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MEETINGS | NEWSLETTER | 2006-2010 STRATEGY PLAN |
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Castle Kennedy GardensLast updated: Nov 1999 |  | ||
| Address: | Rephad, Stranaer, Dumfries & Gall, DG9 8BX Tel: 01776 702024 Fax: 017776 706248 email: web address: Latitude: 54° 56'43''N Longitude: 4° 53'20''E | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | |||
| Ownership: | Private, Lochinch Heritage Estate | ||
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| PERSONNEL | |||
| John Macarthur | |||
| Contact person: | John Macarthur | ||
| Total Staff: | 5 | ||
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| POLICIES | |||
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| Collections | | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
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| WEATHER RECORDS | No records kept | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
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| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Tallest Pittosporum tenuifolium and four other record-breaking trees | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| China, Southern South America | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Pinaceae, Ericaceae, Magnoliaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Araucaria, Rhododendron, Magnolia, Embothrium, Eucryphia | |||
| Special collections | Hooker's rhododendrons, | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Records kept | ||
| Record System | |||
| Plant-collecting trips | No | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | No | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | Garden guide | ||
| Identifications: | No | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Unknown | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Signs, brochures, guided trails, supervised garden walks | ||
| Friends Organisation: | No | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Plant shop, café | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge | ||
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| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-5pm spring-summer | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||