Last updated: 3 June 2020
| 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: | 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 New 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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