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| Address and contact details |
| c/o Greenhill Nursery, Nursery Lane, Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, L19 6PR |
| Tel: 0151 427 6039 |
| Fax: 0151 494 1756 |
| Latitude: 53° 22' 57" N |
| Longitude: 2° 53' 30" W |
| Background to the collection |
| Year founded: | 1964 |
| Ownership: | Liverpool City Council |
| Garden code: | LIVC |
| Umbrella organisation: | Botanic Gardens Conservation International, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| Personnel |
| Bob Meath |
| Contact person: | Mike Brown |
| Total Staff: | 20 |
| Physical environment |
| Altitude: | 0 m |
| Soil type: | Sand |
| Aspect: | Flat |
| Total area: | 3.5 ha |
| Area heated: | 0.3 ha |
| Other sites of collection: | Calderstones Park (outdoor plants)
Sefton Park Palm House (temperate glass)
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| Weather records | Records kept |
| Temperature | |
| Average daily: | 10 °C |
| Av. monthly max: | 13.1 °C |
| Av. monthly min: | 6.7 °C |
| Absolute maximum: | 34.7 °C |
| Absolute minimum: | -13.9 °C |
| Wind | |
| Direction: | West |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 894 mm |
| Month of maximum: | October |
| Month of minimum: | February |
| Plant collection |
| Families: | 120 |
| Genera: | 400 |
| Species: | 2200 |
| Taxa: | 2800 |
| Accessions: | 3000 |
| Plants: | 9000 |
| Special families within the collections: |
| Bromeliaceae, Marantaceae, Agavaceae, Orchidaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Begoniaceae, Malvaceae |
| Special genera within the collections: |
| Aechmea, Calathea, Dracaena, Dendrobium, Paphiopedilum, Codiaeum, Begonia, Hibiscus |
| Special collections: |
| Aechmea, NCCPG, – 29 Species, 44 Taxa, 45 Accessions, 159 Plants.
Calathea and relatives, NCCPG, – 6 Genera, 38 Species, 64 Taxa, 64 Accessions, 200 Plants
Codiaeum, NCCPG, – 1 Species, 58 Taxa, 60 Accessions, 500 Plants.
Dendrobium, NCCPG, – 33 Species, 67 Taxa, 70 Accessions, ca.600 Plants.
Dracaena, NCCPG, – 11 Species, 41 Taxa, 44 Accessions, 420 Plants.
Paphiopedilum NCCPG, – 9 Species, 49 Taxa, 52 Accessions, ca.80 Plants |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1963
Computerised |
| Record System: | BG-Recorder |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Index seminum |
| Identifications: | Undertakes fee identifications for the general public |
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic and special courses |
| Interpretation: | Signs, supervised garden walks |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Café |
| Access to the collections |
| Public access: | Free |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-4pm Sefton Palm House (Calderstone Park to 6pm) |
| Location map |
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