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Nairobi Physic Garden

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Kenya - Nairobi

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Nairobi Physic Garden aerial view
Nairobi Physic Garden aerial view

About the Nairobi Physic Garden

The Nairobi Physic Garden is a medicinal plant garden. It contains indigenous and exotic plants, all of which have medicinal qualities.

It is open to the public by appointment, and as a botanic garden, we aim to increase the awareness of the medicinal uses of local plants, and to remind people of their longstanding traditions and culture.

Main Address:
Nairobi Physic Garden
#3 Kwarara Road
Ndege Road, Karen
Nairobi
00502 Kenya

Telephone: +(254) 0722510434
Fax:
URL:
Primary Email: deborahmarvincoulson@gmail.com

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Deborah Coulson
    Curator's Name: Deborah Coulson
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 4
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: Yes
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 2017
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: No
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
  • Latitude: -1.353160
    Longitude: 36.725150
    Altitude: 1828.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 175
    Arboretum: No
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: No
    Computer Plant Record System: No
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: Yes

Plant Collections

  • Cultivation Taxa Num: 200
  • Special Collections:The garden contains African indigenous plant species, and exotic species. All of which are medicinal or healing plants.
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    Invasive Species Policy: Yes
    ABS Policy: Yes
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
    Reintroduction Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: No
    Plant Breeding: No
    Conservation - Biology: No
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: No
    Ecology: No
    Ecosystem Conservation: No
    Education: No
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: No
    Horticulture: No
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: No
    Molecular Genetics: No
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: No
    Seed/Spore Biology: No
    Systematics and Taxonomy: No
    Sustainability: No
    Pharmacology: No
    Agriculture: No
    Land Restoration: No
    Urban Environments: No

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: No
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: No
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: No
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: No
    Courses for School Children: No
    Courses for University/College Students: No
    Courses for General Public: No
    Education Programme: No