Last updated: 1 November 1999 - this entry is more than a year old, for details on how to update click here
| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Ardno House |
| Cairndow Estate, Cairndow, Argyll | |
| Tel: 01499 302052 | |
| Fax: 01499 302552 | |
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| Latitude: 56° 14' 16" N | |
| Longitude: 4° 59' 0" W | |
| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
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| Ownership: | Private, Mrs K. How |
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| Mrs K. How | |
| Contact person: | Mrs K. How |
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| Physical environment These need not be exacting, an approximate description of the site is all that is required. | |
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| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| Southern South America | |
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| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Podocarpus, Luma, Rhododendron | |
| Special collections: | |
| Conifers, ICCP – 23 Genera, 35 Species, 36 Taxa, 81 Plants. | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept manual |
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| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Index seminum |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | No |
| Interpretation: | No |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | No |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Specialist access by appointment only |
| How many visitors do you get a year? | |
| Public opening hours: | No public access |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| Private garden | |
| Location map | |
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