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| Address and contact details |
| Mottisfont Abbey Garden, Mottisford, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 OLP |
| Tel: 01794 340757 |
| Fax: 01794 341492 |
| Email: smogen@smtp.ntrust.org.uk |
| Latitude: 51° 02' 21" N |
| Longitude: 1° 32' 16" W |
| Background to the collection |
| Ownership: | The National Trust |
| Umbrella organisation: | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, The National Trust |
| Personnel |
| David Stone |
| Contact person: | Head Gardner |
| Total Staff: | 5 |
| Policies |
| Accessions: | As for The National Trust. |
| Collections: | As for The National Trust. |
| Physical environment |
| Soil type: | Loam, alkaline |
| Aspect: | South |
| Weather records | Records kept |
| Plant collection |
| Families: | 2 |
| Genera: | 2 |
| Species: | 12 |
| Accessions: | 360 |
| Plants: | 1200 |
| Notable plants within the collection: |
| Largest London Plane tree in the country. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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