Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi
Turkey - Istanbul
Institution Code: TEMA
BGCI Member: Yes
About the Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi
Privately funded (ANG Foundation) Botanic Garden in a motorway intersection. Parcels of land connected by tunnels or foot bridges. Situated on the Asian side of Istanbul in a rapidly developing residential area.
NGBB is the central hub for Turkish floristic studies. Checklist of vascular plants published 2012. New Illustrated Flora of Türkiye Volume 1, 2 and 3a published 2014, 2018, 2022. Checklist of Bryophytes(2017), Checklist of Lichens(2017), Checklist of Algea(2019) and Checklist of Fungi(2020) published. Bacteria list studies continue. Botanical illustration courses, horticultural training (certificate in practical horticulture).
Large Turkish geophyte collection. Children's garden. Schools programmes. A lake representing Bosphorus. Amphitheatre. 18cent. mansion garden. The Istanbul island is opened in 2010. Arboretum in 2011, Oak collection in 2014. Anatolian island is opened in 2015. Thrace island is opened in 2016.
Plant Collections: medicinal, aromatic, edible and dye plants, dry and halophytic, crevice and rock gardens, geophytes, woody plants, Turkish native and endemic species.
Correspondence Address: Ali Nihat Gökyiğit Vakfı, Nisbetiye Mahallesi, Belediye Sitesi Yolu Sokak, Menekşe 3 Blok, No 8 Daire 1, 34340 Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Türkiye
Main Address:
Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi
Çamlık Mahallesi Şenol Güneş Bulvarı, No: 9
Ümraniye
Istanbul
34774 Turkey
Telephone: +90 (216) 456 4437
Fax: +90 (216) 456 4438
URL: www.ngbb.org.tr
Primary Email: info@ngbb.org.tr