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TregrehanLast updated: Jan 2005 |  | ||
| Address: | Par, Cornwall, PL24 2SJ Tel: 01726 812438 Fax: 01726 814389 email: web address: Latitude: 50° 12'55''N Longitude: 4° 44'23''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | |||
| Ownership: | Private, T. Hudson | ||
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| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork individual | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| Owner: | T. Hudson | ||
| Contact person: | T. Hudson | ||
| Total Staff: | 4 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Collections | | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 50 m | ||
| Soil type: | Loam, acid | ||
| Aspect: | South | ||
| Total area: | 10 ha | ||
| Area heated: | |||
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| WEATHER RECORDS | No records kept | ||
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| Absolute minimum | -10 °C | ||
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| direction | South | ||
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| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | |||
| Genera | 350 | ||
| Species | |||
| Taxa | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Plants | 5000 | ||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Approximately 15 Champion trees | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| China, Eastern Asia, Indo-China, New Zealand, North and Central Mexico, Southern South America, Tasmania | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Aceraceae, Betulaceae, Ericaceae, Fagaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Lauraceae, Magnoliaceae, Pinaceae, Podocarpaceae, Rosaceae, Styracaceae, Theaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Camellia | |||
| Special collections | Conifers, ICCP – 16 Genera, 27 Species, 27 Taxa, 27 Accessions, 42 Plants | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Kept since 1988 Computerised | ||
| Record System | Microsoft | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | No | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | No | ||
| Library | No | ||
| Research facilities | No | ||
| Publications | No | ||
| Identifications: | No | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for public education | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised guided walks | ||
| Friends Organisation: | No | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Café, plant shop | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Admission charge | ||
| Visitors per year: | 1500 | ||
| Public opening hours: | Wed-Sun: 10.30am-5pm (mid Mar-mid June) Wed only: 2pm-5pm (mid June-Aug) | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||
| Aims to cultivate woody, wild-collected material from warm, temperate regions and to maintain them in an aesthetic manner. | |||