
BGCI: The global network Our work Our supporters and partners Join in Resource centre Education centre Climate change information centre PlantSearch GardenSearch Sign up to our newsletter:	BGCI > Garden Cornell Plantations United States of America - New York - Ithaca Institution Code: BH International Agenda Registrant: No Current BGCI member: No About the Cornell Plantations The purposes of Cornell Plantations are: To hold, manage, protect and enhance the living botanical collections and the natural areas and gorges of Cornell for the benefit and use of the university community and the public. To be a vital center for the plant and natural sciences on campus, presenting and interpreting these sciences through its botanical collections, natural areas, display gardens, and educational programs, and providing resources and opportunities for research, education, and cultural growth for the Cornell community. To represent Cornell among major botanical gardens and arboreta, and to serve as a resource for the people of New York State in fulfillment of Cornell's land grant college mandate. Main Address: Cornell Plantations One Plantations Road Ithaca New York 14850 United States of America Telephone Number: (607) 255-3020, 255-2400 Fax Number: (607) 255-2404 Web Site: www.plantations.cornell.edu Institution Email Address: plantations@cornell.edu Show all data Staff Details Director: Don Rakow, E.N. Wilds Director Curator: Mary Hirshfeld, Director of Horticulture Plant Records Officer: Sarah McNaull, Plant Records Curator About this Garden Institution Type: Botanic Garden Status Educational Establishment: Yes Date Founded: 1935 Physical Data Total Area (in Hectares): 80 hectares Latitude: 42.2600 Longitude: -76.2800 Altitude: 0.00 metres Features and Facilities Arboretum: Yes Arboretum Size: 60 Computer Plant Record System: Yes Open to the Public: Yes Society of Friends: Yes Plant Collections Special Collections:Acer, Cornus, Malus, Paeonia, Quercus, Rhododendron, Syringa, Viburnum, wild flowers (Finger Lake, York State), herbs, heritage crops, groundcover plants, flowering shrubs, herbaceous perennials, ornamental grasses, conifers. Conservation Programmes We currently have no data on Conservation Programmes at this garden. Please click here if you can update us Research Programmes We currently have no data on Research Programmes at this garden. Please click here if you can update us Education Programmes Public Lectures/Talks: Yes Guided Tours: Yes Education Programme: Yes