Kingston Maurward Gardens
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Address Background Personnel Policies Environment Weather Collection Facilities Access Principles Location map
| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Kingston Maurward Gardens |
| Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8PY | |
| Tel: 01305 215000 | |
| Fax: 01305 215001 | |
| Email: administration@kmc.ac.uk | |
| Web site: www.kmc.ac.uk | |
| Latitude: 50° 43' 06" N / 50.7183952 | |
| Longitude: 2° 23' 53N / -2.4041240 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1949 |
| Ownership: | Kingston Maurward College |
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| Umbrella organisation: | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
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| Principal: | David Henley |
| Head Gardener: | Nigel Hewish |
| Contact person: | Nigel Hewish |
| Total Staff: | 150 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 8 |
| Policies | |
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| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 80 m |
| Soil type: | Sand, alkaline |
| Aspect: | South |
| Total area: | 90 ha |
| Area heated: | 790 m² |
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| Weather records | Records kept |
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| Direction: | South & west |
| Strength: | Average |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 990 mm |
| Month of maximum: | November |
| Month of minimum: | July |
| Plant collection | |
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| Penstemon, Salvia | |
| Special collections: | |
| Salvia, NCCPG – 180 Taxa, 120 Species, 500 Plants. Penstemon, NCCPG – 15 Species, 115 Taxa, 700 Plants. | |
| Record Keeping: | No records kept |
| Computer Program used: | |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Yes |
| Identifications: | Undertakes identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for secondary, higher and public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, lectures |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, plant 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: | 30,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-5.30pm 5 Jan to 23 Dec |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The garden is maintained for a teaching resource for college students as well as a visitor attraction. | |
| Location map | |
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