Giardini Botanici Hanbury

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Italy - Liguria - Ventimiglia (IM)

Institution Code: LATT

BGCI Member: No

Main Address:
Giardini Botanici Hanbury
C.so Montecarlo 43 - La Mortola
Ventimiglia (IM)
Liguria 18039 Italy

Telephone: 39 (0)184 22661
Fax: 39 (0)184 226632
URL: www.parks.it/giardini.botanici.hanbury/index.html
Primary Email: gbhelena@unige.it

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Carolyn Hanbury, Owner
    Curator's Name: Dott. Pier Giorgio Campodonico
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Dott. Elena Zappa
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 12
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number: 2

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: State: Yes
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 9 Hectares
  • Total Area: 18 Hectares
    Latitude: 43.7833
    Longitude: 7.5500
    Annual Rainfall: 821 mm
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
  • Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes

Plant Collections

  • Special Collections:Agave, Aloe, Acacia, Salvia, Brugmansia, Bignoniaceae,Citrus (old cultivars)

    Yucca, Aloe, Agave, roses, Salvia, palms and aromatic plants, Australian and desert plants. Eucalyptus citriodora, E. sideroxylon, E. microcorys, Melaleuca, Casimiroa, Prunus, Caesalpinia sepiaria, Thunbergia grandiflora, T. coccinea, T. mysorensis

Conservation Programmes

Research Programmes

Education Programmes

  • Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: Yes