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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Castle Kennedy Gardens |
| Rephad, Stranaer, Dumfries & Gall, DG9 8BX | |
| Tel: 01776 702024 | |
| Fax: 017776 706248 | |
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| Latitude: 54° 56' 43" N | |
| Longitude: 4° 53' 20" E | |
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| Background to the collection | |
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| Ownership: | Private, Lochinch Heritage Estate |
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| John Macarthur | |
| Contact person: | John Macarthur |
| Total Staff: | 5 |
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| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Tallest Pittosporum tenuifolium and four other record-breaking trees | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| China, Southern South America | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Pinaceae, Ericaceae, Magnoliaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Araucaria, Rhododendron, Magnolia, Embothrium, Eucryphia | |
| Special collections: | |
| Hooker's rhododendrons, | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept |
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| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
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| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Garden guide |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | Unknown |
| Interpretation: | Signs, brochures, guided trails, supervised garden walks |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Plant shop, café |
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| 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-Sun: 10am-5pm spring-summer |
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| Location map | |
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