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University of Washington Botanic Gardens

United States of America - Washington - Seattle
Institution Code: WTU
International Agenda Registration: N
BGCI Member: Y
About the University of Washington Botanic Gardens
More than 320 acres of gardens and woodlands -- including one of the oldest arboretums this side of the Mississippi -- and one of the West Coast's largest horticulture centers and libraries collectively fit under the umbrella "University of Washington Botanic Gardens."

The botanic gardens include the Washington Park Arboretum, Center for Urban Horticulture, Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Otis Hyde Herbarium and Union Bay Natural Area, all of which retain their individual names. The UW owns and manages the plant collections in the Washington Park Arboretum and works cooperatively with the city and the nonprofit Arboretum Foundation there.

The mission of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens is "sustaining managed to natural ecosystems and the human spirit through plant research, display and education." Conservation and research programs currently include the Rare Plant Care and Conservation Program -- a member of the national Center for Plant Conservation -- and restoration ecology where scientists are learning how to rehabilitate degraded ecosystems.

The University of Washington Botanic Gardens is a unit of the UW School of Environmental & Forest Science.

Main Address:
University of Washington Botanic Gardens
3501 NE 41st Street
Mailing: University of Washington, Box 358010
Seattle
Washington 98195-8010 United States of America
Telephone: (206) 543-8616
Fax: (206) 685-2692
URL: www.uwbotanicgardens.org
Primary Email: uwbg@uw.edu

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  • Staff Details
    • Director's Name: Dr. Sarah Reichard, Director
      Curator's Name:
      Plant Records Officer's Name: Keith Ferguson, Plant Registrar
    • Total Staff:
      Horticultural Staff Number: 8
      Educational Staff Number: 3
      Research Staff Number:
      Administration Staff Number: 2
  • About the Garden
    • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
    • Status
    • Status: State: Y
      Status: Educational: Y
    • Date founded: 1934
    • Physical Data
    • Natural Vegetation Area: Y
    • Total Area: 130 Hectares
      Latitude: 47.6580460
      Longitude: -122.2886900
      Annual Rainfall: 952 mm
      Altitude: 5.00 Metres
  • Features and Facilities
    • Herbarium: Y
      Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 20000
      Arboretum: Y
      Arboretum Size: 93
    • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Y
      Seed Bank: Y
      Computer Plant Record System: Y
    • Open to public: Y
      Friends society: Y
      Retail Outlet: Shop: Y
      Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Y
    • Number of Visitors: 320000
      Number of Volunteers: 500
  • Plant Collections
    • Cultivation Taxa Num: 4310
    • Special Collections:Aceraceae, Caprifoliaceae, Ericaceae, Fagaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Leguminosae, Pinaceae, Rosaceae, Acer (68 spp., 270 taxa), Camellia (12 spp., 232 taxa), Ilex (34 spp., 163 taxa), Magnolia (32 spp., 107 taxa), Pinus (58 spp., 93 taxa), Prunus (55 spp., 113
  • Conservation Programmes
    • Conservation Programme: Y
      Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Y
      Reintroduction Programme: Y
  • Research Programmes
    • Conservation - Biology: Y
      Ecology: Y
      Ecosystem Conservation: Y
      Education: Y
      Land Restoration: Y
      Urban Environments: Y
  • Education Programmes