North of England Zoological Society

Date posted: November 1, 1999

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Address and contact details
Name of Garden:	North of England Zoological Society
	Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, CH2 1LH
	Tel: 01244 650236
	Fax: 01244 381352
	Email: m.sparrow@chesterzoo.org
	Web site: www.chesterzoo.org
	Latitude: 53° 13' 27" N
	Longitude: 02° 52' 38" W
	(mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are)
Background to the collection
Year founded:	1934
Ownership:	North of England Zoological Society
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation:	PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, AZH, EZG
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.
Director:	Professor Gordon McGregor Reid
Curator of Horticulture:	Mark Sparrow
Contact person:	Mark Sparrow
Total Staff:	250
Total Horticultural Staff:	16
Policies
Accessions:	To grow a range of plants that contribute to the Zoo's mission: " To be a major force in conserving biodiversity worldwide"
Collections:	To grow a wide collection of plants with a emphasis on those of conservation and educational importance
Physical environment
Altitude:	40m
Soil type:	Clay
Aspect:
Total area:	40 ha
Area heated:	1 hectare
Other sites of collection:
Weather records	Are records kept ? (Y/N)
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Plant collection
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Notable plants within the collection:
Geographical area(s) of specialisation:
	South America, China, New Zealand
Special families within the collections:
	Gramineae, Orchidaceae (joint NCCPG collection holders for Pleurothallidinae), Cactaceae
Special genera within the collections:
	Strombocactaceae genera; Copiapoa, Dracula, Mammillaria, Masdevallia, Matucana, Pleorothallis, Restrepia, Turbinicarpus.
Special collections: (i.e. ICCP International Conifer Conservation Programme; IPGRI International Plant Genetic Resources Institute; NCCPG National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens; SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest)
Special collection 1: For each collection please give Nos. of Genera, species, taxa, accessions & plants. Also any official status.
Special collection 2: Please add a row for each collection.
Target 8 Species:
TARGET 8 PROJECT TAXON LIST       UK Red Data List 2005 SAP lead partner WELSH Red Data List 2008 IRISH Red Data List 1987 IRISH Red Data List 2005 TARGET 8 PROJECT datasheet Garden(s) Calamagrostis stricta Narrow Small-reed B I VU VU EN T8 Chester Zoo Cerastium alpinum Alpine Mouse-ear B W VU CR T8 Ness Chester Zoo Cotoneaster cambricus Cotoneaster integerrimus B CR UKSAP CC Wales Ness CR T8 Ness Chester Zoo NBG Wales Damasonium alisma Starfruit B CR UKSAP Plantlife T8 Ness Chester Zoo Hydrocharis morsus-ranae Frogbit B W I VU NT T8 Chester Zoo Luronium natans Floating Water-plantain B W I LC UKSAP British Waterways prop Ness Chester Zoo Potamogeton compressus Grass-wrack Pondweed B W EN UKSAP British Waterways VU T8 Ness Chester Zoo Salix lapponum Downy Willow B VU T8 Dundee BG RBG Dawyck Ness Chester Zoo
Record Keeping:	Records kept Computerised
Record System:	Demeter; Own system
Are phenological records kept?
Plant-collecting trips:	No
Facilities on site
Herbarium:	Not at this time
Library:	Yes
Research facilities:	No
Publications:	No
Identifications:	No
Teaching and Education:	Plant material is used in public education, also for school's education programmes
Interpretation:	Themed plant displays are interpreted, some important plants interpreted, plus in the summer months plant talks are given to the public
Friends Organisation:	No
Visitor facilities:	Gift Shops, Restaurants
Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc.
What are the conditions of Access to the collections?
Public access:	Admission charge
How many visitors do you get a year?
Public opening hours:	Public opening hours: Mon-Fri: Sat: Sun:
Guiding principles behind the collection
Location map

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