Bergen Botanical Garden

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Norway - Bergen

Institution Code: BG

BGCI Member: Yes

About the Bergen Botanical Garden

Bergen Botanical Garden (BBG) is a new botanic garden at the countryside in Western Norway.

Main Address:
Bergen Botanical Garden
Skipanesveien 45
Bergen
N-5259 Norway

Telephone: + 47 55 58 72 50
Fax:
URL: www.uib.no/hagene
Primary Email: universitetshagene@uib.no

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Berit Gehrke
    Curator's Name: Heidi Lie Andersen
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Reidun Samuelsen
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 5
    Educational Staff Number: 1
    Research Staff Number: 1
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
  • Date founded: 1996
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
  • Total Area: 7 Hectares
    Latitude: 60.24
    Longitude: 5.26
    Annual Rainfall: 2250 mm
    Altitude: 5.00 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Bergen botaniske hage
  • Local Address: Skipanesveien 45 5259 Hjellestad
  • Locality: City: Bergen
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • 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

Plant Collections

  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    Invasive Species Policy: Yes
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

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

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: No
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    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: Yes
    Courses for General Public: Yes
    Education Programme: No