Benmore Botanic Garden
United Kingdom - Argyll, Scotland - Benmore
Institution Code: E
International Agenda Registrant: Yes
Current BGCI member: No
Giant Redwood Avenue at Benmore Botanic Garden
About the Benmore Botanic Garden
One of the National Botanic Gardens of Scotland. A specialist (satellite) Garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
This is a woodland garden which benefits from the Gulf Stream, so the climate here is damp and humid. Its highest point lies at the top of Benmore Hill, at 137 m (450 ft). More than 650 species, subspecies and hybrids of rhododendron can be found here, as well as a vast range of conifers.
Main Address:
Benmore Botanic Garden
Benmore
Argyll, Scotland PA23 8QU United Kingdom
Telephone Number: 01369 706261
Fax Number: 01369 706369
Web Site: http://www.rbge.org.uk
Institution Email Address: benmore@rbge.org.uk
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- Staff Details
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Director: Professor Stephen Blackmore
Curator: Peter Baxter
Plant Records Officer: Robert Cubey
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Total Staff:
Number of Horticultural Staff: 11
Number of Educational Staff:
Number of Research Staff:
Number of Administration Staff:
- About this Garden
- Institution Type: Botanic Garden
- Status
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Private: No
State: Yes
Educational Establishment: Yes
Municipal: No
Satellite Garden: Yes
- Date Founded: 1929
- Physical Data
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Total Area (in Hectares): 49 hectares
Latitude: 56 2
Longitude: 4 56
Annual Rainfall: 2000 mm
Altitude: 15.00 metres
- Additional Locations
- Satellite Garden Names (including exteral arboreta): This garden is a Specialist (Satellite) Garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Features and Facilities
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Herbarium: No
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Micropropagation/Tissue Culture Facilities: No
Seed Bank: No
Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
Computer Plant Record System: Yes
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Open to the Public: Yes
Society of Friends: Yes
Retail Outlet (shop): Yes
Retail Outlet (plant sales): Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
- Plant Collections
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Number of Living Plant Accessions: 5031
Number of Taxa in Cultivation: 2378
- Special Collections:Rhododendrons
Plant-hunter George Forrest undertook seven major expeditions to western China between 1904 and 1932, and these yielded more than 30 000 specimens and 10 000 seed samples. RBGE desperately wanted to have a west coast site better suited to the cultivation of these new plants. In 1929 the policies around Benmore were given to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
- Conservation Programmes
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Conservation Programme: Yes
Medicinal Plant Programme: No
Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
Reintroduction Programme: No
- Research Programmes
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Conservation - Biology: Yes
Horticulture: 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
