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Holker Hall

Last updated: Nov 1999
Address: Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7PL
Tel: 015395 58328
Fax: 015395 58776
email:
web address:
Latitude: 54° 11'14''N
Longitude: 2° 58'57''W

BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:
Ownership: Private, Lord Cavendish of Furness
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation: English Heritage, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens

PERSONNEL
Contact person:
Total Staff:
Total Horticultural Staff:

POLICIES
Accessions
Collections

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:
Soil type:
Aspect:
Total area:
Area heated:
Other sites of collection:

WEATHER RECORDS Records kept
Temperature:
Average daily:
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Absolute maximum
Absolute minimum
Wind:
direction
strength:
Rainfall
Average annual
Month of maximum
Month of minimum

PLANT COLLECTION
Families
Genera
Species
Taxa
Accessions
Plants
Notable plants within the collection
Geographical area of specialisation
Special families within the collections
Styracaceae
Special genera within the collections
Rhododendron, Halesia, Pterostyrax, Styrax, Sinojackia
Special collections Styracaceae, NCCPG

Phenological Garden
Records of living collection Unknown
Record System
Plant-collecting trips No


FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium No
Library No
Research facilities No
Publications Unknown
Identifications: Unknown
Teaching and Education: Unknown
Interpretation of the material: Unknown
Friends Organisation: No
Visitor facilities: Gift shop, restaurant, plant shop

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access: Admission charge
Visitors per year:
Public opening hours: Sun- Fri (April to October): 10.30am-5.30pm

GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION



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