
BGCI: The global network Our work Our supporters and partners Join in Resource centre Education centre Climate change information centre PlantSearch GardenSearch Sign up to our newsletter:	BGCI > Garden Westonbirt, The National Arboretum United Kingdom - Gloucestershire - Tetbury Institution Code: WESB International Agenda Registration: Y BGCI Member: Y About the Westonbirt, The National Arboretum TAXA 2832 (309 genera, 1,820 spp., 15,422 plants) Main Address: Westonbirt, The National Arboretum Forestry Commission Westonbirt Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8QS United Kingdom Telephone: 01666 880 220 Fax: 01666 880559 URL: www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt Primary Email: westonbirt@forestry.gsi.gov.uk Staff Details Director's Name: Simon Toomer Curator's Name: Mark Ballard Plant Records Officer's Name: Sally Day Total Staff: Horticultural Staff Number: 10 Educational Staff Number: 3 Research Staff Number: Administration Staff Number: 10 About the Garden Institution Type: Botanic Garden Status Status: State: Y Status: Educational: Y Date founded: 1856 Physical Data Natural Vegetation Area: Y Natural vegetation area: Size: 80 Hectares Landscaped Area: Y Total Area: 260 Hectares Latitude: 51.60733 Longitude: -2.21997 Annual Rainfall: 900 mm Altitude: 130.00 Metres Features and Facilities Herbarium: N Arboretum: Y Arboretum Size: 260 Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: N Seed Bank: N Published Plant Catalogue: Y Computer Plant Record System: Y Open to public: Y Friends society: Y Retail Outlet: Shop: Y Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Y Disabled access: Y Number of Visitors: 300000 Number of Volunteers: 200 Plant Collections Accession Number: 15500 Cultivation Taxa Num: 2832 Special Collections:National Collections of: Japanese maple cvs., Acer, Staphylea, Tilia, Juglandaceae Well represented genera of: Pinaceae, Betula, Cornus, Fagus, Ilex, Magnolia, Abies, Fraxinus, Prunus, Rhododendron, Picea. Autumn colouring species Conservation Programmes Conservation Programme: Y Medicinal Plant Programme: N Ex Situ Conservation Programme: N Reintroduction Programme: N Research Programmes We currently have no data on Research Programmes at this garden. Please click here if you can update us Education Programmes Visitor/Education Centre: Y Education Signs in Garden: Y Public Lectures/Talks: Y Education Booklets/Leaflets: Y Guided Tours: Y Permanent Public Displays: Y Special Exhibitions: Y Courses for School Children: Y Courses for General Public: Y