Dominion Arboretum and Central Experimental Farm
Institution Code: DAO
BGCI Member: No
About the Dominion Arboretum and Central Experimental Farm
located on the Central Experimental Farm of the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, Canada, 45°23'N 75°42'W. Established in 1889, the arboretum is Canada’s oldest. It is operated by the Department with the help of the volunteer Friends of the Farm. It is open to the public on foot sunup to sundown. It occupies 40 hectares (99 acres) and includes about 10,000 kinds of plants. Its special collections of flowering crabs, lilacs, lilies, and hedge plants are as much for experimental work and study as for display to the public. The Dominion Arboretum has three greenhouses, the largest of which (2,760 square m [30,000 square feet]) is used for research. It also has an herbarium containing some 695,000 preserved plant specimens for reference purposes.
Vascular Plant Herbarium - 800,000
National Mycological Herbarium (address as above) - 250,000 specimen - worldwide fungi especially Canada and arctic-alpine; collection of 12,600 fungus cultures.
Main Address:
Dominion Arboretum and Central Experimental Farm
Prince of Wales Drive
Ottawa
Ontario K1A 0C6 Canada
Telephone: (613) 230-3276
Fax: (613) 230-1238
URL: www.friendsofthefarm.ca
Primary Email: info@friendsofthefarm.ca