Moorbank Botanical Garden

Moorbank Botanical Garden
Type	Botanical Garden
Location	Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4NL, UK
Coordinates	54°59′13″N 1°38′06″W / 54.987°N 1.635°W / 54.987; -1.635Coordinates: 54°59′13″N 1°38′06″W / 54.987°N 1.635°W / 54.987; -1.635
Size	3 acres
Opened	1923
Owned by	Newcastle University
Operated by	National Gardens Scheme
Status	Certain days (see website)
Website	www.ncl.ac.uk/biology/about/facilities/moorbank

The Moorbank Botanical Garden is a 3-acre (12,000 m²) site attached to Newcastle University biology department and located on Claremont Road to the west of the main Newcastle University campus in the UK.

History

The first plants at Moorbank were grown in 1923 and the area under cultivation was extended in 1980 using many original collections from the late Randle Cooke's Kilbryde Gardens in Corbridge.^[1]

Uses

In addition to a variety of outdoor plants the garden also features a substantial group of glasshouses which contain a variety of tropical species and plants being used for research.^[2] The gardens are used by students for research but through a volunteer network also is opened to the public on certain days via the National Gardens Scheme.^[3]

Outside are formal plantings and collections of rhododendron, potentilla and medicinal plants. The glasshouse complex was erected in 1985 and holds collections of tropical and desert plants. The glasshouses are divided into cool areas (8–10°C in winter) and warmer areas (min 16°C in winter).^[1] The garden has linked with Tyne and Wear Museums to environmental workshops for primary schools and is a venue for adult evening classes in painting and photography.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "About Moorbank". Newcastle University Biology. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biology/about/facilities/moorbank/mbabout.html. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 
2. ^ "Plant collections". Newcastle University Biology. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biology/about/facilities/moorbank/mbplantcoll.html. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 
3. ^ "Friends of Moorbank". Newcastle University Biology. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biology/about/facilities/moorbank/friends.html. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 
4. ^ "Education and Outreach". Newcastle University Biology. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biology/about/facilities/moorbank/educoutreach.html. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 

External links

• Moorbank Botanical Garden at Newcastle University
• Moorbank Botanical Garden at National Gardens Scheme

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