Knightshayes Garden
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Address Background Personnel Policies Environment Weather Collection Facilities Access Principles Location map
| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Knightshayes Garden |
| Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7RH | |
| Tel: 01884 253264 | |
| Fax: 01884 253264 | |
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| Latitude: 50° 55' 28" N / 50.9229927 | |
| Longitude: 3° 29' 39" W / -3.4916372 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
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| Ownership: | The National Trust |
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| Umbrella organisation: | English Heritage, The National Trust |
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| Personnel | |
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| Head Gardener: | John Lanyon |
| Contact person: | John Lanyon |
| Total Staff: | 10, 2 students, 45 volunteers |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 8 |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | As for The National Trust |
| Collections: | As for The National Trust |
| Physical environment | |
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| Soil type: | Acid red brown soil |
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| Total area: | 262 acres |
| Area heated: | 1 glasshouse |
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| Plant collection | |
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| Plants: | 26 000 |
| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Tallest Quercus cerris in the British Isles | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| Southern South America | |
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| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Eucryphia, Azara, Cyclamen, Mahonia | |
| Special collections: | |
| Conifers, ICCP – 7 Genera, 7 Species, 7 Taxa, 9 Plants. Chilean, ICCP – 18 Genera, 24 Species, 24 Taxa, 124 Plants. | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept Computerised |
| Record System: | National Trust's Woody Plant Catalogue |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Garden guide |
| Identifications: | Unknown |
| Teaching and Education: | Unknown |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails |
| 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 |
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| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 11am-5.30pm summer |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| According to National Trust policy. | |
| Location map | |
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