Śląski Ogród Botaniczny w Mikołowie (Silesian Botanical Garden in Mikolow)

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About the Śląski Ogród Botaniczny w Mikołowie (Silesian Botanical Garden in Mikolow)

In 2013 the Silesian Botanical Garden celebrates its 10th anniversary. The idea to create a botanical garden in Mikolow-Mokre arose in 1997. In 1996 a natural resource survey was performed which showed that Mokre, a district of Mikolow, contains a unique natural environment. A wealth of habitats has survived: valuable forest stands of Fiolkowa Gora and two stream valleys: Promna and Jasienica; wetlands and farmlands with contour buffer strips (called czyznia) which are now becoming increasingly rare, limestone excavation pits, ravines and hills, and hundreds of species of plants and animals, including rare and protected ones. Overall, there is a wide array of habitats which are seldom found together within a single area. This location turned out to be perfect for the creation of a botanical garden, one that is mostly arranged by nature itself. It was therefore unnecessary to recreate natural habitats which is so often the case with botanical gardens founded within cities. In 2003 the Silesian Botanical Garden Union of Associations was founded – the entity formally responsible for the construction of the Garden. A crucial moment came in 2006, when, by a decision of the Ministry of the Environment, the Union of Associations was given permission to open the Silesian Botanical Garden. For all these years many people contributed to the creation of this place which would become the green island within the industrial and urbanized Silesia; an institution which would attempt not only to protect nature, but to be a meeting place and an environment suitable for exchanging ideas on all subjects: culture, philosophy, social issues… Finally, the idea was to create a friendly and open space for everyone who simply needs rest and a break from the fast-paced city life.

Main Address:
Śląski Ogród Botaniczny w Mikołowie (Silesian Botanical Garden in Mikolow)
ul. Sosnowa 5
Mikołów
śląskie 43-190 Poland

Telephone: 0048 327797602
Fax:
URL: www.obmikolow.robia.pl
Primary Email: sibg@sibg.org.pl

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Paweł Kojs PhD
    Curator's Name:
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 5
    Educational Staff Number: 5
    Research Staff Number: 4
    Administration Staff Number: 8

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: No
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 2006
  • Physical Data
  • Total Area: 117 Hectares
    Latitude: 50.1758
    Longitude: 18.8447
    Annual Rainfall: 152 mm
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: Silesian Botanical Garden in Radzionków
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: ŚOB
  • Local Address:
  • Locality: City:
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: No
    Arboretum: No
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: No
    Computer Plant Record System: No
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
  • Number of Visitors: 55000

Plant Collections

  • Cultivation Taxa Num: 700
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: No
    Invasive Species Policy: No
    ABS Policy: No
    Plant Collection Policy: No

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

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

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: No
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for School Children: No
    Courses for University/College Students: No
    Courses for General Public: No
    Education Programme: Yes