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Mount StewartLast updated: Jan 2005 |  | ||
| Address: | Mount Stewart Estate, Grey Abbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2AD Tel: 012477 88387 Fax: email: phil.rollinson at nationaltrust.org.uk web address: Latitude: 54° 33''N Longitude: 5° 38''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | |||
| Ownership: | The National Trust | ||
| Garden code: | |||
| Umbrella organisation: | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, The National Trust | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Head Gardener: | P.Rollinson | ||
| Contact person: | P.Rollinson | ||
| Total Staff: | 8 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | As for The National Trust. | ||
| Collections | As for The National Trust. | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 0-25 m | ||
| Soil type: | Sand and loam | ||
| Aspect: | South and west | ||
| Total area: | 32 ha | ||
| Area heated: | |||
| Other sites of collection: | | ||
| WEATHER RECORDS | No records kept | ||
| Temperature: | |||
| Average daily: | 7.2 °C | ||
| Av. monthly max: | |||
| Av. monthly min: | |||
| Absolute maximum | 25 °C(1994) | ||
| Absolute minimum | -9 °C(1981/82) | ||
| Wind: | |||
| direction | South and west | ||
| strength: | Above average | ||
| Rainfall | |||
| Average annual | 788 mm | ||
| Month of maximum | |||
| Month of minimum | | ||
| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | |||
| Genera | 350 | ||
| Species | 1200 | ||
| Taxa | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Plants | |||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Eucalyptus regnans, Weinmannia trichosperma | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| Southern Africa, China, Eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Southern South America | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Phormiaceae, Myrtaceae, Ericaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, Rhododendron, Camellia, Pittosporum, Pseudopanax, Olearia, Hydrangea, Griselinia, Hoheria, Acer, Fuchsia, Rosa, Pinus, Pseudotsuga, Abies, Dianella, Agapanthus, Lilium, Geranium, Meconopsis | |||
| Special collections | Phormium, NCCPG – 1 Species, 2 Taxa, 46 Plants. | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Kept since 1983 Computerised | ||
| Record System | National Trust's Woody Plant Catalogue | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | International and national | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | No | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | Garden guide | ||
| Identifications: | Internal verification of material | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for primary and secondary | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised garden walks, brochures | ||
| Friends Organisation: | No | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, gift shop | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge | ||
| Visitors per year: | 100 000 | ||
| Public opening hours: | Lakeside - All year round, 10am-sunset Formal areas: May-Sept, 10am-8pm April, Oct 10am-6pm March 10am-4pm, weekends Nov-Feb closed | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||