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Arduaine Garden
Last updated: Nov 1999
Address: Arduaine, By Oban, Argyll, PA34 4XQ
Tel: 01852 200366
Fax: 01852 200366
email:
web address:
Latitude: 56° 14'06''N
Longitude: 5° 33'12''W

BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:
Ownership: The National Trust for Scotland
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation: National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, The National Trust for Scotland

PERSONNEL
Maurice Wilkins

Contact person: Maurice Wilkins
Total Staff: 3
Total Horticultural Staff:

POLICIES
Accessions As for The National Trust for Scotland
Collections To continue to expand the Rhododendron collection, particularly sections Azaleastrum, Chionastrum and subsections Boothia, Edgeworthia and Maddenia; also plants from South America, especially Chile.

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:
Soil type:
Aspect: South and varied
Total area: 8 ha
Area heated:
Other sites of collection:

WEATHER RECORDS No records kept
Temperature:
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum
Absolute minimum
Wind:
direction
strength:
Rainfall
Average annual
Month of maximum
Month of minimum

PLANT COLLECTION
Families
Genera
Species
Taxa
Accessions
Plants
Notable plants within the collection
Tallest Gevuina avellana, Eucalyptus urnigera, Rhododendron protistum, and Thujopsis dolobrata var. hondae in the British Isles
Geographical area of specialisation
Eastern Asia, Southern South America
Special families within the collections
Ericaceae, Gesneriaceae, Podocarpaceae, Magnoliaceae, Araliaceae, Iridaceae, Hydrangeaceae
Special genera within the collections
Rhodendron, Mitraria, Asteranthera, Podocarpus, Gevuina, Lomatia, Embothrium, Magnolia, Pieris, Libertia, Hydrangea
Special collections Conifer, ICCP,
– 2 Genera, 2 Species, 2 Taxa, 2 Plants.
Chile, ICCP
– 21 Genera, 21 Species, 2 Taxa, 34 Plants.

Phenological Garden
Records of living collection Records kept
Computerised
Record System Q&A
Plant-collecting trips No

FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium No
Library No
Research facilities No
Publications Guide Book and 75 Significant Plants
Identifications: No
Teaching and Education: Primary, secondary
Interpretation of the material: Brochures, guided trails, lectures, signs, supervised garden tours
Friends Organisation: No

Visitor facilities: No

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access: Admission charge
Visitors per year: 21 000
Public opening hours: Mon-Sun: 9.30am-sunset

GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
The Trust will ensure the permanent preservation of Arduaine Garden as a garden of outstanding horticultural and artistic value for the benefit of the nation.

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

Arduaine Garden Last updated: Nov 1999
Address:	Arduaine, By Oban, Argyll, PA34 4XQ Tel: 01852 200366 Fax: 01852 200366 email: web address: Latitude: 56° 14'06''N Longitude: 5° 33'12''W
BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:
Ownership:	The National Trust for Scotland
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation:	National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, The National Trust for Scotland
PERSONNEL
	Maurice Wilkins


Contact person:	Maurice Wilkins
Total Staff:	3
Total Horticultural Staff:
POLICIES
Accessions	As for The National Trust for Scotland
Collections	To continue to expand the Rhododendron collection, particularly sections Azaleastrum, Chionastrum and subsections Boothia, Edgeworthia and Maddenia; also plants from South America, especially Chile.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:
Soil type:
Aspect:	South and varied
Total area:	8 ha
Area heated:
Other sites of collection:
WEATHER RECORDS	No records kept
Temperature:
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum
Absolute minimum
Wind:
direction
strength:
Rainfall
Average annual
Month of maximum
Month of minimum
PLANT COLLECTION
Families
Genera
Species
Taxa
Accessions
Plants
Notable plants within the collection
	Tallest Gevuina avellana, Eucalyptus urnigera, Rhododendron protistum, and Thujopsis dolobrata var. hondae in the British Isles
Geographical area of specialisation
	Eastern Asia, Southern South America
Special families within the collections
	Ericaceae, Gesneriaceae, Podocarpaceae, Magnoliaceae, Araliaceae, Iridaceae, Hydrangeaceae
Special genera within the collections
	Rhodendron, Mitraria, Asteranthera, Podocarpus, Gevuina, Lomatia, Embothrium, Magnolia, Pieris, Libertia, Hydrangea
Special collections	Conifer, ICCP, – 2 Genera, 2 Species, 2 Taxa, 2 Plants. Chile, ICCP – 21 Genera, 21 Species, 2 Taxa, 34 Plants.
Phenological Garden
Records of living collection	Records kept Computerised
Record System	Q&A
Plant-collecting trips	No
FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium	No
Library	No
Research facilities	No
Publications	Guide Book and 75 Significant Plants
Identifications:	No
Teaching and Education:	Primary, secondary
Interpretation of the material:	Brochures, guided trails, lectures, signs, supervised garden tours
Friends Organisation:	No
Visitor facilities:	No
ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access:	Admission charge
Visitors per year:	21 000
Public opening hours:	Mon-Sun: 9.30am-sunset
GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
	The Trust will ensure the permanent preservation of Arduaine Garden as a garden of outstanding horticultural and artistic value for the benefit of the nation.