Durham Botanic Garden

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Street:	Hollingside Lane
Area:	South Road
Town:	Durham
Postcode:	DH1 3TN
Telephone:	0191 3345521
Email:	botanic.garden@durham.ac.uk
Website:	http://www.dur.ac.uk/botanic.garden/
Opening Times:	10am-4pm and 10am-5pm in summer

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The Botanic Garden has been on this site since 1970. It was created primarily for teaching and research. As the garden matured a visitor centre was built and was opened in 1988 by Dame Margot Fonteyn, the Chancellor of the University at the time, to accommodate the 6000 annual visitors. The garden now attracts over 80,000 visitors annually.

Conservation and biodiversity are key factors in the maintenance of the Botanic Garden. Pesticides are not used in the garden and a small of rare breed sheep are used to graze our arboretum and wildflower meadows. There also displays of native plants such as cornfield annuals and a magnesian limestone outcrop. There is a bird hide and feeding station in the garden and bird and bat boxes are maintained in our local woodland. Durham University is committed to increasing and enhancing biodiversity on its campus.

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