
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 Dunedin Botanic Garden New Zealand - Dunedin Garden Information Institution Code: DUN International Agenda Registration: N BGCI Member: Y View of Winter Garden from Arboretum Main Address: Dunedin Botanic Garden Dunedin City Council P O Box 5045 Dunedin 9058 New Zealand Telephone: 64 (0)3 477 4000 Fax: 64-(0)3 473 9240 URL: www.cityofdunedin.com/city/?page=bg_about Primary Email: botanic@cityofdunedin.com Staff Details Director's Name: Alan Matchett Curator's Name: Plant Records Officer's Name: Tom Myers Total Staff: Horticultural Staff Number: 21 Educational Staff Number: 1 Research Staff Number: Administration Staff Number: 6 About the Garden Institution Type: Botanic Garden Status Status: Private: N Status: State: N Status: Educational: Y Status: Municipal: Y Status: Satellite: N Status: Trust: N Date founded: 1863 Physical Data Natural Vegetation Area: Y Natural vegetation area: Size: 10 Hectares Landscaped Area: Y Landscaped Area: Size: 18 Hectares Total Area: 28 Hectares Latitude: -45.857458 Longitude: 170.521135 Annual Rainfall: 926 mm Altitude: 200.00 Metres Locality: Information Locality: Garden Name: Local Address: Corner of Great King Street and Opoho Road Locality: City: Dunedin Locality: State: Features and Facilities Herbarium: Y Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 1000 Arboretum: Y Arboretum Size: 8 Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: N Seed Bank: N Published Plant Catalogue: N Computer Plant Record System: Y Open to public: Y Friends society: Y Retail Outlet: Shop: N Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Y Disabled access: Y Number of Visitors: 250000 Number of Volunteers: 46 Plant Collections Accession Number: 18000 Special Collections:Native flora and cultivars (>1350), Rhododendron (>500 spp.), trees and shrub collection, Brachyglottis spp. and cvs, alpines, hebes, pittosporums, conifers, herbaceous geographical collections: Australia (530 spp. of which 110 native to Tasmania and 35 cvs GreviStudbook for kea, the native bird Conservation Programmes Conservation Programme: N Medicinal Plant Programme: N Ex Situ Conservation Programme: N Reintroduction Programme: N Research Programmes We currently have no data on Research Programmes at this garden. Please click here if you can update us Education Programmes Visitor/Education Centre: Y Education Signs in Garden: Y Public Lectures/Talks: Y Education Booklets/Leaflets: Y Guided Tours: Y Permanent Public Displays: Y Courses for General Public: Y Education Programme: Y