Utrecht University Botanic Gardens

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Netherlands - Utrecht - Utrecht

Institution Code: U

BGCI Member: Yes

Front view of the Rock Garden
Front view of the Rock Garden

Main Address:
Utrecht University Botanic Gardens
Budapestlaan 17
P.O. Box 80162
Utrecht
Utrecht 3584 HD Netherlands

Telephone: 31 30 253 1826
Fax:
URL: https://www.uu.nl/botanischetuinen/
Primary Email: botanische.tuinen@uu.nl

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr. Edwin Pos
    Curator's Name: Dr. Gijs Steur
    Plant Records Officer's Name:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Satellite: Yes
  • Date founded: 1636
  • Physical Data
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 27 Hectares
  • Total Area: 38 Hectares
    Latitude: 52.0915
    Longitude: 5.1194
    Annual Rainfall: 803 mm
    Altitude: 2.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Arboretum: No
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    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: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 150000
    Number of Volunteers: 100

Plant Collections

  • Special Collections:We primarily focus on the America's.

    Specialized collections, of which also marked as a National Collection ('SNP': https://nationaleplantencollecties.nl/):
    Annonaceae (neotropical) - SNP
    Costaceae (neotropical) - SNP
    Tillandsioidae - SNP
    Neotropical Cecropieae
    Berberidaceae (non-woody) - SNP
    Neotropical orchids - SNP
    Penstemon and related genera (Tribe Cheloneae) - SNP
    Rhipsalis and related genera (Tribes Rhipsalida and Hylocereeae)- SNP
    Aeonium - SNP
    Arisaema - SNP
    Asarum - SNP
    Trillium - SNP
    Eriogonum - SNP
    Rock Garden Plants (Alpine plants) - SNP
    Flora of the Guianas - SNP

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: Yes
    Floristics: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: 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
    Education Programme: Yes