Arboretum Novy Dvur

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Czech Republic - Steborice

Institution Code: AND

BGCI Member: No

Main Address:
Arboretum Novy Dvur
Slezski muzeum Opava, 74751 Posta STEBORICE, Czech Republic
Steborice
Czech Republic

Telephone: 0653 93131
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Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dipl.Ing. Miroslav Frank
    Curator's Name: Dipl.Ing. Milan Velicka
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 13
    Educational Staff Number: 5
    Research Staff Number: 5
    Administration Staff Number: 3

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Date founded: 1958
  • Physical Data
  • Total Area: 23 Hectares
    Latitude: 49.9377
    Longitude: 17.8089
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 18507
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 23
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
  • Open to public: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 32000

Plant Collections

  • Cultivation Taxa Num: 10000
  • Special Collections:Ericaceae (Rhododendron and 15 other genera), Metasequoia, Taxus cv. Abies, Chamaecyparis, Thuja cv., Microbiota, Acer, Forsythia cv. Philadelphus cv. In greenhouses: Araceae, Pteridophyta.
    Maintains a seed bank with medium-term storage capacity. In 1994

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
    Reintroduction Programme: No

Research Programmes

  • Education: Yes

Education Programmes