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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Hergest Croft Gardens |
| Kington, Herefordshire, HR53EG | |
| Tel: 01544 230160 | |
| Fax: 01544 230160 | |
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| Latitude: 52° 12' 9" N | |
| Longitude: 3° 02' 52" W | |
| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1896 |
| Ownership: | Private, W.L. Banks |
| Garden code: | HCRFT |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, English Heritage, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
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| Owner: | W.L. Banks |
| Head Gardener: | Stephen Lloyd |
| Contact person: | W.L. Banks |
| Total Staff: | 8 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 6 |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | Concentration on wild source woody plants |
| Collections: | |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 220 m |
| Soil type: | Other |
| Aspect: | Varied |
| Total area: | 20 ha |
| Area heated: | |
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| Weather records | Records kept |
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| Wind | |
| Direction: | West |
| Strength: | Average |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 1000 mm |
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| Plant collection | |
| Number of families: | |
| Number of genera: | |
| Number of species: | |
| Taxa: | 2000 |
| Number of accessions: | |
| Plants: | 5000 |
| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| 59 Champion trees (Cercidiphyllum japonicum and Davidia vilmoriniana) | |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| China, Japan, Northwestern USA, Northeastern USA | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Betulaceae, Aceraceae, Rosaceae, Ulmaceae, Pinaceae, Ericaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Betula, Acer, Alnus, Sorbus, Tilia, Quercus, Zelkova, Picea, Pinus, Abies, Rhododendron, Viburnum | |
| Special collections: | |
| Rhododendrons, Acer, NCCPG – 88 Species, 380 plants. Betula, NCCPG – 48 Species, 290 Plants. Zelkova, NCCPG – 4 Species, 156 Plants. | |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1930 Card index |
| Computer Program used: | |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | Occasional collections by owner |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | 1 000 items, woody plants, |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Brochure |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic, and for public education |
| Interpretation: | Signs, brochures, guided trails |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, plant shop, gift shop |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Admission charge |
| Visitors per year: | 12,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 12.30-5.30pm April-October |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The garden is designed to give pleasure to its owners and visitors and to act as a conservation resource for temperate woody plants. | |
| Location map | |
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