Stavanger Botanic Garden

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Norway - Stavanger

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BGCI Member: Yes

View from the Perennial Garden
View from the Perennial Garden

About the Stavanger Botanic Garden

The Stavanger Botanic Garden was established in 1978 and includes 12 hectares of garden and parkland. The botanic garden is owned and operated by the City of Stavanger.

Main Address:
Stavanger Botanic Garden
Rektor Natvig Pedersens vei 9
Stavanger
N-4021 Norway

Telephone: +47 51507861
Fax:
URL: http://www.stavanger.kommune.no/botaniskhage
Primary Email: sbh@stavanger.kommune.no

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: -
    Curator's Name: Anne-Cathrine Scheen, Curator
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 3
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number: 1
    Administration Staff Number:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Municipal: Yes
  • Date founded: 1978
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
  • Total Area: 12 Hectares
    Latitude: 58.93923
    Longitude: 5.70255
    Altitude: 60.00 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Stavanger botaniske hage
  • Local Address:
  • Locality: City:
  • Locality: State:

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: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 2500
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 2000
  • Special Collections:The Geographic Garden contains species from other parts of the world where the climate is similar to that of the Stavanger area.

    The Herb Garden contains a variety of medicinal and poisonous plants, culinary herbs, plants used for dying and plants used for tea. You will also find a selection of traditional and modern vegetables.

    The Perennial Garden contains herbaceous and mixed borders with species of interest to gardeners particularly in southwestern Norway.
  • ABS Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

  • Reintroduction Programme: No

Research Programmes

Education Programmes

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