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Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden

Thailand - Chiang Mai
Institution Code: BKF
International Agenda Registrant: Yes
Current BGCI member: Yes
About the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
In 1992, the Thai Government set up the Botanical Garden Organization (BGO) to strengthen botanical research and ex situ conservation of Thailand valuable plant resource. The BGO has a status of a state enterprise under the Prime Minister’s Office. In October 2002, as the result of state sectors reform, the BGO was transferred to be under the responsibility of a new Ministry - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden (QSBG), or formerly known as Mae Sa Botanic Garden, is the first botanical garden of the country at international standards for there are scientific basis and purposes for the collections, and the provision of botanical education and research. In 1994, the BGO received the honor from HM the Queen to grant a royal permission to name this northern botanic garden after Her Majesty ‘s name as “Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden”.

The main objectives of the Garden are to serve as a center of Thai flora for botanical study and research, to render services concerning biodiversity and environmental conservation, as well as to provide an aesthetic place for the general public.

Main Address:
Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
P.O. Box 7
Mae Rim
Chiang Mai
50180 Thailand
Telephone Number: 66 53 841 000
Fax Number: 66 53 841 111
Web Site: www.qsbg.org
Institution Email Address: bgo@qsbg.org

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  • Staff Details
    • Director: Weerachai Nanakorn, Ph.D.
      Curator:
      Plant Records Officer:
  • About this Garden
    • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
    • Status
    • Private: No
      State: Yes
      Educational Establishment: Yes
      Satellite Garden: Yes
    • Date Founded: 1993
    • Physical Data
    • Natural Vegetation Area (inside BG): Yes
      Size of Area: 900 hectares
    • Landscaped Area: Yes
      Size of Area: 50 hectares
    • Total Area (in Hectares): 1 hectares
      Latitude: 18.6949
      Longitude: 98.7897
      Altitude: 158.00 metres
    • Local Information
    • Garden Name: สวนพฤกษศาสตร์สมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์
    • Address: 100 หมู่ 9 ตำบลแม่แรม
    • City: จังหวัดเชียงใหม่
    • State: อำเภอ แม่ริม
  • Features and Facilities
    • Herbarium: Yes
      Arboretum: Yes
      Arboretum Size: 25
    • Micropropagation/Tissue Culture Facilities: Yes
      Computer Plant Record System: Yes
    • Open to the Public: Yes
      Retail Outlet (plant sales): Yes
  • Plant Collections
  • Conservation Programmes
    • Conservation Programme: Yes
      Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
      Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
      Reintroduction Programme: Yes
  • Research Programmes
    • Biotechnology: Yes
      Conservation - Biology: Yes
      Conservation - Genetics: Yes
      Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
      Education: Yes
      Ethnobotany: Yes
      Exploration: Yes
      Horticulture: Yes
      Molecular Genetics: Yes
      Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
  • Education Programmes
    • Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
      Education Signs in Garden: Yes
      Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
      Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
      Permanent Public Displays: Yes
      Special Exhibitions: Yes
      Courses for School Children: Yes
      Courses for General Public: Yes