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| Address and contact details |
| Hampreston, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7ND |
| Tel: 01202 873931 |
| Fax: 01202 870842 |
| Latitude: 50° 47' 40" N |
| Longitude: 1° 55' 14" W |
| Background to the collection |
| Year founded: | 1986 |
| Ownership: | Private, N Lucas |
| Umbrella organisation: | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| Personnel |
| Neil Lucas |
| Contact person: | Neil Lucas |
| Total Staff: | 8 |
| Policies |
| Accessions: | Anything within remit of the national collections Phygelius and Ceanothus. |
| Collections: | Anything within remit of the national collections Phygelius and Ceanothus. |
| Physical environment |
| Altitude: | 20 m |
| Soil type: | Sand, acid |
| Aspect: | South, west and varies |
| Plant collection |
| Special genera within the collections: |
| Phygelius, Ceanothus |
| Special collections: |
| Phygelius, NCCPG – 2 Species, 20 Taxa, 45 Accessions, 120 Plants.
Ceanothus, NCCPG – 2 Species, 11 Taxa, 23 Accessions, 50 Plants. |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1980 |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | No |
| Identifications: | Undertakes identifications for the general public |
| Teaching and Education: | Public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, lectures |
| Friends Organisation: | Yes |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, café, plant shop, book shop, gift shop |
| Access to the collections |
| Public access: | Admission charge |
| Visitors per year: | 50,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-5.30pm March-October |
| Guiding principles behind the collection |
| The garden aims to collect and display a wide variety of trees and herbaceous plants suitable to the garden's environment and for the benefit and education of garden visitors. |
| Location map |
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