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Old seed storage system in metal containers
| At the old Garden site in Santa Ana Canon, large quantities of seed were harvested from the expansive annual cover plantings that served to fillin the open areas as the perennial plantings took hold and developed. These Garden collections, along with the wild collected seed lots, were stored in large metal containers and glass jars in the seed storage room until needed. Soon after the Garden moved to Claremont in 1951, the Stone House, situated along the cool air sink of Indian Hill Mesa, became the seed storage building. |
The Seed Bank
of
California
Botanic Garden
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1500 North College Avenue Claremont, CA 91711-3157
(909) 626-8767
Seed Program open to the public by appointment only
www.calbg.org
Freezer showing storage bottles
| In 1988, to extend the longevity of the Garden's rapidly growing and increasingly valuable seed collections, an upright refrigeration unit and a chest style freezer were installed to house the horticultural and conservation seed collections of rare, threatened and endangered species. |
With the completion of the new Horticulture Complex in 1995, both the horticulture and conservation collections were placed into -23 degree C freezer units in the Fletcher Jones Education Center for Biodiversity. .
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