Sheffield Botanical Gardens
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Address Background Personnel Policies Environment Weather Collection Facilities Access Principles Location map
| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Sheffield Botanical Gardens |
| Clarkehouse Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2LN | |
| Tel: 0114 2686001 | |
| Fax: 0114 2676496 | |
| Email: sue.willis-worthington@sheffield.gov.uk | |
| Web site: www.sbg.org.uk www.fobssheffield.co.uk www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-wo... | |
| Latitude: 57° 2' 20" N / 53.3735352 | |
| Longitude: 01° 29' 53" W / -1.4976119 | |
| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1836 |
| Ownership: | Sheffield Town Trust (administered by city council) |
| Garden code: | SHELD |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
| Please include actual titles in brackets after the name i.e. Owner, Director/Manager, Curator/Head gardener. If you have other administrative staff, i.e. taxonomists, education officers etc. please add extra rows. | |
| Curator: | Ian Turner |
| Contact person: | Sue Willis-Worthington (Support Officer) |
| Total Staff: | 9 (7.8 Full Time Equivalents) |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 8 (6.8 Full Time Equivalents) |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | |
| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 120 m |
| Soil type: | Loam, acid |
| Aspect: | South |
| Total area: | 7.6 ha |
| Area heated: | 500m² |
| Other sites of collection: | |
| Weather records | No records kept (records from nearby) |
| Temperature | |
| Average daily: | 9.5 °C |
| Av. monthly max: | 12.8 °C |
| Av. monthly min: | 6.2 °C |
| Absolute maximum: | 34.3 °C (1990) |
| Absolute minimum: | -14.6 °C (1995) |
| Wind | |
| Direction: | South and west |
| Strength: | Below average |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 818 mm |
| Month of maximum: | December |
| Month of minimum: | July |
| Plant collection | |
| Families: | 210 |
| Genera: | 1,000 |
| Species: | 2,900 |
| Taxa: | 4,600 |
| Accessions: | 7,600 |
| Plants: | 8,500 |
| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Weigela, Diervilla, Sarcococca | |
| Special collections: | |
| Weigela, NCCPG – 220 Accessions, 145 Taxa. Diervilla, NCCPG – 15 Accessions, 10 Taxa Sarcococca, NCCPG – 35 Accessions, 18 Taxa | |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1970 |
| Record System: | MS Access |
| Phenological records: | No |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | Small library for Friends of Sheffield Botanic Garden only |
| Research facilities: | Small amounts of research carried out in the Nursery |
| Publications: | History of Sheffield Botanic Gardens Weigela/Diervilla, Gardening in dry-shade, Bulbs |
| Identifications: | Undertakes identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | Vocational Training Public Lectures and Practical demonstrations Primary and secondary Education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, lectures |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, Shop |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| Access conditions: | Majority of site accessible for all. 2 Mobility scooters available (Free Hire) |
| Public access: | Free admission Programme of events throughout the year |
| Visitors per year: | approximately 300,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Winter: Mon-Fri: 8am–4pm, Sat-Sun, BH: 10am–4pm Summer: Mon-Fri: 8am–7.45pm (or dusk if earlier), Sat-Sun, BH: 10am–7.45pm (or dusk if earlier) |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| To develop the garden as a centre of excellence for horticulture, botanical education and interpretation, in the city, regionally and nationally. | |
| Location map | |
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