Arborétum Borová hora

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Slovakia - Zvolen

Institution Code: ZVOLE

BGCI Member: No

About the Arborétum Borová hora

V I S I T O R I N F O R M A T I O N
Opened: Monday to Friday from 7.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.

Admission fee: adult 2 € child 1 €

Coming to :
by car - from a downtown towards Podborová about 2 km

by bus from:
- the railway / bus station No. 6, 19, 22
- the Centrum shoping centre No. 4, 5, 6, 19, 22

Main Address:
Arborétum Borová hora
Technická univerzita
Borovianska cesta 2171 / 66
Zvolen
960 53 Slovakia

Telephone: +421-045-5320 814
Fax: +421-045-5322 051
URL: http://www.arboretum.sk
Primary Email: arbbh@vsld.tuzvo.sk

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Doc.Ing. Ivan Lukáčik, PhD.
    Curator's Name: dr. Ivana Sarvašová
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Ing. Vladimír Ježovič
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 2
    Educational Staff Number: 2
    Research Staff Number: 2
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
  • Date founded: 1965
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 25 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 40 Hectares
  • Total Area: 48 Hectares
    Latitude: 48.3500
    Longitude: 19.1000
    Annual Rainfall: 714 mm
    Altitude: 290.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 270 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 48
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 7

Plant Collections

  • Cultivation Taxa Num: 933
  • Special Collections:Trees and shrubs(933 taxa), particulary native trees of Slovakia, including a wide representation of intraspecific and geographical variants. Roses (726 varieties), including 194 bred in Czech and Slovak republic), cacti and other succulents (700 taxa).

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

  • Plant Breeding: Yes
    Conservation - Genetics: Yes
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes