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Cambridge University Botanic Garden

United Kingdom - Cambridge
Institution Code: CGG
International Agenda Registration: Y
BGCI Member: Y

Main Address:
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
1 Brookside
Cambridge
cb2 1je United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 (0)1223 336265
Fax: 44 (0)1223 336278
URL: www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/
Primary Email: enquiries@botanic.cam.ac.uk

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  • Staff Details
    • Director's Name: Dr. T. Upson
      Curator's Name: Dr. T. Upson
      Plant Records Officer's Name: Mr. Peter Atkinson
    • Total Staff:
      Horticultural Staff Number:
      Educational Staff Number: 3
      Research Staff Number:
      Administration Staff Number:
  • About the Garden
    • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
    • Status
    • Status: Private: Y
      Status: Educational: Y
    • Physical Data
    • Total Area: 16 Hectares
      Latitude: 52.194368
      Longitude: 0.126369
      Annual Rainfall: 557 mm
      Altitude: 10.00 Metres
  • Features and Facilities
    • Herbarium: Y
    • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: N
      Seed Bank: Y
      Published Plant Catalogue: Y
      Computer Plant Record System: Y
    • Open to public: Y
      Friends society: Y
      Disabled access: Y
    • Number of Visitors: 150000
      Number of Volunteers: 122
  • Plant Collections
    • Accession Number: 16000
    • Special Collections:Betula, Carex, Epheda, Quercus, Viburnum, Sorbus, Tilia, Alchemilla, Bergenia, Fritillaria, Geranium, Lonicera, Ribes, Ruscus, Saxifraga, Prunus, Rosmarinus, Lavandula, Tulipa. Winter flowering hardy plants, geographically arranged rock garden, chronological display of British garden plants, British ecological collection.
  • Conservation Programmes
  • Research Programmes
  • Education Programmes
    • Education Signs in Garden: Y
      Public Lectures/Talks: Y
      Guided Tours: Y
      Courses for School Children: Y
      Courses for General Public: Y