Jardin des Plantes de Nantes

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Institution Code: NTM

BGCI Member: Yes

About the Jardin des Plantes de Nantes

Location: Nantes
Founded: 1688
Garden Name: Jardin des Plantes
Address: Ville de Nantes – Jardin des Plantes, 2 rue de l’Hotel de Ville, 44094 Nantes, France
Situated: 15, rue Gambetta, 44000 NANTES
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium sp 7000

Main Address:
Jardin des Plantes de Nantes
Ville de Nantes
2 rue de l’Hotel de Ville
Nantes
44094 France

Telephone: 02 40 41 90 09
Fax:
URL: https://jardins.nantes.fr/N/Jardin/Parcs-Jardins/Plus/116/Jardin-des-Plantes.asp
Primary Email: jardin-botanique@mairie-nantes.fr

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Mrs Claire Marcadet
    Curator's Name: Mr Aurélien Bour
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 21
    Educational Staff Number: 1
    Research Staff Number: 1
    Administration Staff Number: 2

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: Yes
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1688
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 1 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 5 Hectares
  • Total Area: 7 Hectares
    Latitude: 47.3825
    Longitude: 1.6275
    Annual Rainfall: 800 mm
    Altitude: 15.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 800 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: Serres d'agronomie tropicale du Grand Blottereau
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Grand Blottereau
  • Local Address: 14, chemin du Ponceau, 44 000 NANTES
  • Locality: City: NANTES
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 7000
    Arboretum: No
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 2300000

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 10000
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 8000
  • Special Collections:Magnolia, Camellia, Epiphytes, Useful tropical plants, Armorican flora ...
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: No
    Invasive Species Policy: No
    ABS Policy: No
    Plant Collection Policy: No

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
    Reintroduction Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

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

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: No
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    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: Yes