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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Houghall College Gardens |
| Durham College of Agriculture & Horticulture, Houghall, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3SG | |
| Tel: 0191 3861351 | |
| Fax: 0191 3860419 | |
| Email: | |
| Web site: | |
| Latitude: 54° 45' 53" N | |
| Longitude: 1° 33' 42" W | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | |
| Ownership: | Durham College of Agriculture & Horticulture |
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| Umbrella organisation: | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
| Personnel | |
| Please include actual titles in brackets after the name i.e. Owner, Director/Manager, Curator/Head gardener. If you have other administrative staff, i.e. taxonomists, education officers etc. please add extra rows. | |
| The Principal | |
| Contact person: | The Principal |
| Total Staff: | 7 |
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| Policies | |
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| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 35 m |
| Soil type: | Sand & loam |
| Aspect: | East, mostly flat |
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| Weather records | No records kept |
| Temperature | |
| Average daily: | 8.5 °C |
| Av. monthly max: | 19.6 °C |
| Av. monthly min: | 0.2 °C |
| Absolute maximum: | 32.5 °C (1990) |
| Absolute minimum: | -21.6 °C (1982) |
| Wind | |
| Direction: | South & west |
| Strength: | Average |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 650 mm |
| Month of maximum: | February |
| Month of minimum: | August |
| Plant collection | |
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| Special families within the collections: | |
| Rosaceae, Papaveraceae, Ericaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Sorbus, Meconopsis, Betula, Erica, Colchicum, Galanthus, Primula, Pinus, Cupressus, Salix, Acer, Viburnum, Crocus, Quercus, Fraxinus, Berberis, Hedera, Tilia | |
| Special collections: | |
| Sorbus, NCCPG – 39 Taxa. Meconopsis, NCCPG – 60 Taxa. | |
| Record Keeping: | Records kept |
| Computer Program used: | |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | International |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | Yes, all land based subjects. Public access to reference library, 8.30am-8.00pm, weekdays during term time |
| Research facilities: | General biological laboratories, micropropogation |
| Publications: | Publications on: Meconopsis, Snowdrops & expeditions |
| Identifications: | Undertakes identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, higher, and public education. Potential for taxonomic |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Café, plant shop |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Free |
| How many visitors do you get a year? | |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 8am-5pm |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| Location map | |
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