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Eastnor Castle
Last updated: Nov 1999
Address: Eastnor, Ledbury, Hereford & Worc, HR8 1RD
Tel: 01531 633160
Fax: 01531 630130
email:
web address:
Latitude: 52° 0'45''N
Longitude: 2° 21'51''W

BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:
Ownership: Private, Mr James & The Hon. Mrs Hervey-Bathurst
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation: English Heritage

PERSONNEL

Mr James Hervey-Bathurst

Contact person:
Total Staff:
Total Horticultural Staff:

POLICIES
Accessions The planting is based on a restoration plan for the pinetum and deer park approved by English Heritage
Collections

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:
Soil type: Loam, slightly alkaline to neutral
Aspect: Mixed
Total area: 12 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 Southwest
strength: Average
Rainfall
Average annual
Month of maximum
Month of minimum

PLANT COLLECTION
Families
Genera
Species
Taxa
Accessions
Plants 2000
Notable plants within the collection
Earliest Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca', tallest Acer lobelii, Picea asperata and Fagus grandifolia. Original introductions of Cedrus atlantica
Geographical area of specialisation
Middle Europe, Southwestern Europe, Northwestern USA, Northeastern USA
Special families within the collections

Special genera within the collections
Cedrus, Pinus, Abies, Picea, Sequoia, Sequoiadendron, Carya
Special collections Cedrus,
– 75 Plants.
Conifers, ICCP
– 16 Genera, 31 Species, 31 Taxa, 167 Plants.

Phenological Garden
Records of living collection Kept since 1982
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: Supervised garden walks
Friends Organisation: No

Visitor facilities: Plant shop, gift shop

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access: Admission charge
Visitors per year:
Public opening hours: Mon-Sun: 10am-5pm summer

GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
The garden is seen as part of the setting of Eastnor Castle, an important Grade 1 listed building. The policy is to retain and enhance the historic character of that setting while making the pinetum more accessible and interesting to visitors.

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

Eastnor Castle Last updated: Nov 1999
Address:	Eastnor, Ledbury, Hereford & Worc, HR8 1RD Tel: 01531 633160 Fax: 01531 630130 email: web address: Latitude: 52° 0'45''N Longitude: 2° 21'51''W
BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:
Ownership:	Private, Mr James & The Hon. Mrs Hervey-Bathurst
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation:	English Heritage
PERSONNEL

	Mr James Hervey-Bathurst

Contact person:
Total Staff:
Total Horticultural Staff:
POLICIES
Accessions	The planting is based on a restoration plan for the pinetum and deer park approved by English Heritage
Collections
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:
Soil type:	Loam, slightly alkaline to neutral
Aspect:	Mixed
Total area:	12 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	Southwest
strength:	Average
Rainfall
Average annual
Month of maximum
Month of minimum
PLANT COLLECTION
Families
Genera
Species
Taxa
Accessions
Plants	2000
Notable plants within the collection
	Earliest Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca', tallest Acer lobelii, Picea asperata and Fagus grandifolia. Original introductions of Cedrus atlantica
Geographical area of specialisation
	Middle Europe, Southwestern Europe, Northwestern USA, Northeastern USA
Special families within the collections

Special genera within the collections
	Cedrus, Pinus, Abies, Picea, Sequoia, Sequoiadendron, Carya
Special collections	Cedrus, – 75 Plants. Conifers, ICCP – 16 Genera, 31 Species, 31 Taxa, 167 Plants.
Phenological Garden
Records of living collection	Kept since 1982
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:	Supervised garden walks
Friends Organisation:	No
Visitor facilities:	Plant shop, gift shop
ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access:	Admission charge
Visitors per year:
Public opening hours:	Mon-Sun: 10am-5pm summer
GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
	The garden is seen as part of the setting of Eastnor Castle, an important Grade 1 listed building. The policy is to retain and enhance the historic character of that setting while making the pinetum more accessible and interesting to visitors.