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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Sissinghurst Castle Garden |
| Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2AB | |
| Tel: 01580 715330, 01580 710700 | |
| Fax: 01580 713911 | |
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| Latitude: 51° 07' 0" N | |
| Longitude: 0° 34' 7" E | |
| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
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| Ownership: | The National Trust |
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| Umbrella organisation: | English Heritage, The National Trust |
| i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc. | |
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| Total Staff: | 7 |
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| Policies | |
| Accessions: | Plants suited to a mid-twentieth-century garden in the style of Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicolson. |
| Collections: | None |
| Physical environment | |
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| Soil type: | Clay, neutral |
| Aspect: | Mostly flat |
| Total area: | 2.4 ha |
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| Weather records | Records kept |
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| Plant collection | |
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| Plants: | 2500 |
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| Rosaceae, Ranunculaceae | |
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| Rosa, Clematis | |
| 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. | |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1960 Computerised |
| Record System: | Paradox |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | National |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Garden guide |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | No |
| Interpretation: | Signs, brochures |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, café, plant shop, book shop, gift shop |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Admission charge |
| Visitors per year: | 175,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Tues-Fri: 1-6pm Sat-Sun: 10am-5.30pm |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The purpose of our ownership is to manage the garden in accordance with the vision of Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicolson. | |
| Location map | |
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