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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Mottisfont Abbey Rose Garden |
| Mottisfont Abbey Garden, Mottisford, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 OLP | |
| Tel: 01794 340757 | |
| Fax: 01794 341492 | |
| Email: smogen@smtp.ntrust.org.uk | |
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| Latitude: 51° 02' 21" N | |
| Longitude: 1° 32' 16" W | |
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| Background to the collection | |
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| Ownership: | The National Trust |
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| Umbrella organisation: | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, The National Trust |
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| David Stone | |
| Contact person: | Head Gardner |
| Total Staff: | 5 |
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| Policies | |
| Accessions: | As for The National Trust. |
| Collections: | As for The National Trust. |
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| Soil type: | Loam, alkaline |
| Aspect: | South |
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| Weather records | Records kept |
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| Plant collection | |
| Families: | 2 |
| Genera: | 2 |
| Species: | 12 |
| Number of taxa: | |
| Accessions: | 360 |
| Plants: | 1200 |
| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| Largest London Plane tree in the country. | |
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| Special families within the collections: | |
| Platanaceae, Rosaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Platanus, Rosa | |
| Special collections: | |
| Platanus, NCCPG – 2 Species, 10 Accessions, 25 Plants. Shrub roses pre-1900, NCCPG – 10 Species, 350 Accessions, 1150 Plants. | |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1968 Computerised |
| Record System: | National Trust's Woody Plant Catalogue |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Garden catalogue |
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic and public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, café, plant shop, book 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: | 85,000 |
| Public opening hours: | March-May: Sat-Wed: 11am-5pm June: Mon-Sun: 11am-8.30pm July-Sept: Sat-Thurs: 11am-5pm Nov-Feb: Sat-Sun: 11am-4pm |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The Garden aims to maintain and present the collection of Historic Roses founded by Graham Stuart Thomas and to continue the tradition of planting and cultivation of the genus Platanus. | |
| Location map | |
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