Last updated: 29 October 2020
PlantNetwork member | |
Address and contact details | |
Rosemoor, Great Torrington, Devon, EX38 8PH | |
Tel: 0845 265 8072 | |
Fax: 01805 624717 | |
Email: rosemooradmin@rhs.org.uk | |
Web site: www.rhs.org.uk/Gardens/Rosemoor/ | |
Latitude: 50° 56' 35" N | |
Longitude: 4° 08' 07" W | |
Background to the collection | |
Year founded: | Gifted to the RHS in 1988, and opened to visitors in 1990. |
Ownership: | Royal Horticultural Society |
Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
Personnel | |
Director of Horticulture: | Tim Upson |
Curator: | Jonathan Webster |
Plant Records Officer: | Sue Costa |
Contact person: | Jonathan Webster (rosemooradmin@rhs.org.uk) |
Total Staff: | 85 |
Total Horticultural Staff: | 30 |
Policies | |
Collections: | Yes, in accordance with the Royal Horticultural Society's Mission Statement. |
Physical environment | |
Altitude: | 6 m |
Soil type: | Clay, acid to neutral |
Aspect: | Southwest |
Total area: | 50 ha |
Other sites of collection: | RHS Garden Wisley RHS Garden Hyde Hall RHS Garden Harlow Carr |
Weather records | Records kept |
Temperature | |
Av. monthly max: | 20 °C |
Av. monthly min: | 30 °C |
Absolute maximum: | 28 °C |
Absolute minimum: | -10 °C |
Wind | |
Direction: | South west |
Rainfall | |
Average annual: | 1,100 mm |
Plant collection | |
Families: | 227 |
Genera: | 1,337 |
Species: | 5,114 |
Taxa: | 9,669 |
Accessions: | 13,138 |
Plants: | 18,533 |
Notable plants within the collection: | |
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Imbricata Pendula', Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple', Pyrus amygdaliformis and Zelkova schneideriana | |
Special collections: | |
Cornus National Collection – 25 Species, 105 Taxa, 161 Accessions, 217 Plants Ilex National Collection – 43 species, 150 Taxa, 194 Accessions, 330 Plants | |
Record Keeping: | Records kept Computerised |
Record System: | BRAHMS (previously BG-Base) |
Plant-collecting trips: | No |
Facilities on site | |
Herbarium: | Approximately 20,000 wild collected & 55,000 cultivated specimens (at Wisley). Code WSY in Index Herbariorum |
Library: | Opening hours are variable. Please ring the garden before you visit. |
Research facilities: | No |
Publications: | Garden guide, catalogue available on the Internet, The Garden, The Plant Review (formerly The Plantsman), Orchid Review |
Identifications: | Undertakes identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
Teaching and Education: | Secondary, public education. Education centre opened April 2011 with 2 acre themed teaching garden |
Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails |
Friends Organisation: | No |
Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, plant shop, book shop, gift shop, licence for weddings on site |
Access to the collections | |
Public access: | Admission charge |
Visitors per year: | 200,000 |
Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10am-6pm (5pm October-April) |
Guiding principles behind the collection | |
The encouragement and the improvement of the science and practice of horticulture in all its branches. | |
Location map | |
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