
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 The Balkan Botanic Garden at Kroussia Mountains Greece - Thessaloniki Garden Information Institution Code: BBGK International Agenda Registration: Y BGCI Member: Y Main Address: The Balkan Botanic Garden at Kroussia Mountains Agricultural Research Center of Macedonia and Thrace, Laboratory of Conservation and Evaluation of the Native and Floricultural Species, PO Box 60 125 Thessaloniki 570 01 Greece Telephone: + 30 2310 471613 Fax: + 30 2310 478907 URL: www.bbgk.gr Primary Email: bbgk@bbgk.gr Staff Details Director's Name: Dr Maloupa Eleni Curator's Name: Maloupa Eleni Plant Records Officer's Name: About the Garden Institution Type: Other Status Status: State: Y Status: Educational: Y Date founded: 2001 Physical Data Natural Vegetation Area: Y Natural vegetation area: Size: 15 Hectares Total Area: 34 Hectares Latitude: 40.6398 Longitude: 22.9322 Altitude: 620.00 Metres Locality: Information Locality: Garden Name: 箩腙犴殛 嘛翎黹挈� 兽痫� 蜀秕篌啭� Local Address: 箩腙犴殛 嘛翎黹挈� 兽痫� 蜀秕篌啭�. 盆黹挈轰聃灬零耧糸贽� 格艴磲�. 瘦眙耧缅汩贽� 格艴磲� 提赍滹磉狎 - 锐荜珧. 篷汜篝揆轱旭矬翎筮狎赆� 令轱痫哏箸� 刘麸鲺 赆� 另栾觑扉掰� 砰濑�. 容耢� 57 001 儒篌犭镯哧� Locality: City: Locality: State: Features and Facilities Herbarium: Y Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 1400 Arboretum: Y Arboretum Size: 4 Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Y Seed Bank: Y Published Plant Catalogue: Y Computer Plant Record System: Y Open to public: Y Friends society: Y Plant Collections Accession Number: 900 Cultivation Taxa Num: 4300 Special Collections:Greek and Balkan native plant species. Native trees and shrubs from the region. Herbaceous perennials, old varieties of fruit trees, local plants of ethnobotanical importance and interest, rock plants, ferns, Campanula species, wetland plants, annual weeds of arable land. Special displays: Scents and forms of thyme, What is the sage?, Are plants innocent, Hortus officinarum, Silver garden, Coastal garden, Ornamental beds, White lillies, Endemic,rare and endangered plants of Greece and/or the Balkans. Important species of the Natura 2000 Network. Conservation Programmes Medicinal Plant Programme: Y Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Y Research Programmes Biotechnology: Y Conservation - Biology: Y Conservation - Genetics: Y Ecology: Y Ecosystem Conservation: Y Education: Y Exploration: Y Floristics: Y Horticulture: Y Invasive Species Biology and Control: Y Molecular Genetics: Y Systematics and Taxonomy: Y Urban Environments: Y 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	Journal Articles Anti-Wrinkle Creams and Rock Candy November 2006 The Balkan Botanic Garden in the Kroussia Mountains, Greece December 2001 Related News Are There Any Greek Endemics in Your Garden? 7th November 2007