Brisbane Botanic Gardens

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Institution Code: TOOW

BGCI Member: Yes

About the Brisbane Botanic Gardens

The Brisbane Botanic Gardens at Mt Coot-tha are Queensland's premier subtropical botanic gardens. These 56 hectare gardens are situated seven kilometres from the city centre.
The Brisbane Botanic Gardens officially opened in 1976. Work to build these gardens at the foot of Mount Coot-tha began in 1970.

Brisbane City Council established a second botanic gardens in 1970. The historic City Botanic Gardens was established in 1855 and Sherwood Arboretum was established in 1925.

Plant collections at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coo-tha include a series of distinctly different gardens arranged in themes and geographical displays. The City Botanic Gardens house some of the oldest Queensland Native and exotic plants in Australia, whilst Sherwood Arboretum is home to over 1,150 Australian native trees.

Main Address:
Brisbane Botanic Gardens
Mt Coot-tha Road
Toowong
Queensland 4066 Australia

Telephone: +(07) 617 3403 2535
Fax: +(07) 617 3403 2552
URL: http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/botanicgardens.
Primary Email: botanicgardens@brisbane.qld.gov.au

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Curator
    Curator's Name: Dale Arvidsson
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Ross Demuth
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 34
    Educational Staff Number: 10
    Research Staff Number: 2
    Administration Staff Number: 9

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: Yes
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1976
  • Physical Data
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 56 Hectares
  • Total Area: 56 Hectares
    Latitude: -27.4767276
    Longitude: 152.9753942
    Annual Rainfall: 1200 mm
    Altitude: 38.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 100 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 200 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: City Botanic Gardens Sherwood Arboretum

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 15
  • 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: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 15000000
    Number of Volunteers: 120

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 15000
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 3988
  • Special Collections:70% of collection is Australian flora.
    African Region Plants
    American Region Plants
    Pacific Flora
    Bonsai Collection
    Arid Region Plants
    Australian Plants Communities
    Queensland Conservation Collection
    Temperate Region Plants
    Bougainvillea Collection
    Bamboo Collection
    Australian Rainforest collection
    Japanese Garden
    Fern House
    Tropical Display Dome
    Bromeliad Collection
    Exotic Rainforest collection
    Conifer Collection
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    Invasive Species Policy: Yes
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: No
    Plant Breeding: No
    Conservation - Biology: No
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: No
    Ecosystem Conservation: No
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: No
    Horticulture: Yes
    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: Yes
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for School Children: No
    Courses for University/College Students: No
    Courses for General Public: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes