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Address and contact details | |
Sheffield Park, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 3QX | |
Tel: 01825 790231 | |
Fax: 01825 791264 | |
Email: sheffieldpark@nationaltrust.org.uk | |
Web site: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sheffieldpa... | |
Latitude: 50° 59' 54" N | |
Longitude: 0° 00' 40" E | |
Background to the collection | |
Ownership: | The National Trust |
Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork (NT) and Individual, National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, The National Trust |
Personnel | |
Property Manager: | Sue Medway |
Head Gardener: | Andrew Jesson |
Contact person: | Andrew Jesson |
Total Staff: | 20 |
Total Horticultural Staff: | 6 |
Policies | |
Accessions: | Written Garden's Conservation Plan 2004, Head Gardener Andrew Jesson - details of historic planting, current and future policy. |
Collections: | As for The National Trust. |
Physical environment | |
Altitude: | 80-100 m |
Soil type: | Clay, acid |
Aspect: | Varies |
Total area: | 40 ha |
Plant collection | |
Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
Subarctic America | |
Special families within the collections: | |
Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Taxodiaceae, Aceraceae, Rosaceae, Fagaceae, Cornaceae, Theaceae, Magnoliaceae, Nyssaceae, Ericaceae, Betulaceae | |
Special genera within the collections: | |
Abies, Pinus, Chamaecyparis, Sequoiadendron, Taxodium, Acer, Amelanchier, Betula, Castanea, Cornus, Magnolia, Nyssa, Photinia, Sorbus, Camellia, Rhododendron, Vaccinium, Quercus | |
Special collections: | |
Rhododendron 'Ghent Azalea', NCCPG 50 Accessions, 150 Plants. | |
Record Keeping: | Records kept Computerised |
Record System: | Access |
Plant-collecting trips: | No |
Facilities on site | |
Herbarium: | No |
Library: | No |
Research facilities: | No |
Publications: | Garden guide |
Identifications: | No |
Teaching and Education: | Potential for secondary, higher, potential for taxonomic |
Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, Articles for publications |
Friends Organisation: | No |
Visitor facilities: | Gift shop, Bluebell Railway |
Access to the collections | |
Public access: | Admission charge Free of charge to RHS pers. members, NT |
Visitors per year: | 160,000 |
Public opening hours: | Jan to mid-Feb: Sat & Sun 10.30-4pm Mid-Feb to April: Tues-Sun, 10.30-6pm May & Oct: daily, 10.30-6pm June to Sept: Tues-Sun, 10.30-6pm Nov-Dec: Tues-Sun, 10.30-4pm 28/12-1/1: Wed-Sun 10.30-4pm |
Guiding principles behind the collection | |
The garden was purchased by The National Trust to preserve and maintain the collection of plants it contained, set in an eighteenth-century landscape setting with important reflections in the four large lakes. | |
Location map | |
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