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Foxhill ArboretumLast updated: Nov 1999 |  | ||
| Address: | Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 6AB Tel: 01928739189 Fax: 01928739189 email: web address: Latitude: 53° 17'21''N Longitude: 2° 43'34''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | |||
| Ownership: | Pilkington Trust | ||
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| Umbrella organisation: | | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Mr Ray Williams | |||
| Pilkington Trust | |||
| Contact person: | Mr Ray Williams | ||
| Total Staff: | 2 | ||
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| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Collections | | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
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| Total area: | 14.1 ha | ||
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| WEATHER RECORDS | No records kept | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
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| Plants | |||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| Southern South America, Spain, Eastern Asia, Taiwan | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Pinaceae, Aceraceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Podocarpus, Prumnopitys, Acer, Abies, Pinus | |||
| Special collections | Conifer, ICCP – 18 Genera, 32 Species, 34 Taxa, 251 Plants. Chilean plants, ICCP – 19 Genera, 24 Species, 24 Taxa, 128 Plants. | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Records kept manual | ||
| 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: | Signs, guided trails | ||
| Friends Organisation: | No | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Plant shop | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge | ||
| Visitors per year: | 1000 | ||
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-5pm | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||