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Atlanta Botanical Garden
United States of America - Georgia - Atlanta
Institution Code: ATLAN
International Agenda Registrant: No
Current BGCI member: Yes
About the Atlanta Botanical Garden
The Atlanta Botanical Garden is an urban, non-profit Garden located just three miles from the city center in midtown Atlanta. Because of its proximity to downtown, the Garden is well situated and hosts a wide variety of public and private events and exhibitions. It occupies 30-acres adjacent to Piedmont Park, the most heavily-used public park in the city. The Garden encompasses 13 acres of woodland and 15 acres of cultivated gardens. Included among these gardens are two acres for the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Children’s Garden (1999), along with the Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory (1989), the Fuqua Orchid Center and Center for Education and Conservation(2002), Gardenhouse, the administrative center (1985), and Mershon Hall for youth education and meeting room(2003). The Garden was organized by a grassroots group of citizens in the mid-1970s without benefit of financial bequest nor estate grounds, and is privately funded under the leadership of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Director, Mary Pat Matheson. Responsiveness to the surrounding community has always been its touchstone. In Nov, 2007 the Green Expansion Plan broke ground, to build a LEED-certified Visitor Center with green roof, a green parking facility tucked into a steep hillside, a Canopy Walk soaring 40 feet into the tree canopy, a 95,000 gallon cistern to harvest stormwater runoff including a cascade and edible plant gardens.
Smithgall Woodland Garden is a 185-acre satellite garden 60 miles northeast in Gainesville, Georgia, scheduled to open to the public in 2009.
Main Address:
Atlanta Botanical Garden
1345 Piedmont Ave, NE
Atlanta
Georgia 30309-3366 United States of America
Telephone Number: 1 404 876 5859
Fax Number: 1 404 876 7472
Web Site: http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org
Institution Email Address: postmaster@atlantabotanicalgarden.org
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- Staff Details
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Director: Mary Pat Matheson
Curator: Mildred Pinnell Fockele and Ron Determann
Plant Records Officer: Michael Wenzel
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Total Staff:
Number of Horticultural Staff: 21
Number of Educational Staff: 4
Number of Research Staff: 4
Number of Administration Staff: 20
- About this Garden
- Institution Type: Botanic Garden
- Status
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Private: Yes
State: No
Educational Establishment: No
Municipal: No
Satellite Garden: Yes
Trust Administered: No
- Date Founded: 1976
- Physical Data
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Natural Vegetation Area (inside BG): Yes
Size of Area: 5 hectares
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Landscaped Area: Yes
Size of Area: 6 hectares
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Total Area (in Hectares): 11 hectares
Latitude: 33.65N
Longitude: 84.23W
Annual Rainfall: 1275 mm
Altitude: 280.00 metres
Total Area Under Glass: 3902 metres
Total Area Under Shade: 72843 metres
- Additional Locations
- Satellite Garden Names (including exteral arboreta): Smithgall Woodland Garden, Gainesville, Georgia, USA 185- acres (75 hectares) projected opening 2009
- Local Information
- Garden Name: Smithgall Woodland Garden
- Address: 351 Lakehill Drive
Gainesville, Georgia, 30501
USA
770-287-0479
- City: Gainesville
- State: Georgia
- Features and Facilities
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Herbarium: No
Arboretum: Yes
Arboretum Size: 6
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Micropropagation/Tissue Culture Facilities: Yes
Seed Bank: Yes
Published Plant Catalogue: No
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): No
Disabled Access: Yes
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Number of Visitors: 350000
Number of Volunteers: 600
- Plant Collections
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Number of Living Plant Accessions: 20
Number of Taxa in Cultivation: 12
- Special Collections:Acer (NAPCC co-holder), Araceae, Arecaceae, carnivorous plants: including Dionaea, Drosera, Heliamphora, Nepenthes, Pinguicula, Sarracenia (NAPCC holder), Utricularia; Coniferales, Epimedium, Ericaceae, Ferns, Gesneriaceae, Hamamelidaceae: particularly Hamamelis; Hosta, Hydrangeaceae, Iris, Magnoliaceae, Orchidaceae, Rosa, Theaceae: particularly Camellia; Tricyrtis, Trillium; southeastern USA native flora; Madagascar spiny forest flora: including Didieraceae, Onchorina & Pachypodium, old world tropical island flora: particularly Borneo, New Caledonia & Sumatra; old world succulent flora: largely Aloeaceae, Crassulaceae & Euphorbiaceae; plants of economic importance
- Conservation Programmes
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Conservation Programme: Yes
Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
Reintroduction Programme: Yes
- Research Programmes
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Biotechnology: Yes
Plant Breeding: No
Conservation - Biology: Yes
Conservation - Genetics: Yes
Data Management Systems and Information Technology: No
Ecology: Yes
Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
Education: Yes
Ethnobotany: Yes
Exploration: Yes
Floristics: Yes
Horticulture: Yes
Invasive Species Biology and Control: No
Molecular Genetics: No
Pollination Biology: Yes
Restoration Ecology: Yes
Seed/Spore Biology: No
Systematics and Taxonomy: No
Sustainability: Yes
Pharmacology: No
Agriculture: No
Land Restoration: Yes
Urban Environments: No
- 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
Courses for University/College Students: No
Courses for General Public: Yes
Education Programme: Yes
