Kilmacurragh Botanic Gardens
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Address Background Personnel Policies Environment Weather Collection Facilities Access Principles Location map
| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Kilmacurragh Botanic Gardens |
| Kilmacurragh Botanic Gardens, Kilbride, Co. Wicklow, Ireland | |
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| Email: kilmacurraghgardens@opw.ie | |
| Web site: www.botanicgardens.ie | |
| Latitude: 52° 55' 45.50"N / 52.9293060 | |
| Longitude: 06° 8' 52.93"W / -6.1480360 | |
| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1850, Part of National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin since 1998 |
| Ownership: | Office of Public Works |
| Garden code: | KILM |
| 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: | Matthew Jebb |
| Curator: | Paul Maher |
| Head Gardener: | Seamus O'Brien |
| Contact person: | Seamus O'Brien |
| Total Staff: | 7 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 3 |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | A set of written Policies as per the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin |
| Collections: | A set of written Policies as per the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 120 m |
| Soil type: | Acid over shale |
| Aspect: | South east facing surrounded by hills to 240 m |
| Total area: | Arboretum 4 hectares, 10 hectares total |
| Area heated: | |
| Other sites of collection: | Part of [link id='3507'] |
| Weather records | No records kept |
| Temperature | |
| Average daily: | |
| Av. monthly max: | 12.8 °C |
| Av. monthly min: | 6.8 °C |
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| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 1168 mm |
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| Plant collection | |
| Families: | 79 |
| Genera: | 156 |
| Species: | 350 |
| Taxa: | 402 |
| Accessions: | 1200 |
| Plants: | 2500 |
| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Cryptomeria japonica 'Kilmacurragh Cristata', Laureliopsis philippiana, Picconia excelsa, Picea orientalis, Podocarpus salignus | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| Southern Hemisphere Gymnosperms | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Athrotaxis, Cunninghamia, Saxegothea, Fitzroya, Podocarpus, Rhododendron, | |
| Special collections: | |
| Phytogeographic plantings of collections from China and Chile expeditions undertaken by National Botanic Gardens staff. | |
| Record Keeping: | kept since 1998 Computerised |
| Record System: | BG-Recorder |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | Chile, 2007 |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | at National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin |
| Library: | at National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | No |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | Guided walks and other events for adults and children. |
| Interpretation: | Guide service offering supervised garden walks, brochure and guided trail |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Car Park, Toilets |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Free |
| Visitors per year: | 30,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 9am-6pm, 5pm in winter |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| Funded by Central Government to pursue the basic objectives of conservation, education, research, demonstration and recreation, as part of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. The Gardens reflect the role of the Acton family's collaboration with Glasnevin from 1850 to the 1930s. | |
| Location map | |
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