Musee et Jardins Botaniques Cantonaux

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Switzerland - Switzerland - Lausanne

Institution Code: LAU

BGCI Member: No

Main Address:
Musee et Jardins Botaniques Cantonaux
Avenue de Cour,14bis
CH-1007 LAUSANNE, Switzerland
Lausanne
Switzerland CH-1007 Switzerland

Telephone: ++41 21 316 99 88
Fax: ++41 21 616 46 65
URL: www.botanique.vd.ch
Primary Email: info.botanique@vd.ch

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr.F. Felber
    Curator's Name: J.-L.Moret
    Plant Records Officer's Name: S. Cottet
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 7
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number: 3
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
  • Date founded: 1946
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
  • Total Area: 2 Hectares
    Latitude: 46.5000
    Longitude: 6.6166
    Annual Rainfall: 1116 mm
    Altitude: 420.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 103 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: Jardin alpin "La Thomasia" Pont de Nant
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Jardin botanique de Lausanne
  • Local Address: Montriond - Place de Milan
  • Locality: City:
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 32767
  • Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes

Plant Collections

  • Cultivation Taxa Num: 8000
  • Special Collections:Alpines, medicinal plants, succulent plants, carnivorous plants, orchids, aquatic plants, arboretum.

Conservation Programmes

  • Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
    Reintroduction Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Floristics: Yes
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes