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Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens
Last updated: Jan 2005
Address: Bullers Way, Abbotsbury, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4LA
Tel: 01305 871412
Fax: 01305 871092
email:
web address:
Latitude: 50° 39'41''N
Longitude: 2° 37'47''W

BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:
Ownership: Private, Ilchester Estates
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation: PlantNetwork, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens

PERSONNEL
Curator: Stephen Griffith

Contact person: Stephen Griffith
Total Staff: 10
Total Horticultural Staff:

POLICIES
Accessions Plant collections from the wild have good records, suitable planting sites within the garden and appropriate labelling.
Collections

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:
Soil type: Loam/Acid
Aspect: South
Total area: 10.1 ha
Area heated: 500 m²
Other sites of collection:

WEATHER RECORDS No records kept
Temperature:
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum 34 °C (2003)
Absolute minimum -7 °C (1991)
Wind:
direction South
strength: Above average
Rainfall
Average annual 80 mm
Month of maximum April
Month of minimum August

PLANT COLLECTION
Families
Genera
Species
Taxa
Accessions
Plants
Notable plants within the collection
Largest Picconia in the country, largest Buxus balearica, oldest camellias, largest Pterocarya fraxinifolia, tallest Liriodendron, oldest Villaresia
Geographical area of specialisation
Southern Africa, China, Eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand
Special families within the collections
Oleaceae, Malvaceae, Fagaceae, Ericaceae, Theaceae, Rosaceae, Pittosporaceae, Leguminosae, Phormiaceae, Gramineae, Ginkgoaceae, Magnoliaceae
Special genera within the collections
Picconia, Hoheria, Quercus, Rhododendron, Pittosporum, Camellia, Acacia, Phormium, Ginkgo, Magnolia
Special collections Conifers, ICCP,
– 18 Genera, 20 Species, 20 Taxa, 37 Plants.
Bamboos,

Hoheria, NCCPG,
– 6 Species, 6 Accessions, 16 Plants.

Phenological Garden
Records of living collection Kept since 1992
Accession books printed in 1899, 4000 species listed
Record System
Plant-collecting trips National

FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium No
Library No
Research facilities No
Publications Garden catalogue
Identifications: Undertakes free identifications for the general public
Teaching and Education: Potential for primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic, special courses
Interpretation of the material: Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails
Friends Organisation: No

Visitor facilities: Restaurant, plant shop, bookshop, gift shop

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access: Admission charge
Visitors per year: 65 000
Public opening hours: Mon-Sun: 10am-6pm

GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
The Garden aims to cultivate as many unusual half-hardy plants as possible, to make use of its special microclimate, as well as to increase its woodland plant collection, cultivated and wild-collected material. The Garden is putting together a lottery bid for the estate to include the funding of a botanical survey and records system.

PlantNetwork > DIRECTORY of Botanical Collections in Britain and Ireland > Index

Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens Last updated: Jan 2005
Address:	Bullers Way, Abbotsbury, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4LA Tel: 01305 871412 Fax: 01305 871092 email: web address: Latitude: 50° 39'41''N Longitude: 2° 37'47''W
BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:
Ownership:	Private, Ilchester Estates
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation:	PlantNetwork, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens
PERSONNEL
Curator:	Stephen Griffith


Contact person:	Stephen Griffith
Total Staff:	10
Total Horticultural Staff:
POLICIES
Accessions	Plant collections from the wild have good records, suitable planting sites within the garden and appropriate labelling.
Collections
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:
Soil type:	Loam/Acid
Aspect:	South
Total area:	10.1 ha
Area heated:	500 m²
Other sites of collection:
WEATHER RECORDS	No records kept
Temperature:
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum	34 °C (2003)
Absolute minimum	-7 °C (1991)
Wind:
direction	South
strength:	Above average
Rainfall
Average annual	80 mm
Month of maximum	April
Month of minimum	August
PLANT COLLECTION
Families
Genera
Species
Taxa
Accessions
Plants
Notable plants within the collection
	Largest Picconia in the country, largest Buxus balearica, oldest camellias, largest Pterocarya fraxinifolia, tallest Liriodendron, oldest Villaresia
Geographical area of specialisation
	Southern Africa, China, Eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand
Special families within the collections
	Oleaceae, Malvaceae, Fagaceae, Ericaceae, Theaceae, Rosaceae, Pittosporaceae, Leguminosae, Phormiaceae, Gramineae, Ginkgoaceae, Magnoliaceae
Special genera within the collections
	Picconia, Hoheria, Quercus, Rhododendron, Pittosporum, Camellia, Acacia, Phormium, Ginkgo, Magnolia
Special collections	Conifers, ICCP, – 18 Genera, 20 Species, 20 Taxa, 37 Plants. Bamboos, Hoheria, NCCPG, – 6 Species, 6 Accessions, 16 Plants.
Phenological Garden
Records of living collection	Kept since 1992 Accession books printed in 1899, 4000 species listed
Record System
Plant-collecting trips	National
FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium	No
Library	No
Research facilities	No
Publications	Garden catalogue
Identifications:	Undertakes free identifications for the general public
Teaching and Education:	Potential for primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic, special courses
Interpretation of the material:	Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails
Friends Organisation:	No
Visitor facilities:	Restaurant, plant shop, bookshop, gift shop
ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access:	Admission charge
Visitors per year:	65 000
Public opening hours:	Mon-Sun: 10am-6pm
GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
	The Garden aims to cultivate as many unusual half-hardy plants as possible, to make use of its special microclimate, as well as to increase its woodland plant collection, cultivated and wild-collected material. The Garden is putting together a lottery bid for the estate to include the funding of a botanical survey and records system.