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Marsabit Botanical Gardens

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Kenya - Kenya - Marsabit

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About the Marsabit Botanical Gardens

Marsabit botanical garden was started by young environmental conservationist Galgallo Roba.The garden is situated in driib gombo on 5 hectares of land,13 km from marsabit town.The garden contains different species of trees, flowers, schrubs, grasses and medicinal plants from marsabit and other areas.

Main Address:
Marsabit Botanical Gardens
345
345-60500
Marsabit
Kenya 60500 Kenya

Telephone: +254701015978
Fax:
URL:
Primary Email: marsabitbotanicalgarden001@gmail.com

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Galgallo Roba Guyo
    Curator's Name: Guyatu Ali
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Diid Guyo
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number:
    Educational Staff Number: 1
    Research Staff Number: 1
    Administration Staff Number: 1

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: 2020
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 5 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 1 Hectares
  • Total Area: 5 Hectares
    Latitude: 2.303657
    Longitude: 38.04363
    Annual Rainfall: 846 mm
    Altitude: 1350.00 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 100 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: 1 Nagayo upper hill conservation site
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name:
  • Local Address:
  • Locality: City: Marsabit
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Arboretum: Yes
  • 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: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: No

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 200
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 150
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    Invasive Species Policy: 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: Yes
    Plant Breeding: Yes
    Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: No
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: Yes
    Exploration: Yes
    Floristics: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
    Molecular Genetics: No
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: No
    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: 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