
| Species | 1680 | ||
| Taxa | 2569 | ||
| Accessions | |||
| Plants | 11 489 | ||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Tallest Tsuga heterophylla, Picea jezoensis var. hondoensis and Abies delavayi var. fabri | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| Eastern Asia, Southern South America | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Eucryphiaceae, Ericaceae, Nothofagaceae, Magnoliaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Rhododendron, Azalea, Eucryphia, Nothofagus, Betula, Sorbus | |||
| Special collections | Chile, ICCP Conifers, ICCP Bhutan, Rhododendron, | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Kept since 1938 Computerised | ||
| Record System | BG-Base | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | International | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | Based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
| Library | Based at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, | ||
| Research facilities | Based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
| Publications | Garden catalogue, garden guides, Edinburgh Journal of Botany, Catalogue on Internet. List of publications available from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | ||
| Identifications: | Undertakes freeidentifications for the general public. Internal verification of material | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, higher and public education | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails | ||
| Friends Organisation: | Yes | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, gift shop, plant shop | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge | ||
| Visitors per year: | 33 054 | ||
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 9.30am-6pm March-October | ||
| 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. | |||