Trinity College Dublin Botanic Garden

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Ireland - Dublin

Institution Code: TCD

BGCI Member: Yes

Main Address:
Trinity College Dublin Botanic Garden
University of Dublin,
Palmerston Park, Dartry
Dublin
6 Ireland

Telephone: 353 (0)1 497 2070
Fax: 353 (0)1 608 1147
URL: https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/botanic-garden/
Primary Email: swaldren@tcd.ie

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Professor Jennifer C. McElwain
    Curator's Name: Dr Stephen Waldren
    Plant Records Officer's Name:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Educational: Yes
  • Date founded:
  • Physical Data
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
  • Latitude: 53.3181
    Longitude: -6.2615

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Yes
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes

Plant Collections

  • Special Collections:Trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, bulbs, alpines, greenhouse collection of tropical and subtropical ornamentals, economic plants, cacti and other succulents, orchids, ferns (including tree ferns), cycads, Begonia, Pelargonium, a large collection of wil

Conservation Programmes

  • Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
    Reintroduction Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Conservation - Genetics: Yes
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Floristics: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
    Restoration Ecology: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Guided Tours: Yes