Caerhays Castle
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Address Background Personnel Policies Environment Weather Collection Facilities Access Principles Location map
| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Caerhays Castle |
| Gorran, St. Austell, Cornwall, PL26 6LY | |
| Tel: 01872 501310 | |
| Fax: 01872 501870 | |
| Email: caerhays@eclipse.co.uk | |
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| Latitude: 50° 14' 16" N / 50.2437019 | |
| Longitude: 4° 51' 20" W / -4.8559127 | |
| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | |
| Ownership: | Private, F.J. Williams |
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| Umbrella organisation: | National Heritage Programme |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
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| Contact person: | C.H. Williams |
| Total Staff: | 6 |
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| Physical environment | |
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| Soil type: | Loam, Acid |
| Aspect: | East |
| Total area: | 40 ha |
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| Weather records | Are records kept ? (Y/N) |
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| Plant collection | |
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| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Tallest Emmenopterys henryi in Great Britain, 12 other record-breaking trees | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| China, Northwestern USA, Southern South America | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Fagaceae, Ericaceae, Symplocaceae, Podocarpaceae, Hamamelidaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Camellia, Magnolia, Rhododendron | |
| Special collections: | |
| E. H. Wilson collections, George Forrest collections, | |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1898 |
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| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | International |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | Yes |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Garden catalogue |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic and public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Café, plant shop |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Admission charge |
| Visitors per year: | 5000-10,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Fri: Late March to early May |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| Location map | |
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