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Sheffield Park GardenLast updated: Dec 2004 |  | ||
| Address: | Sheffield Park, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 3QX Tel: 01825 790231 Fax: 01825 791264 email: sheffieldpark at nationaltrust.org.uk web address: nationaltrust.org.uk/sheffieldpark Latitude: 50° 59'54''N Longitude: 0° 00'40''E | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
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| Ownership: | The National Trust | ||
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| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork (NT) and Individual, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, The National Trust | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Property Manager: | Sue Medway | ||
| Head Gardener: | Andrew Jesson | ||
| Contact person: | Andrew Jesson | ||
| Total Staff: | 20 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 6 | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | Written Garden's Conservation Plan 2004, Head Gardener Andrew Jesson - details of historic planting, current and future policy. | ||
| Collections | As for The National Trust. | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 80-100 m | ||
| Soil type: | Clay, acid | ||
| Aspect: | Varies | ||
| Total area: | 40 ha | ||
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| WEATHER RECORDS | No records kept | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
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| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| Subarctic America | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Taxodiaceae, Aceraceae, Rosaceae, Fagaceae, Cornaceae, Theaceae, Magnoliaceae, Nyssaceae, Ericaceae, Betulaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Abies, Pinus, Chamaecyparis, Sequoiadendron, Taxodium, Acer, Amelanchier, Betula, Castanea, Cornus, Magnolia, Nyssa, Photinia, Sorbus, Camellia, Rhododendron, Vaccinium, Quercus | |||
| Special collections | Rhododendron 'Ghent Azalea', NCCPG – 50 Accessions, 150 Plants. | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Records kept Computerised | ||
| Record System | Access | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | No | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | No | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | Garden guide | ||
| Identifications: | No | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for secondary, higher, potential for taxonomic | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, Articles for publications | ||
| Friends Organisation: | No | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Gift shop, Bluebell Railway | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge Free of charge to RHS pers. members, NT | ||
| Visitors per year: | 160 000 | ||
| Public opening hours: | Jan to mid-Feb: Sat & Sun 10.30-4pm Mid-Feb to April: Tues-Sun, 10.30-6pm May & Oct: daily, 10.30-6pm June to Sept: Tues-Sun, 10.30-6pm Nov-Dec: Tues-Sun, 10.30-4pm 28/12-1/1: Wed-Sun 10.30-4pm | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||
| The garden was purchased by The National Trust to preserve and maintain the collection of plants it contained, set in an eighteenth-century landscape setting with important reflections in the four large lakes. | |||