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Torosay Castle & Gardens
Last updated: Nov 1999
Address: Torosay Estate, Caignure, Isle of Mull, Argyll, PA65 6AY
Tel: 01680 812421
Fax: 01680 812470
email:
web address:
Latitude: 56° 27'18''N
Longitude: 5° 41'27''W

BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:
Ownership: Private, Mr C James
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation:

PERSONNEL
Mr Mike Swift
Mr C. James

Contact person: Mr Mike Swift
Total Staff: 5
Total Horticultural Staff:

POLICIES
Accessions
Collections

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude: 1-40 m
Soil type: Sand, acid
Aspect: Varied
Total area: 6.9 ha
Area heated:
Other sites of collection: Chilean Woodland (Fenella's Wood)

WEATHER RECORDS Records kept
Temperature:
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum
Absolute minimum
Wind:
direction South and west
strength:
Rainfall
Average annual
Month of maximum
Month of minimum

PLANT COLLECTION
Families
Genera
Species
Taxa
Accessions
Plants
Notable plants within the collection
Cornus capitata one of the largest in the British Isles
Geographical area of specialisation
China, Australia, North and Central Mexico, Southern South America
Special families within the collections
Cornaceae, Pinaceae, Compositae, Ericaceae, Eucryphiaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Myrtaceae, Primulaceae, Papaveraceae
Special genera within the collections
Cornus, Pinus, Olearia, Rhododendron, Eucryphia, Azara, Myrtus, Primula, Meconopsis
Special collections Conifer, ICCP
– 52 Genera, 98 Species, 99 Taxa, 135 Plants.

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

FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium No
Library No
Research facilities No
Publications No
Identifications: Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material
Teaching and Education: Potential for primary, secondary and taxonomic
Interpretation of the material: Supervised garden walks, brochures
Friends Organisation: No

Visitor facilities: Restaurant, plant shop, gift shop

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access: Admission charge
Visitors per year: 40 000
Public opening hours: Mon-Sun: 10am-dusk

GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
The garden aims, firstly, to be enjoyed by the public, both local and holidaymakers; secondly, to house a series of plant collections, with the emphasis on Chile.

PlantNetwork > DIRECTORY of Botanical Collections in Britain and Ireland > Index

Torosay Castle & Gardens Last updated: Nov 1999
Address:	Torosay Estate, Caignure, Isle of Mull, Argyll, PA65 6AY Tel: 01680 812421 Fax: 01680 812470 email: web address: Latitude: 56° 27'18''N Longitude: 5° 41'27''W
BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:
Ownership:	Private, Mr C James
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation:
PERSONNEL
	Mr Mike Swift
	Mr C. James

Contact person:	Mr Mike Swift
Total Staff:	5
Total Horticultural Staff:
POLICIES
Accessions
Collections
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:	1-40 m
Soil type:	Sand, acid
Aspect:	Varied
Total area:	6.9 ha
Area heated:
Other sites of collection:	Chilean Woodland (Fenella's Wood)
WEATHER RECORDS	Records kept
Temperature:
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum
Absolute minimum
Wind:
direction	South and west
strength:
Rainfall
Average annual
Month of maximum
Month of minimum
PLANT COLLECTION
Families
Genera
Species
Taxa
Accessions
Plants
Notable plants within the collection
	Cornus capitata one of the largest in the British Isles
Geographical area of specialisation
	China, Australia, North and Central Mexico, Southern South America
Special families within the collections
	Cornaceae, Pinaceae, Compositae, Ericaceae, Eucryphiaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Myrtaceae, Primulaceae, Papaveraceae
Special genera within the collections
	Cornus, Pinus, Olearia, Rhododendron, Eucryphia, Azara, Myrtus, Primula, Meconopsis
Special collections	Conifer, ICCP – 52 Genera, 98 Species, 99 Taxa, 135 Plants.
Phenological Garden
Records of living collection	Records kept
Record System
Plant-collecting trips	No
FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium	No
Library	No
Research facilities	No
Publications	No
Identifications:	Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material
Teaching and Education:	Potential for primary, secondary and taxonomic
Interpretation of the material:	Supervised garden walks, brochures
Friends Organisation:	No
Visitor facilities:	Restaurant, plant shop, gift shop
ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access:	Admission charge
Visitors per year:	40 000
Public opening hours:	Mon-Sun: 10am-dusk
GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
	The garden aims, firstly, to be enjoyed by the public, both local and holidaymakers; secondly, to house a series of plant collections, with the emphasis on Chile.