Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh° |
20a Inverleith Row
Edinburgh
EH3 5LR |
| Tel: 0131 552 7171 |
| Fax: 0131 248 2901/2 |
| Email: first initial.surname@rbge.org.uk |
| Website: www.rbge.org.uk |
| Status: Executive NDPB |
| Established: 1923, A Physic Garden was first established 1n 1670. The present Botanic Garden, occupying about 30 hectares, was established at Inverleith in 1923. There are, in addition, three Specialist Gardens, providing a range of climatic and soil conditions; Younger Botanic Garden Benmore, near Dunoon, Argyll; Logan Botanic Garden; near Stranraer, Wigtownshire, and Dawyck Botanic Garden, near Stobo, in Peebleshire. |
Terms of Reference: To explore and explain the world of plants. It is also a major tourist attraction. To maintain and develop the living and preserved collections to project science into society both at home and internationally and to maximize visitor numbers.
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Chairman: Sir George Mathewson
Remuneration £N/AFor other board members Show Members |
Chief Executive: Professor Stephen Blackmore (Regius Keeper)
Salary £89,129 |
| Staff Employed: 224 |
| Audit Arrangements: Auditor General for Scotland |
Last Reviewed by Government: 2004/05
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Budget |
| Total Gross Expenditure: £9.8m |
| Scottish Government Grant-in-Aid: £15.2m - made up of £8.5m Grant in Aid and £6.7m Capital Grant (£6m for one off Gateway Visitor Centre project and £0.7m for general capital) |
Other Expenditure by Directorate:
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