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Trebah Garden TrustLast updated: Jan 2005 |  | ||
| Address: | Mawnan Smith, Near Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5JZ Tel: 01326 250448 Fax: 01326 250781 email: mail at trebah-garden.co.uk web address: Latitude: 50° 06'21''N Longitude: 05° 07'19''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | |||
| Ownership: | Trebah Garden Trust | ||
| Garden code: | |||
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Director: | Mike Harvey | ||
| Head Gardener: | Darren Dickey | ||
| Plant Archivist: | Nicola Wharton | ||
| Contact person: | Nicola Wharton | ||
| Total Staff: | 50 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 7 | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Collections | | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 0-62 m | ||
| Soil type: | Acid | ||
| Aspect: | Varied | ||
| Total area: | 10.5 ha | ||
| Area heated: | 150 m² | ||
| Other sites of collection: | | ||
| WEATHER RECORDS | Records kept | ||
| Temperature: | |||
| Average daily: | 10.2 °C | ||
| Av. monthly max: | 18.3 °C | ||
| Av. monthly min: | 2.5 °C | ||
| Absolute maximum | 23 °C (1996) | ||
| Absolute minimum | -4 °C (1996) | ||
| Wind: | |||
| direction | South and west | ||
| strength: | Below average | ||
| Rainfall | |||
| Average annual | 1179 mm | ||
| Month of maximum | January | ||
| Month of minimum | June | ||
| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | |||
| Genera | 290 | ||
| Species | 1000 | ||
| Taxa | 1600 | ||
| Accessions | 4500 | ||
| Plants | 6000 | ||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Tallest Trachycarpus fortuneii in the country. Largest collection of Dicksonia antartica in the country. | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| Southern Africa, Southwestern Europe, Australia, Western South America, China | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Ericaceae, Gramineae, Hydrangeaceae, Magnoliaceae, Compositae, Podocarpaceae, Myrtaceae, Proteaceae, Cornaceae, Theaceae, Cupressaceae, Pinaceae, Agavaceae, Palmae, Crassulaceae, Liliaceae, Fagaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Winteraceae, Pittosporaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Rhododendron, Camellia, Arundinaria, Phyllostachys, Hydrangea, Magnolia, Laurelia, Myrtus, Lomatia, Podocarpus, Gevuina, Cornus, Gunnera, Dicksonia, Phormium, Agave, Trachycarpus, Cordyline, Aeonium, Azara | |||
| Special collections | | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Kept since 1989 Computerised | ||
| Record System | Access | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | National | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | 274 items, no public access | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | No | ||
| Identifications: | Undertakes identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic and public education | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails | ||
| Friends Organisation: | No | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, plant shop, gift shop | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge | ||
| Visitors per year: | 100 000 | ||
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10.30am-5pm | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||
| The garden aims to preserve and enhance a historic plant collection while maintaining the natural, wild beauty of the Cornish ravine setting. | |||