Capel Manor College
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Address Background Personnel Policies Environment Weather Collection Facilities Access Principles Location map
| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Capel Manor College |
| Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, London, Middlesex, EN1 4RQ | |
| Tel: 0181 336 4442 | |
| Fax: 01992 717544 | |
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| Latitude: 51° 40' 46" N / 51.6799583 | |
| Longitude: 0° 03' 31" W / -0.0571425 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1968 |
| Ownership: | Capel Manor Corporation |
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| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
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| Director: | Dr S. Dowbiggin OBE |
| Head Gardeners: | Mr Mark Cook and Mr Martin Day |
| Contact person: | Mrs. Julie Phipps |
| Total Staff: | 300 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 45 (5 gardeners, 6 apprentices) |
| Policies | |
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| Collections: | Collation of our collection of Sarcococca into one main area; it was previously spread out over different areas of the gardens. |
| Physical environment | |
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| Soil type: | Loam, some gravels, silty loam on brick earth. |
| Aspect: | Mostly flat |
| Total area: | 4 ha |
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| Weather records | Are records kept ? (Y/N) |
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| Plant collection | |
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| Taxa: | 12 |
| Accessions: | 12 |
| Plants: | 12 |
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| Buxaceae | |
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| Sarcococca | |
| Special collections: | |
| Sarcococca, NCCPG – 12 Accessions, 12 Plants. | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept manual |
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| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | Capel Manor College Library |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Guide to Capel Manor Gardens |
| Identifications: | Undertakes identifications for specific sectors of the public |
| Teaching and Education: | Higher Education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, book shop, gift 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: | 80,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-5.30pm March-October |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| At Capel Manor our gardens are used both for educational requirements and as a facility for the general public. The college also includes the National Gardening Centre and extenive and diverse grounds (including Gardening Which? Trials garden). | |
| Location map | |
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