Some Key Numbers

Here’s some of what we have achieved, in numbers, since we began our project to create the first botanical garden in Laos in 2008:

21 books published
42,000 copies of our books distributed free of charge to Lao schools and libraries
2,900 school children have visited PTK as part of organized garden excursions, and over 1400 university and college students
15 school gardens installed with teacher training programs
140 plus botanical fieldtrips undertaken
1,500 different plant and tree species in our living collections
3.000 staff training days organized in Laos and over 1.000 staff training days completed internationally
9 scholarships given to Lao students
120 workshops given to Lao college and university students in Field botany, Green Horticulture, Ecology, Management Coaching, Photography and Botanical Drawings
26 art exhibitions organized in Laos and internationally
39 articles in the press, 37 blogs, 9 radio interviews and 3 TV documentaries featuring PTK
46 staff working in the garden
10ha of garden open to public, 2ha of work area/nurseries, 25ha of mountain reserve and 3ha being developed at the moment for permaculture demo farm and alley cropping