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Prague Botanic Garden / Botanicka Zahrada Praha

Czech Republic - Troja - Prague

Institution Code: PRAZ

International Agenda Registration: Y
BGCI Member: Y

Prague Botanic Garden has its own vineyard <br> and produces wines.
Prague Botanic Garden has its own vineyard
and produces wines.

Main Address:
Prague Botanic Garden / Botanicka Zahrada Praha
Nadvorni 134
Prague
Troja 171 00 Czech Republic

Telephone: +420 234 148 111
Fax: +420 233 542 629
URL: www.botanicka.cz
Primary Email: info@botanicka.cz

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: RNDr. Oldrich Vacek, CSc.
    Curator's Name: Eva Smrzova
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Pavel Sekerka
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 30
    Educational Staff Number: 5
    Research Staff Number: 8
    Administration Staff Number: 15

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Municipal: Y
  • Date founded: 1969
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Y
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 30 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Y
    Landscaped Area: Size: 15 Hectares
  • Total Area: 47 Hectares
    Latitude: 50.1209
    Longitude: 14.4208
    Annual Rainfall: 500 mm
    Altitude: 230.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 2200 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Y
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Y
    Computer Plant Record System: Y
  • Open to public: Y
    Friends society: Y
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Y
    Disabled access: Y
  • Number of Visitors: 280000

Plant Collections

  • Cultivation Taxa Num: 18000
  • Special Collections:Bulb and tuber plants of Mediterranean
    Carnivorous plants
    Tropical plants
    Peony collection
    Winter hard cacti collection
    Ornamental perennials collection
    Colection of winter hard bamboo
    Japanese garden

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Y
    Medicinal Plant Programme: Y
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Y

Research Programmes

  • Conservation - Biology: Y
    Ecosystem Conservation: Y
    Education: Y
    Horticulture: Y
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Y

Education Programmes

  • 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
    Courses for University/College Students: Y
    Courses for General Public: Y
    Education Programme: Y
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