Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens

Australia - QLD - Mackay

Garden Information

Institution Code: MACKAY

International Agenda Registration: No

BGCI Member: Yes

Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens Visitor's Centre and the Lagoons

About the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens

The Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens is one of Australia's youngest, opening to the public in May 2003. Covering 51.4 ha, the Gardens are being developed over a stage by stage 20 year development plan.
The botanic gardens focus on flora from the Central Queensland Coast bioregion of Queensland for amenity horticulture, research and conservation whilst revegetating the Lagoons Reserve site.

Main Address:
Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens
PO Box 41
Lagoon Street, West Mackay
Mackay
QLD 4740 Australia

Telephone: 07 - 4952 7300
Fax: 07 - 4952 7333
URL: www.mackayregionalbotanicgardens.com.au
Primary Email: botanic@mackay.qld.gov.au

Staff Details

Director's Name: -
Curator's Name: Vacant
Plant Records Officer's Name: Ross Demuth
Total Staff:
Horticultural Staff Number: 6
Educational Staff Number: 1
Research Staff Number:
Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

Institution Type: Botanic Garden
Status
Status: State: Yes
Status: Educational: Yes
Status: Municipal: Yes
Date founded: 2003
Physical Data
Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
Natural vegetation area: Size: 10 Hectares
Landscaped Area: Yes
Landscaped Area: Size: 33 Hectares
Total Area: 51 Hectares
Latitude: -21.157346
Longitude: 149.158928
Annual Rainfall: 1850 mm
Altitude: 12.00 Metres
Total area of shadehouses: 50 Metres
Locality: Information
Locality: Garden Name: Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens
Local Address: Lagoon Street
Locality: City: Mackay
Locality: State: Queensland

Features and Facilities

Herbarium: Yes
Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 200
Arboretum: No
Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
Seed Bank: No
Published Plant Catalogue: No
Computer Plant Record System: Yes
Open to public: Yes
Friends society: Yes
Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
Disabled access: Yes
Number of Visitors: 30000
Number of Volunteers: 75

Plant Collections

Accession Number: 1
Cultivation Taxa Num: 900
Special Collections:Focussing on the Flora of the Central Queensland Coast bioregion, collections site specific from Mackay's natural environment including Eungella National Park, Crediton - Finch Hatton Gorge section, Reliance Creek National Park, Pioneer Peaks National Park, surrounding environs and vegetation ecotone representations including Sclerophyll, Monsoon, Riverine etc. Trial plantings include bioregional species for hedging and as shade trees, species typical of creeklines in the adjacent Brigalow Belt bioregion for use in Mackay due to climate change, warm season turf grasses.
Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes

Conservation Programmes

Conservation Programme: Yes
Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
Reintroduction Programme: No

Research Programmes

Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
Education: Yes
Ethnobotany: Yes
Horticulture: Yes
Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
Land Restoration: Yes
Urban Environments: Yes

Education Programmes

Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
Education Signs in Garden: Yes
Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
Guided Tours: Yes
Permanent Public Displays: Yes
Special Exhibitions: Yes
Courses for General Public: No
Education Programme: Yes

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