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Ardtornish GardenLast updated: Nov 1999 |  | ||
| Address: | Morvern, Near Oban, Argyll, PA34 5UZ Tel: 01967 421218, 01967 421288 Fax: email: web address: Latitude: 56° 33'42''N Longitude: 5° 44'08''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | |||
| Ownership: | Private, Mrs Faith Raven | ||
| Garden code: | |||
| Umbrella organisation: | | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Mrs Faith Raven | |||
| Mrs Faith Raven | |||
| Contact person: | Mrs Faith Raven | ||
| Total Staff: | 1 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | To include a wide range of plants tolerant of acid conditions, especially rhododendrons. | ||
| Collections | | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | |||
| Soil type: | |||
| Aspect: | West | ||
| Total area: | 9 ha | ||
| Area heated: | |||
| Other sites of collection: | | ||
| WEATHER RECORDS | Records kept | ||
| Temperature: | |||
| Average daily: | |||
| Av. monthly max: | |||
| Av. monthly min: | |||
| Absolute maximum | |||
| Absolute minimum | -17 °C (1981) | ||
| Wind: | |||
| direction | West | ||
| strength: | |||
| Rainfall | |||
| Average annual | 2125 mm | ||
| Month of maximum | January | ||
| Month of minimum | | ||
| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | |||
| Genera | |||
| Species | |||
| Taxa | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Plants | |||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| Eastern Asia | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Ericaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Rhododendron, Acer, Sorbus | |||
| Special collections | Rhododendron, – 71 Species, 131 Taxa. | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Kept since 1920 | ||
| Record System | |||
| Plant-collecting trips | No | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | No | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | No | ||
| Identifications: | No | ||
| Teaching and Education: | No | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Brochures | ||
| Friends Organisation: | No | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Plant shop, gift shop | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | By appointment only | ||
| Visitors per year: | |||
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-5pm April-October | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||