Palmengarten der Stadt Frankfurt am Main

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Germany - Deutschland - Frankfurt am Main

Institution Code: FRP

BGCI Member: Yes

About the Palmengarten der Stadt Frankfurt am Main

Palmengarten is the largest botanical garden of the city of Frankfurt. It has a small library and a herbarium.

Main Address:
Palmengarten der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Siesmayerstrasse 61
Frankfurt am Main
D-60323 Germany - Deutschland

Telephone: +49 69 212-33383
Fax: +49 69 212-37856
URL: www.palmengarten.de
Primary Email: clemens.bayer@stadt-frankfurt.de

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr. Katja Heubach
    Curator's Name: Dr. Clemens Bayer, Dr. Hilke Steinecke, Dr. Marco Schmidt
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Martina Jacobi
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 70
    Educational Staff Number: 4
    Research Staff Number: 2
    Administration Staff Number: 10

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Municipal: Yes
  • Date founded: 1868
  • Physical Data
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 20 Hectares
  • Total Area: 22 Hectares
    Latitude: 50.1236
    Longitude: 8.6628
    Annual Rainfall: 657 mm
    Altitude: 110.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Arboretum: Yes
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: Yes
    Seed Bank: Yes
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 800000
    Number of Volunteers: 60

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 20000
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 15000
  • Special Collections:special collections on Agave, Aloe, Amorphophallus, Arecaceae, azaleas, Begonia, Bromeliaceae, Camellia, Canna, carnivorous plants, Citrus, Cycadales, flora of the Namib, flora of subantarctic regions, flora of Madagascar, Fuchsia, Haworthia, Notocacteae, Pachypodium, Paeonia, Pelargonium, Sansevieria, tropical Orchidaceae, Uncarina

Conservation Programmes

  • Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Pollination Biology: Yes
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    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