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Batsford ArboretumLast updated: Jan 2005 |  | ||
| Address: | Batsford arboretum, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 9QF Tel: 01386 701441, 0731 8008512 Fax: 01368 6701829 email: batsarb at batsfound.freeserve.co.uk web address: batsford-arboretum.co.uk/ Latitude: 52° 0'10''N Longitude: 1° 43'39''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | |||
| Ownership: | The Batsford Foundation | ||
| Garden code: | BATSF | ||
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Director: | Mr Stuart Priest | ||
| Head Gardener: | Mr Matthew Hall | ||
| Contact person: | Mr Matthew Hall | ||
| Total Staff: | 6 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 14 | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | Firstly, plants from Asia and the Far East; secondly, plants which will add to the aesthetics of the Arboretum. Using wild collected accessions where possible. | ||
| Collections | To maintain collections at a representative level and to improve and complete, as far as practicable, the collections of Pinus and Japanese flowering cherries and bamboos. | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 5-235 m | ||
| Soil type: | Clay | ||
| Aspect: | South | ||
| Total area: | 25 ha (56 acres) | ||
| Area heated: | |||
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| WEATHER RECORDS | No records kept | ||
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| direction | West | ||
| strength: | Below average | ||
| Rainfall | |||
| Average annual | 750 mm | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | 91 | ||
| Genera | 229 | ||
| Species | 1133 | ||
| Taxa | 1663 | ||
| Accessions | 963 | ||
| Plants | 3249 | ||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Juniperus drupacea, Syrian juniper; Champion trees: Fraxinus americana, American white ash and Torreya californica, Californian nutmeg, Chusquea breviglumis, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Davidia involucrata, Cryptomeria japonica, Taiwania cryptomerioides. | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| China, Eastern Asia, Indo-China | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Pinaceae, Fagaceae, Rosaceae, Aceraceae, Magnoliaceae, Gramineae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Acer, Abies, Quercus, Magnolia, Picea, Pinus, Prunus, Sorbus | |||
| Special collections | ICCP Conifer Conservation Sato-Jakura (Japanese cherries) | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Kept since 1992 Computerised | ||
| Record System | unknown | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | International | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | No | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | Garden catalogue | ||
| Identifications: | No | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Public education, potential for primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised garden walks, guided trails | ||
| Friends Organisation: | No | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, plant shop, gift shop | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge | ||
| Visitors per year: | 55 000 | ||
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-5pm (1st Feb-14th Nov) | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||
| The Arboretum is administered and supported by the Batsford Foundation for the education of the public and for research and conservation. | |||