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Picton CastleLast updated: Nov 1999 |  | ||
| Address: | Haverford West, Dyfed, SA62 4AS Tel: Fax: email: web address: Latitude: 51° 47'00''N Longitude: 4° 53'07''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | |||
| Ownership: | Picton Castle Trust | ||
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| Umbrella organisation: | | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Roddy Milne | |||
| Contact person: | Roddy Milne | ||
| Total Staff: | 3 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Collections | | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
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| Soil type: | Clay | ||
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| Total area: | 20 ha | ||
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| WEATHER RECORDS | Records kept | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | |||
| Genera | |||
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| Plants | |||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| Southern South America, Taiwan | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Flacourtiaceae, Myrtaceae, Podocarpaceae, Ericaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Arundinaria, Camellia, Rhododendron, Luma, Azara, Podocarpus | |||
| Special collections | Conifers, ICCP – 17 Genera, 28 Species, 28 Taxa, 133 Plants. Chilean, ICCP – 15 Genera, 17 Species, 17 Taxa, 74 Plants. Rhododendron, Camellia, Bamboo | ||
| 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 | Unknown | ||
| Identifications: | Unknown | ||
| Teaching and Education: | No | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Signs, brochures, guided trails | ||
| Friends Organisation: | No | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Gift shop, plant shop, café | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge | ||
| Visitors per year: | |||
| Public opening hours: | Tues-Sun: 10am-dusk | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||