Last updated: 7 October 2020
PlantNetwork member | |
Address and contact details | |
Cranbrook, Near Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 2SL | |
Tel: 01580 211044 | |
Web site: www.forestryengland.uk/bedgebury | |
Latitude: 51° 04' 28" N | |
Longitude: 0° 27' 30" E | |
Background to the collection | |
Year founded: | 1925 |
Ownership: | Forestry Commission |
Garden code: | BEDGE |
Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Forestry Commission, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
Personnel | |
Collections Manager: | Dan Luscombe |
Contact person: | Dan Luscombe |
Total Staff: | 6 |
Total Horticultural Staff: | 1 |
Physical environment | |
Altitude: | 80-150 m |
Soil type: | Tunbridge Wells sands, silty and very acidic, phosphorous poor |
Aspect: | Varied |
Total area: | 130 ha |
Other sites of collection: | Alice Holt Research Station Westonbirt, the National Arboretum |
Weather records | Records are kept and can be supplied if requested |
Wind | |
Direction: | South and west |
Strength: | Average |
Rainfall | |
Average annual: | 800 mm |
Month of maximum: | January |
Month of minimum: | August |
Plant collection | |
Families: | 8 |
Genera: | 59 |
Species: | 360 |
Taxa: | 1300 |
Plants: | 9800 |
Notable plants within the collection: | |
Champion trees: × Cupressocyparis leylandii tallest in UK Chamaecyparis thyoides and Taiwania cryptomerioides | |
Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
Worldwide | |
Special families within the collections: | |
Araucariaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Cupressaceae, Pinaceae, Podocarpaceae, Sciadopityaceae, Taxaceae, Taxodiaceae | |
Special genera within the collections: | |
Taxus, Chamaecyparis, Cupressocyparis | |
Special collections: | |
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana cultivars, NCCPG Taxus, NCCPG Juniperus, NCCPG | |
Record Keeping: | Kept since 1982 Computerised |
Record System: | IrisBG |
Phenological records: | Newly planted 2009 |
Plant-collecting trips: | International and national |
Facilities on site | |
Herbarium: | No |
Library: | Conifer and Woody plants |
Research facilities: | No |
Publications: | No |
Identifications: | Only for other gardens |
Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, public education |
Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails, lectures |
Friends Organisation: | Yes visit friends website: www.bedgeburypinetum.org.uk |
Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, Cycle hire |
Access to the collections | |
Public access: | Admission charge |
Visitors per year: | 300,000 |
Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 8am-8pm, with seasonal differences |
Guiding principles behind the collection | |
The collection is owned and managed by the Forestry Commission as the nation's living reference collection of hardy conifers, some 2200 taxa. | |
Location map | |
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