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Mount Lofty Botanic Garden

Lampert Road
PICCADILLY SA 5151

Phone: 08 - 8222 9311
Fax: 08 - 8222 9399
Email: botanicgardens@saugov.sa.gov.au
Web Site: http://www.botanicgardens.sa.gov.au

Authority: State Government of SA (Satellite of Botanic Gardens of Adelaide)
Established: 1952
Area: 98 ha
Location: Crafers, Piccadilly 12 km east of Adelaide
Entry Fees: None - ticketed parking
Open: Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 4 pm. Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10 am to 5 pm (10-6 Daylight Savings Summer Period)
Number of Paid Staff: 30 - 40
Number of volunteers: 5 - 10
Planting records: computer
% Plants Labelled: 75%
% Native Aust Plants: 15%
Threatened Plant Prog: native & exotic
% of collection vouchered: ~20%
Vouchers held at: State Herbarium of South Australia (AD)
P A Herbarium: no
Special Collections: include National Species Rose Collection, Ferns, Magnolias, Rhododendron
Indoor Exhibition Space: no

Plants Material Available
For Public Sale: no
Exchange with other Gardens: seeds and plants
To Research Institutions: seeds and plants

Friends: Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide
Friend’s Address: North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5000
Friend’s Web: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/botanicgardens/friends/html