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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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