South Staffordshire College, Rodbaston Campus
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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | South Staffordshire College, Rodbaston Campus |
| Rodbaston, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5PH | |
| Tel: 01785 712209 | |
| Fax: 01785 715701 | |
| Email: rodenquiries@rodbaston.ac.uk | |
| Web site: www.rodbaston.ac.uk | |
| Latitude: 52° 42' 00" N / 52.7024193 | |
| Longitude: 02° 06' 00" W / -2.1172233 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | |
| Ownership: | South Staffordshire College |
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| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, 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. | |
| Chief Executive: | G. Morley |
| Head of Faculty: | Marcus Clinton |
| Head Gardener: | Yoke van der Meer |
| Contact person: | Yoke van der Meer |
| Total Staff: | 120 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 4 |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | |
| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 6 m |
| Soil type: | Sandy clay loam |
| Aspect: | Varied |
| Total area: | 10 ha |
| Area heated: | 750 m² |
| Other sites of collection: | |
| Weather records | No records kept |
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| Wind | |
| Direction: | Southwest |
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| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 600 mm |
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| Plant collection | |
| Families: | 2 |
| Number of genera: | |
| Species: | 150 |
| Taxa: | 250 |
| Accessions: | 300 |
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| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| New World (SW N.America-S.America) | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Luzula, Salvia | |
| Special collections: | |
| Luzula, NCCPG Salvia | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept manual & computer |
| Record System: | Access |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | Yes, for Salvias |
| Library: | Yes |
| Research facilities: | Yes |
| Publications: | Yes |
| Identifications: | Yes |
| Teaching and Education: | Yes, College |
| Interpretation: | Self-guided Salvia tour |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | To be opened Sept 2005 |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Free access, but not easy for wheelchairs (gravel paths) |
| How many visitors do you get a year? | |
| Public opening hours: | College weekdays Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm<br. Sat-Sun: Closed |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The (New World) Salvias are an excellent collection for a College: the tender and hardy varieities are an always inspiring/educational resource for students and Visitors. With commercial pressures of the present climate it is always good to have an exotic plant such as the winter flowering Salvias. | |
| Location map | |
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