Jardin Botanique Camifolia

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France - Chemillé-Melay

Institution Code: AMJB

BGCI Member: No

About the Jardin Botanique Camifolia

Location: CHEMILLE
Founded: 1976
Garden Name: Camifolia jardin des Plantes Medicinales et Aromatiques
Address: 11 rue de l’Arzille, 49120 CHEMILLE
Status: Municipal

Ex situ Collections:
Medicinal plants of

Main Address:
Jardin Botanique Camifolia
11 rue de l'Arzilllé
Chemillé-Melay
49120 France

Telephone: 33 2 41 49 84 98
Fax: 33 2 41 29 50 82
URL: http://www.theatre-foirail-camifolia.com
Primary Email: jardin.bota.chemille@wanadoo.fr

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Thierry Le Boulge
    Curator's Name: Philippe Guinhut
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 3
    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: No
    Status: Educational: No
    Status: Municipal: Yes
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1976
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 1 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 3 Hectares
  • Total Area: 4 Hectares
    Latitude: 47.90
    Longitude: 0.55
    Annual Rainfall: 560 mm
    Altitude: 79.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 150 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 102 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 80
    Arboretum: No
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Yes
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 17000

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 520
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 480
  • Special Collections:Medicinal and aromatic plants, dye plants.
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: No
    Invasive Species Policy: No
    ABS Policy: No
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: No
    Plant Breeding: No
    Conservation - Biology: No
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: No
    Ecology: No
    Ecosystem Conservation: No
    Education: No
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: No
    Horticulture: No
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: No
    Molecular Genetics: No
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: No
    Seed/Spore Biology: No
    Systematics and Taxonomy: No
    Sustainability: No
    Pharmacology: No
    Agriculture: No
    Land Restoration: No
    Urban Environments: No

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: No
    Education Signs in Garden: No
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: No
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for School Children: Yes
    Courses for University/College Students: No
    Courses for General Public: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes