Syon Park | PlantNetwork

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Address and contact details
Name of Garden:	Syon Park
	Syon House, Syon Park, Brentford, Middx, TW8 8JF
	Tel: 020-8560-0883
	Fax: 020-8568-0936
	Email: info@syonpark.co.uk
	Web site: www.syonpark.co.uk
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Background to the collection
Year founded:	1431
Ownership:	Private - The Duke of Northumberland
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation:	PlantNetwork
i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc.
Personnel
Please include actual titles in brackets after the name i.e. Owner, Director/Manager, Curator/Head gardener. If you have other administrative staff, i.e. taxonomists, education officers etc. please add extra rows.
Head Gardener:	Topher Martyn
Contact person:	Topher Martyn (Head Gardener)




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Physical environment
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Soil type:	Sandy silt
Aspect:	Open and flat
Total area:	80 ha
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Plant collection
Number of families:
Genera:	41
Number of species:
Taxa:	450
Accessions:	2300
Plants:	Collection only records trees and some shrubs
Notable plants within the collection:
	Fine collection of old trees
Geographical area(s) of specialisation:
	N. America, W. China
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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:	Records kept Computerised
Record System:	Access
Are phenological records kept?
Plant-collecting trips:	No
Facilities on site
Herbarium:	No
Library:	No
Research facilities:	No
Publications:	No
Identifications:	No
Teaching and Education:	No
Interpretation:	Some boards and leaflets. Guide Book
Friends Organisation:	No
Visitor facilities:	Shop, café, toilets etc
Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc.
What are the conditions of Access to the collections?
Public access:	Open to public
How many visitors do you get a year?
Public opening hours:	Mon-Sun: 10am-4.30pm
Guiding principles behind the collection
	To maintain and develop historic collection of plants within an important historic landscape.

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Address and contact details
Name of Garden:	Syon Park
	Address:
	Tel:
	Fax:
	Email:
	Web site:
	Latitude:
	Longitude:
	(mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are)
Background to the collection
Year founded:
Ownership:
Garden code:
Umbrella organisation:
i.e. PlantNet, BGCI, NCCPG; ICCP etc.
Personnel
Please include actual titles in brackets after the name i.e. Owner, Director/Manager, Curator/Head gardener. If you have other administrative staff, i.e. taxonomists, education officers etc. please add extra rows.





Total Staff:
Total Horticultural Staff:
Policies
Accessions:
Collections:
Physical environment These need not be exacting, an approximate description of the site is all that is required.
Altitude:
Soil type:
Aspect:
Total area:
Area heated:
Other sites of collection:
Weather records	Are records kept ? (Y/N)
Temperature
Average daily:
Av. monthly max:
Av. monthly min:
Absolute maximum:
Absolute minimum:
Wind
Direction:
Strength:
Rainfall
Average annual:
Month of maximum:
Month of minimum:
Plant collection
Number of families:
Number of genera:
Number of species:
Number of taxa:
Number of accessions:
Number of plants:
Notable plants within the collection:
Geographical area(s) of specialisation:
Special families within the collections:
Special genera within the collections:
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:	Manual / Computerised?
Computer Program used:
Are phenological records kept?
Does your garden conduct Plant-collecting trips? Are they Local, National or International?
FACILITIES and SERVICES provided
Do you have a Herbarium?
Do you have a Library?
Do you have Research facilities?
Do you produce Publications?
Do you identify plant material for the General Public? Internal Identification only?
Do you have a Teaching and/or Education programme?
What kind of Interpretation is provided?
Do you have a Friends Organisation? If Yes, what is the current membership?	(Yes / No)
Visitor facilities:	Gift shop, restaurant, café, plant shop
Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc.
What are the conditions of Access to the collections?
Do you charge an entry fee?
How many visitors do you get a year?
Public opening hours:	Public opening hours: Mon-Fri: Sat: Sun:
Guiding principles behind the collection

UPDATE
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