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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Harcourt Arboretum |
| Nuneham Courtenay, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX44 9PX | |
| Tel: 01865 343501 | |
| Fax: 01865 341828 | |
| Email: piers.newth@botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk | |
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| Latitude: 51° 41' 04" N | |
| Longitude: 1° 12' 03" W | |
| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1835 |
| Ownership: | University of Oxford |
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| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
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| Director: | Timothy Walker |
| Curator: | Louise Allen |
| Assistant Curator: | Piers Newth |
| Contact person: | Piers Newth |
| Total Staff: | 4 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 3 |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | As part of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, the Arboretum aims to grow a collection of plants consistent with the fulfilment of its mission. Believing it to be best attained through a diverse collection reflecting the research and teaching programmes of the garden, the collection policy may be summarised as follows. A plant will be grown at the Garden if it is: (i) required for the purposes of academic teaching or research by a member of the University, (ii) of value to the schools and/or public education programme, (iii) in a botanical family or genus not yet represented at the Garden, (iv) a species from a diverse genus that differs greatly from the species (or that genus) already in the collection, (v) representative of a taxon which is part of a special collection at the Garden. |
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| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 86 m |
| Soil type: | Sand, acid |
| Aspect: | Varied |
| Total area: | 32 ha |
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| Other sites of collection: | A satellite of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden
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| Plant collection | |
| Families: | see: <A href=oxf.htm> Oxford Botanic Gardens </A> for combined totals |
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| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Acer, Camellia, Hamamelis, Magnolia | |
| Special collections: | |
| Conifers, ICCP – 4 Genera, 11 Species, 11 Taxa, 25 Plants. | |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1965 Computerised |
| Record System: | BG-Base |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Guide book, Index seminum (as part of University of Oxford Botanic Garden) |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic and public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Yes, Toilets, Interpretation and education centre |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| 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-4.30pm winter, to 5pm April-Nov |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The Garden is a part of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. The mission statement is 'To promote learning and glorify nature' | |
| Location map | |
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