Harji-Van Botanic Garden And Park

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BGCI Member: Yes

About the Harji-Van Botanic Garden And Park

India s first of its kind botanic garden with multi functional activities in agriculture. Horticulture. Gardening. Practical training centre. Horticulture therapy center. Research and development . garden tourism. And center for excellence. a place of tropical plant study and have short internship welcome for students and enthusiastic people of the field.

Main Address:
Harji-Van Botanic Garden And Park
Gangavo dunger Village : Thala .
Village : Thala , Taluka : Sihor
Bhavnagar
Gujarat 364001 India

Telephone: +919925700949
Fax:
URL: www.hbgpark.com
Primary Email: vickplants@yahoo.com

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Vikram H. Baraiya
    Curator's Name: Sanjay Bhatt.
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Janvi V. Baraiya
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 2
    Educational Staff Number: 2
    Research Staff Number: 2
    Administration Staff Number: 3

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: Yes
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: Yes
  • Date founded: 2014
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 6 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 6 Hectares
  • Total Area: 50 Hectares
    Latitude: 21.549791
    Longitude: 72.012953
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 4005 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 4005 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Harji-Van Botanic Garden And Park.
  • Local Address: Gamgavo Dunger, Village Thala , Taluka Sihor Dist. Bhavnagar.
  • Locality: City: Bhavnagar
  • Locality: State: Gujratat. India.

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 25
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 10
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: No
    Computer Plant Record System: No
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 5000

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 5700
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 50
  • Special Collections:we are focousation on 1. Commercial timpber wood plantation in dry tropical condition
    2. Rock Garden Plants
    3. tropical fruit plants
    4. rare and endangered plants of the region
    5, plant conservation
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    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: Yes
    Conservation - Biology: No
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: Yes
    Floristics: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: No
    Molecular Genetics: No
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: Yes
    Seed/Spore Biology: Yes
    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: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: No
    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