The Oman Botanic Garden (1)

The Vision, Early Plant Collections and Propagation

Authors

  • Annette Patzelt Oman Botanic Garden
  • Leigh Morris Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  • Laila Al Harthi Oman Botanic Garden
  • Ismail Al Rashdi Oman Botanic Garden
  • Andrew Spalton

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2008.35

Abstract

The Oman Botanic Garden (OBG) is a new botanic garden which is being constructed on a 423ha site near to Muscat, the capital of Oman. Oman is floristically rich and is considered a centre of plant diversity in the Arabian Peninsula. The plan is that OBG will showcase this plant diversity, inform visitors of its value and provide a model for sustainability. This paper, part 1, covers the vision, early plant collections and propagation, and part 2, which will be included in Sibbaldia No. 7, will cover design, construction, interpretation and planting.

Author Biographies

Annette Patzelt, Oman Botanic Garden

Annette Patzelt is the Senior Botanist at the Oman Botanic Garden

Leigh Morris, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Leigh Morris is Head of Education at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Laila Al Harthi, Oman Botanic Garden

Laila Al Harthi is a botanist at the Oman Botanic Garden

Ismail Al Rashdi, Oman Botanic Garden

Ismail Al Rashdi is a horticulturist at the Oman Botanic Garden

Andrew Spalton

Andrew Spalton is the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment at the Diwan of the Royal Court, Oman.

References

BGCI (2001). An international review of the ex-situ collections of the botanic gardens of the world. Botanic Gardens Conservation News, 3(6), 22–33.

MILLER, A.G. & COPE, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra, Vol. 1. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.

MITTERMEIER, R.A., GIL, P.R., HOFFMAN, M., PILGRIM, J., BROOKS, T., GOETTSCH MITTERMEIER, C., LAMOREUX, J. & DA FONSECA, G.A.B. (2005). Hotspots Revisited: Earth’s Biologically Richest and Most Threatened Terrestrial Ecoregions. Conservation International.

PATZELT, A. (2008). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Office for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

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Published

2008-10-31

How to Cite

Patzelt, A., Morris, L., Al Harthi, L., Al Rashdi, I., & Spalton, A. (2008). The Oman Botanic Garden (1): The Vision, Early Plant Collections and Propagation. Sibbaldia: The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, (6), 41–77. https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2008.35

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