Last updated: 3 June 2020
| Address and contact details | |
| Cranbrook, Near Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 2SL | |
| Tel: 01580 211044 | |
| Web site: www.forestry.gov.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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