San Diego Botanic Garden

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United States of America - California - Encinitas

Institution Code: QUAIL

BGCI Member: Yes

Victorian Gazebo and Lawn Border
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About the San Diego Botanic Garden

The mission of the San Diego Botanic Garden is to inspire people of all ages to connect with plants and nature.

Main Address:
San Diego Botanic Garden
230 Quail Gardens Drive
P.O. Box 230005
Encinitas
California 92023-0005 United States of America

Telephone: (760) 436-3036 x202
Fax: (760) 632-0917
URL: www.sdbgarden.org
Primary Email: info@sdbgarden.org

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr. Ari Novy, President/CEO
    Curator's Name: Tony Gurnoe, Director of Horticulture
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Jeremy Bugarchich, Curator of Collections
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 8
    Educational Staff Number: 4
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number: 5

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: Yes
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: No
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1961
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 4 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 11 Hectares
  • Total Area: 15 Hectares
    Latitude: 33.0507749
    Longitude: -117.2791450
    Annual Rainfall: 250 mm
    Altitude: 75.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 300 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 400 Metres

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: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 230000
    Number of Volunteers: 200

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 4500
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 3200
  • Special Collections:Agavaceae (154 taxa), genus Agave (100 taxa)
    genus Aloe (209 taxa, 179 species)
    Arecaceae (178 taxa)
    Cycads: Cycadaceae (33 taxa), Stangeriaceae (1 taxon),
    Zamiaceae (187 taxa, 134 species)
    Poaceae (149 taxa)
    Bamboo (26 genera, 112 taxa, 93 species)

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: No
    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: No
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: Yes
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: No
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: No
    Molecular Genetics: No
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: Yes
    Seed/Spore Biology: No
    Sustainability: Yes
    Pharmacology: No
    Agriculture: No
    Land Restoration: No
    Urban Environments: No

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: No
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes
    Courses for General Public: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes