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Fota Arboretum & GardensLast updated: Jan 2005 |  | ||
| Address: | Fota Island, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland Tel: 353 (0)21 4812728, 353 087 7907299 Fax: 353 (0)21 4812728 email: web address: heritageireland.ie Latitude: 51° 54'0''N Longitude: 08° 21'00''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | 1840 | ||
| Ownership: | Office of Public Works | ||
| Garden code: | FOTA | ||
| Umbrella organisation: | | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Park Superintendent: | Cormac Foley | ||
| Head Gardener: | David B. O'Regan | ||
| Contact person: | David B. O'Regan | ||
| Total Staff: | 5 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 5 | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Collections | The implicit policy is to conserve and restore the present collection while extending it where appropiate. | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 0 m | ||
| Soil type: | Loam, acid | ||
| Aspect: | varied | ||
| Total area: | 12 ha | ||
| Area heated: | none | ||
| Other sites of collection: | | ||
| WEATHER RECORDS | No records kept. Information below from Roches Point weather station | ||
| Temperature: | |||
| Average daily: | 10.2 °C | ||
| Av. monthly max: | 15.6 °C | ||
| Av. monthly min: | 5.4 °C | ||
| Absolute maximum | 27.5 °C | ||
| Absolute minimum | -7.2 °C | ||
| Wind: | |||
| direction | Southwest | ||
| strength: | |||
| Rainfall | |||
| Average annual | 1052 mm | ||
| Month of maximum | August | ||
| Month of minimum | July | ||
| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | 100 | ||
| Genera | 380 | ||
| Species | 485 | ||
| Taxa | 900 | ||
| Accessions | |||
| Plants | 1200 | ||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Tallest in British Isles Liriodendron chinense, Phoenix canariensis, Cryptomeria japonica 'Spiralis', Phyllocladus trichomanoides; tallest in Ireland Pinus wallichiana; greatest girth known Torreya californica; Tallest in Ireland Abies pindrow, Picea spinulosa, Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca', Magnolia macrophylla, M.kobus, M.hypoleuca, M.wiseri. | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Agavaceae, Palmae, Pinaceae, Platanaceae, Taxaceae, Taxodiaceae, Myrtaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Cedrus, Cinnamomum, Gevuina, Liriodendron, Magnolia, Metasequoia, Phoenix, Sequoia, Sequoiadendron, Torreya, Phyllocladus. | |||
| Special collections | Conifer, ICCP – 7 Genera, 13 Species, 13 Taxa, 17 Plants. | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Kept since 1840 Computerised | ||
| Record System | unknown | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | No | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | No | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | Garden catalogue (1995), Index seminum | ||
| Identifications: | No | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, potential for secondary, higher, taxonomic, and public education | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised garden walks, brochures | ||
| Friends Organisation: | Yes | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Yes, Fota House, teashop. | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Free | ||
| Visitors per year: | |||
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm Sat-Sun: 10am-5pm | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||
| To conserve the present collection and extend it where appropiate. | |||