Pine Lodge Gardens
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Address Background Personnel Policies Environment Weather Collection Facilities Access Principles Location map
| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Pine Lodge Gardens |
| Holmbush, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 3RQ | |
| Tel: 01726 73500 | |
| Fax: 01726 77370 | |
| Email: pine@thin-end.co.uk | |
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| Latitude: 50° 20' 28" N / 50.3418808 | |
| Longitude: 4° 44' 52" W / -4.7486086 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
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| Ownership: | Private, Mr & Mrs R. Clemo |
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| Umbrella organisation: | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
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| Personnel | |
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| Contact person: | Mrs Shirley Clemo |
| Total Staff: | 5 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 3 |
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| Soil type: | Loam, acid |
| Aspect: | South |
| Total area: | 11 ha |
| Area heated: | 2 greenhouses |
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| Plants: | 27 |
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| Proteaceae | |
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| Grevillea | |
| Special collections: | |
| Grevillea, NCCPG – 14 Species, 13 Accessions, 27 Plants. | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept Computerised |
| Record System: | unknown |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | Yes |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | No |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | Yes |
| Interpretation: | Guided trails |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Plant shop |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Admission charge |
| How many visitors do you get a year? | |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-6pm |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The garden aims to cultivate as many hardy species of Grevillea as possible. | |
| Location map | |
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