Botanic Garden, Lund University

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Sweden - Lund

Institution Code: LD

BGCI Member: Yes

The Botanical Garden at Lund University at springtime. Magnolia x soulangeana in full bloom.
The Botanical Garden at Lund University at springtime. Magnolia x soulangeana in full bloom.

Main Address:
Botanic Garden, Lund University
Ostra Vallgatan 20
Lund
S-22361 Sweden

Telephone: +46 46 2227320
Fax: +46 46 2223348
URL: http://www.botaniskatradgarden.se/
Primary Email: botan@botan.lu.se

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Bente Eriksen
    Curator's Name: Sofie Olofsson
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Sofie Olofsson
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 10
    Educational Staff Number: 3
    Research Staff Number: 1
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
  • Date founded: 1860
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: No
  • Total Area: 8 Hectares
    Latitude: 55.7026
    Longitude: 13.2000
    Annual Rainfall: 653 mm
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: No
    Arboretum: No
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 600000

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 7000
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 4500
  • Special Collections:A variety of trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials used for research, teaching and educational purposes, greenhouse collections.
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    Invasive Species Policy: Yes
    ABS Policy: Yes
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

  • Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for School Children: Yes
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes
    Courses for General Public: Yes