Crarae Gardens
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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Crarae Gardens |
| Crarae Gardens Charaitable Trust, Crarae, Inverary, Argyll, PA32 8YA | |
| Tel: 01546 886388, 01546 886614 | |
| Fax: 01546 886388 | |
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| Latitude: 56° 8' 33" N | |
| Longitude: 5° 15' 30" W | |
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| Background to the collection | |
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| Ownership: | Crarae Garden Charitable Trust |
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| Umbrella organisation: | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
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| Contact person: | Mrs Fiona Sinclair (Administrator) |
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| Soil type: | Varied, from shallowlight loam to peat |
| Aspect: | Southwest |
| Total area: | 20 ha |
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| Weather records | No records kept |
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| Direction: | South |
| Strength: | Average |
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| Tallest Acer pensylvanicum in Great Britain, 12 other tallest trees | |
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| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Rhododendron, Nothofagus, Embothrium, Eucalyptus, Acer, Sorbus, Abies, Picea, Pinus | |
| Special collections: | |
| Nothofagus, NCCPG – 12 Species. Conifer, ICCP – 1 Genus, 1 Taxa, 9 Plants. | |
| Record Keeping: | Lost in fire, 1972. Approximate list available |
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| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
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| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Brochure and garden guide |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for primary and secondary |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Café, plant shop, book shop, gift shop |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
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| Public access: | Admission charge |
| Visitors per year: | 14,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 9am-dusk |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The garden is the result of three generations of one family's development and interest, and is important not only for its collections, but also because of its situation. | |
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