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Harcourt ArboretumLast updated: Dec 2004 |  | ||
| Address: | Nuneham Courtenay, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX44 9PX Tel: 01865 343501 Fax: 01865 341828 email: piers.newth at botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk web address: Latitude: 51° 41'04''N Longitude: 1° 12'03''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | 1835 | ||
| Ownership: | University of Oxford | ||
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| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Director: | Timothy Walker | ||
| Curator: | Louise Allen | ||
| Assistant Curator: | Piers Newth | ||
| Contact person: | Piers Newth | ||
| Total Staff: | 4 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 3 | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | As part of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, the Arboretum aims to grow a collection of plants consistent with the fulfilment of its mission. Believing it to be best attained through a diverse collection reflecting the research and teaching programmes of the garden, the collection policy may be summarised as follows. A plant will be grown at the Garden if it is: (i) required for the purposes of academic teaching or research by a member of the University, (ii) of value to the schools and/or public education programme, (iii) in a botanical family or genus not yet represented at the Garden, (iv) a species from a diverse genus that differs greatly from the species (or that genus) already in the collection, (v) representative of a taxon which is part of a special collection at the Garden. | ||
| Collections | | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 86 m | ||
| Soil type: | Sand, acid | ||
| Aspect: | Varied | ||
| Total area: | 32 ha | ||
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| Other sites of collection: | A satellite of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden | ||
| WEATHER RECORDS | No records kept | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | see: Oxford Botanic Gardens for combined totals | ||
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| Notable plants within the collection | |||
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| Special families within the collections | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Acer, Camellia, Hamamelis, Magnolia | |||
| Special collections | Conifers, ICCP – 4 Genera, 11 Species, 11 Taxa, 25 Plants. | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Kept since 1965 Computerised | ||
| Record System | BG-Base | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | No | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | No | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | Guide book, Index seminum (as part of University of Oxford Botanic Garden) | ||
| Identifications: | No | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic and public education | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails | ||
| Friends Organisation: | Yes | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Yes, Toilets, Interpretation and education centre | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge | ||
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| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-4.30pm winter, to 5pm April-Nov | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||
| The Garden is a part of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. The mission statement is 'To promote learning and glorify nature' | |||