The Balkan Botanic Garden at Kroussia Mountains
Greece - Thessaloniki
Institution Code: BBGK
International Agenda Registrant: Yes
Current BGCI member: Yes
Main Address:
The Balkan Botanic Garden at Kroussia Mountains
Agricultural Research Center of Macedonia and Thrace, Laboratory of Conservation and Evaluation of the Native and Floricultural Species,
PO Box 60 125
Thessaloniki
570 01 Greece
Telephone Number: + 30 2310 471613
Fax Number: + 30 2310 478907
Web Site: www.bbgk.gr
Institution Email Address: bbgk@bbgk.gr
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- Staff Details
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Director: Dr Maloupa Eleni
Curator: Maloupa Eleni
Plant Records Officer:
- About this Garden
- Institution Type: Other
- Status
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State: Yes
Educational Establishment: Yes
- Date Founded: 2001
- Physical Data
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Natural Vegetation Area (inside BG): Yes
Size of Area: 15 hectares
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Total Area (in Hectares): 34 hectares
Latitude: 41
Longitude: 23
Altitude: 620.00 metres
- Local Information
- Garden Name: 箩腙犴殛 嘛翎黹挈� 兽痫� 蜀秕篌啭�
- Address: 箩腙犴殛 嘛翎黹挈� 兽痫� 蜀秕篌啭�.
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- Features and Facilities
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Herbarium: Yes
Number of Specimens in Herbarium: 1400
Arboretum: Yes
Arboretum Size: 4
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Micropropagation/Tissue Culture Facilities: Yes
Seed Bank: Yes
Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
Computer Plant Record System: Yes
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Open to the Public: Yes
Society of Friends: Yes
- Plant Collections
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Number of Living Plant Accessions: 900
Number of Taxa in Cultivation: 4300
- Special Collections:Greek and Balkan native plant species. Native trees and shrubs from the region. Herbaceous perennials, old varieties of fruit trees, local plants of ethnobotanical importance and interest, rock plants, ferns, Campanula species, wetland plants, annual weeds of arable land.
Special displays: Scents and forms of thyme, What is the sage?, Are plants innocent, Hortus officinarum, Silver garden, Coastal garden, Ornamental beds, White lillies, Endemic,rare and endangered plants of Greece and/or the Balkans. Important species of the Natura 2000 Network.
- Conservation Programmes
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Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
- Research Programmes
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Biotechnology: Yes
Conservation - Biology: Yes
Conservation - Genetics: Yes
Ecology: Yes
Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
Education: Yes
Exploration: Yes
Floristics: Yes
Horticulture: Yes
Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
Molecular Genetics: Yes
Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
Urban Environments: Yes
- Education Programmes
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Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
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
