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National Botanic Garden of Wales
Last updated: Jan 2006
Address: Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HG
Tel: 01558 668768
Fax: 01558 668933
email: info at gardenofwales.org.uk
web address: www.gardenofwales.org.uk
Latitude: 51° 50' 30" N
Longitude: 4° 9' 00" W

BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded: 1996
Ownership: National Botanic Garden of Wales
Garden code: WALES
Umbrella organisation: PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International

PERSONNEL
Director: Kevin Lamb
Head Gardeners Jessica Gould & Laura Davies

Contact person: Jessica Gould & Laura Davies
Total Staff: About 45 (some seasonal variation)
Total Horticultural Staff: About 13 (some seasonal variation)

POLICIES
Accessions Under review
Collections Under review

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude: 89 m
Soil type: Boulder clay
Aspect:
Total area: 230 ha
Area heated: 3500 m²
Other sites of collection: None

WEATHER RECORDS Some
Temperature:
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum
Absolute minimum
Wind:
direction
strength:
Rainfall
Average annual 1164 mm
Month of maximum October
Month of minimum March (since records started in 1998; suspect July, which is second lowest, will actually be long-term month of minimum)

PLANT COLLECTION
Families 224
Genera 1239
Species 4152
Taxa 6119
Accessions 9108
Plants 13 856
Notable plants within the collection
Grevillea maccutcheonii; Sorbus leyana;
Geographical area of specialisation
Western Australia, South Africa, California, Mediterranean Basin, Chile (in Great Glasshouse)
Special families within the collections
Proteaceae, Restionaceae, Myrtaceae
Special genera within the collections
Banksias, Grevilleas, Proteas, British Sorbus sp.
Special collections

Phenological Garden
Records of living collection Kept since 1998
Computerised
Record System BG Base
Plant-collecting trips Yes

FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium No
Library In development
Research facilities In development
Publications Guide books to the gardens; leaflets; also a book on the gardens published prior to opening in 2000
Identifications: Occasionally if possible; horticultural specimens only
Teaching and Education: Yes
Interpretation of the material: Daily introductory talks to the Walled Garden and Great Glasshouse; information panels and other written interpretation around the site; audio visual tour of the Great Glasshouse is in development
Friends Organisation: Yes
Approx 4,500
Visitor facilities: Gift shop, restaurant, café, plant shop

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access: Admission charge
Public access to all 'front of house' areas; access to the nursery areas by appointment only
Visitors per year:
Public opening hours: Open every day except Christmas Day
10 - 6 summer; 10 - 4 winter

GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
Our mission is 'To establish and develop a National Botanic Garden of Wales dedicated to environmental education and plant conservation, underpinned by world class horticulture and scientific research'. We are a garden still under development, with many projects planned. The Great Glasshouse is devoted to plants from the Mediterranean climate regions of the world; much of the collection is wild-collected and known source, but not all. The Walled Garden demonstrates the evolutionary relationships of plants, using the most recent information based on DNA analysis. Other areas of the garden are purely decorative, but we plan to develop a 'Woods of the World' arboretum laid out on a phytogeographic basis, with plants from areas of the world with similar climates to South Wales. Planting of trees from South West China is planned to begin this winter; most of these will be wild-collected and known source.

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

National Botanic Garden of Wales Last updated: Jan 2006
Address:	Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HG Tel: 01558 668768 Fax: 01558 668933 email: info at gardenofwales.org.uk web address: www.gardenofwales.org.uk Latitude: 51° 50' 30" N Longitude: 4° 9' 00" W
BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION
Year Founded:	1996
Ownership:	National Botanic Garden of Wales
Garden code:	WALES
Umbrella organisation:	PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International
PERSONNEL
Director:	Kevin Lamb
Head Gardeners	Jessica Gould & Laura Davies

Contact person:	Jessica Gould & Laura Davies
Total Staff:	About 45 (some seasonal variation)
Total Horticultural Staff:	About 13 (some seasonal variation)
POLICIES
Accessions	Under review
Collections	Under review
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Altitude:	89 m
Soil type:	Boulder clay
Aspect:
Total area:	230 ha
Area heated:	3500 m²
Other sites of collection:	None
WEATHER RECORDS	Some
Temperature:
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum
Absolute minimum
Wind:
direction
strength:
Rainfall
Average annual	1164 mm
Month of maximum	October
Month of minimum	March (since records started in 1998; suspect July, which is second lowest, will actually be long-term month of minimum)
PLANT COLLECTION
Families	224
Genera	1239
Species	4152
Taxa	6119
Accessions	9108
Plants	13 856
Notable plants within the collection
	Grevillea maccutcheonii; Sorbus leyana;
Geographical area of specialisation
	Western Australia, South Africa, California, Mediterranean Basin, Chile (in Great Glasshouse)
Special families within the collections
	Proteaceae, Restionaceae, Myrtaceae
Special genera within the collections
	Banksias, Grevilleas, Proteas, British Sorbus sp.
Special collections
Phenological Garden
Records of living collection	Kept since 1998 Computerised
Record System	BG Base
Plant-collecting trips	Yes
FACILITIES ON SITE
Herbarium	No
Library	In development
Research facilities	In development
Publications	Guide books to the gardens; leaflets; also a book on the gardens published prior to opening in 2000
Identifications:	Occasionally if possible; horticultural specimens only
Teaching and Education:	Yes
Interpretation of the material:	Daily introductory talks to the Walled Garden and Great Glasshouse; information panels and other written interpretation around the site; audio visual tour of the Great Glasshouse is in development
Friends Organisation:	Yes Approx 4,500
Visitor facilities:	Gift shop, restaurant, café, plant shop
ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS
Public access:	Admission charge Public access to all 'front of house' areas; access to the nursery areas by appointment only
Visitors per year:
Public opening hours:	Open every day except Christmas Day 10 - 6 summer; 10 - 4 winter
GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION
	Our mission is 'To establish and develop a National Botanic Garden of Wales dedicated to environmental education and plant conservation, underpinned by world class horticulture and scientific research'. We are a garden still under development, with many projects planned. The Great Glasshouse is devoted to plants from the Mediterranean climate regions of the world; much of the collection is wild-collected and known source, but not all. The Walled Garden demonstrates the evolutionary relationships of plants, using the most recent information based on DNA analysis. Other areas of the garden are purely decorative, but we plan to develop a 'Woods of the World' arboretum laid out on a phytogeographic basis, with plants from areas of the world with similar climates to South Wales. Planting of trees from South West China is planned to begin this winter; most of these will be wild-collected and known source.