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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Knoll Gardens & Nursery |
| Hampreston, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7ND | |
| Tel: 01202 873931 | |
| Fax: 01202 870842 | |
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| Latitude: 50° 47' 40" N | |
| Longitude: 1° 55' 14" W | |
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| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1986 |
| Ownership: | Private, N Lucas |
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| Umbrella organisation: | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
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| Neil Lucas | |
| Contact person: | Neil Lucas |
| Total Staff: | 8 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
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| 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 - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of 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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