Aullwood Garden MetroPark

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United States of America - Ohio - Englewood

Institution Code:

BGCI Member: No

About the Aullwood Garden MetroPark

Aullwood Garden is an Historic estate garden.

Main Address:
Aullwood Garden MetroPark
930 Aullwood Road
Englewood
Ohio 45414 United States of America

Telephone: (937) 275-7275
Fax:
URL: www.metroparks.org/parks/AullwoodGarden/
Primary Email: kimberly.ballweg@metroparks.org

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Becky Benná, Executive Director, Five Rivers Metroparks
    Curator's Name: Megan Croswell, Horticulturist
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Kim Ballweg, Horticulturist
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 1
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number: 2

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Other
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: No
    Status: Municipal: Yes
    Status: Satellite: No
  • Date founded: 1923
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 8 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 4 Hectares
  • Total Area: 12 Hectares
    Latitude: 39.8678850
    Longitude: -84.2762430
    Annual Rainfall: 812 mm
    Altitude: 227.90 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Aullwood Garden Metropark
  • Local Address: 900 AullwoodRd.
  • Locality: City: Dayton
  • Locality: State: Ohio

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: No
    Arboretum: No
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: No
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: No
  • Number of Visitors: 10000
    Number of Volunteers: 6

Plant Collections

  • Special Collections:Currently updating records by covermapping to document living plant collection.
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    Invasive Species Policy: Yes
    ABS Policy: No
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

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

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: No
    Plant Breeding: No
    Conservation - Biology: No
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: No
    Ecology: No
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: No
    Horticulture: Yes
    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: Yes
    Urban Environments: No

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: No
    Education Signs in Garden: No
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: No
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: No
    Special Exhibitions: No
    Courses for School Children: No
    Courses for University/College Students: No
    Courses for General Public: No
    Education Programme: No