Gothenburg Botanical Garden
(+46) 31 741 11 00 (as indicated on the website) (+46) 10 473 77 77 (as indicated on the passport)
Prof. Mari Källersjö, +46-703 613988, mari.kallersjo@vgregion.se or mari.kallersjo@bioenv.gu.se
Prof. Mari Källersjö, +46-703 613988, mari.kallersjo@vgregion.se or mari.kallersjo@bioenv.gu.se Phylogenetics and Systematics
The garden is run by the Director. The internal organization consists of four units: Research and collections; Garden design and maintenance; Education, outreach and rehabilitation; Administration and technical support.
The Garden has a politically elected board and receives funding and assignments from the Regional department of environmental issues.
Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
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a) TOTAL scientific staff | 4 | |
b) Scientific staff linked to Collections | 4 | |
c) Post-docs / PhD students | ||
d) Others (Associates, etc.) | ||
TOTAL (a+b+c+d) | 4 |
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e) Exhibitions | 2 | 1 |
f) Collection managers / technicians | 5 | 2 |
g) Others (including gardeners) | 34 | 2 |
TOTAL (e+f+g) | 41 | 5 |
Seed cultivation and propagation facilities
Books in popular science in Swedish
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Excellent and rare living plant material, eg. Bulbs and other geophytes, trees from Europe and Asia, orchids. Excellent skills in cultivation and propagation.
Yes, but only in printed form
Botanical literature, ca. 7000 titles
22 000 acc.no, representing ca 16 000 unique names. 100% of the data is in the database.
A very active exchange of seeds through Index Seminum with gardens from all over the world
Program with guided tours, demonstrations, lectures, festivals and workshops Children activities such as school teaching, cultivation, family activities Activities and lectures for teachers, teaching ages 5-19 Rehabilitation of people with stress related diseases

Agneta Green, +46-707 408019, Agneta.green@vgregion.se
Number of visitors vary between 450 000 to 700 000 depending on program and weather.
Collaboration with the city of Gothenburg and County administration Board
Yes. Various courses and fieldtrips in Botany, courses in environmental science. Supervision and examination of Ph-D students.
No
Training in Gardening in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Science http://www.slu.se/en/ and Gardening schools at different levels.
Public education and school programmes.
Eva-Lena Larsson, +46-707 38087, eva-lena.larsson@vgregion.se
1. Biodiversity research and conservation programs 2. Nomenclature 3. Outreach
1. Researcher exchange such as in Synthesys 2. Outreach 3. Policies concerning biological diversity, CBM, ABS