Specialist advice can be given on sedge classification. Living collections A wide range of material covering a number of genera is in cultivation. Plants of both horticultural and scientific interest are represented and many are on display to the public. The economic botany collections house a range of products and artefacts derived from sedges. The seed bank has range of material in cold storage, and new accessions are continually being added.
Material is available to research institutions on request.
Library The Library has the most comprehensive collection of books, papers and illustrations on sedges anywhere in the world, including some of the earliest literature published on the family.