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Malva Permaculture Farm

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Turkey - Istanbul

Institution Code:

BGCI Member: No

ArbNet Accredited: Level I

About the Malva Permaculture Farm

Malva Permaculture Farm is an experimental and educational bio-farm & arboretum located in NW provence of Istanbul.

Its unique location; at a transition zone, at the intersection of Euro-Siberian and Mediterranean climate zone provides for rich biodiversity. Birdlife has declared the region a Key Biodiversity Area (MAR033) due to the figures of migrating white stork either passing above or resting& feeding during their autumn migration.
Bio-certification by Ecocert; Members of BGCI since 2016; and accredited by ArbNet in August 2018.

Main Address:
Malva Permaculture Farm
Camurdere Mevkii No.71
Alipasa Mah Silivri
Istanbul
34570 Turkey

Telephone: +902127101015
Fax:
URL: www.malvapermaculture.com
Primary Email: info@malvapermaculture.com

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Melike Muezzinoglu
    Curator's Name: Melike Muezzinoglu
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Sonay Akincioglu
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 4
    Educational Staff Number: 2
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Other
  • Status
  • Status: Private: Yes
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
  • Date founded: 1983
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 14 Hectares
  • Total Area: 14 Hectares
    Latitude: 41.1248763
    Longitude: 28.1857648
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Malva Permakültür Çiftliği
  • Local Address: Camurdere Mevkii No.71 Alipasa Mah. Silivri
  • Locality: City: Istanbul
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 600
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 14
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: No
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
  • Number of Volunteers: 102

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 4563
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 160
  • Special Collections:A city garden is being created at Malva permaculture with the purpose of avoiding the disappearance of native species already endangered. Malva has a past of more than a decade of organic farming and in the last years has payed attention to permaculture and climate change practices.
    Agricultural biodiversity conservation is one of the stronghold (milestone) of Malva Permaculture. Through agroforestry farm system the preservation of wild animals and native trees occurs. Carbon fixation is maintained in the whole farm with trees and abundance of weeds, through the concept of carbon farming.
    A food forest was recently established, with drought tolerant plants as Aronia and N-fixators as Sambucus spp.
    Pinus rubia, Juglans regia, Fraxinus excelsium, Ulmus glabra, Cedrus atlantica are among species that are being conserved . There are beautiful individuals of Melia azadirachta.
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    ABS Policy: Yes
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

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

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
    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: Yes
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes
    Courses for General Public: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes