The Savill & Valley Gardens
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Address Background Personnel Policies Environment Weather Collection Facilities Access Principles Location map
| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | The Savill & Valley Gardens |
| Crown Estate Commissioners, Crown Estate Office, The Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 2HT | |
| Tel: 01753 860222 | |
| Fax: | |
| Email: | |
| Web site: | |
| Latitude: 51° 26' 35" N / 51.4433403 | |
| Longitude: 0° 37' 43" W / -0.6287583 | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | |
| Ownership: | The Crown Estate |
| Garden code: | |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
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| Keeper of the Gardens: | Mark Flanagan |
| Head of the Savill Gardens: | Harvey Stephens |
| Contact person: | Harvey Stephens |
| Total Staff: | 56 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | Under development |
| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | |
| Soil type: | Sand |
| Aspect: | Varied |
| Total area: | 81 ha |
| Area heated: | 300 m² |
| Other sites of collection: | The Savill & Valley Gardens are in separate parts in the The Great Park, Windsor |
| Weather records | Records kept for Windsor Great Park since 1957 |
| Temperature | |
| Average daily: | |
| Av. monthly max: | |
| Av. monthly min: | |
| Absolute maximum: | 37 °C |
| Absolute minimum: | -15 °C |
| Wind | |
| Direction: | Southwest |
| Strength: | Average |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 644 mm |
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| Month of minimum: | |
| Plant collection | |
| Families: | 157 |
| Genera: | 643 |
| Species: | 3574 |
| Taxa: | 12027 |
| Accessions: | 15341 |
| Number of plants: | |
| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| China, Eastern Asia, Northeastern USA | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Ericaceae, Fagaceae, Berberidaceae, Pinaceae, Aquifoliaceae, Rosaceae, Aceraceae, Betulaceae, Juglandaceae, Theaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Magnoliaceae, Hydrangeaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Rhododendron, Gaultheria, Camellia, Quercus, Fagus, Pinus, Abies, Picea, Ilex, Sorbus, Acer, Betula, Alnus, Carya, Juglans, Hamamelis, Liquidambar, Magnolia, Hydrangea | |
| Special collections: | |
| Ilex, NCCPG – 52 Species, 301 Taxa, 382 Accessions. Mahonia, NCCPG – 27 Species, 51 Taxa, 85 Accessions. Pernettya, NCCPG – 12 Species, 28 Taxa, 53 Accessions. Pieris, NCCPG – 9 Species, 93 Taxa, 315 Accessions. Rhododendron (Glen Dale Azaleas), NCCPG – 181 Taxa, 182 Accessions. Magnolia, NCCPG – 34 Species, 310 Taxa, 395 Accessions, Rhododendron species, NCCPG – 632 Species, 1499 Taxa, 2732 Accessions. | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept Computerised |
| Record System: | Access |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | National |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Garden guidebook (2006) |
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | No |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, lectures |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Recently opened (2006) visitor centre - the Savill Building houses a restaurant, shop, plant centre and lecture room. |
| 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-Fri: 8am-7pm or dusk |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The garden is funded by the Crown Estate Commissioners as one of the amenity attractions of Windsor Great Park. | |
| Location map | |
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