| Address and contact details |
| Mawnan Smith, Near Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5JZ |
| Tel: 01326 250448 |
| Fax: 01326 250781 |
| Email: mail@trebah-garden.co.uk |
| Latitude: 50° 06' 21" N |
| Longitude: 05° 07' 19" W |
| Background to the collection |
| Ownership: | Trebah Garden Trust |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork |
| Personnel |
| Director: | Mike Harvey |
| Head Gardener: | Darren Dickey |
| Plant Archivist: | Nicola Wharton |
| Contact person: | Nicola Wharton |
| Total Staff: | 50 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 7 |
| Physical environment |
| Altitude: | 0-62 m |
| Soil type: | Acid |
| Aspect: | Varied |
| Total area: | 10.5 ha |
| Area heated: | 150 m² |
| Weather records | Records kept |
| Temperature | |
| Average daily: | 10.2 °C |
| Av. monthly max: | 18.3 °C |
| Av. monthly min: | 2.5 °C |
| Absolute maximum: | 23 °C (1996) |
| Absolute minimum: | -4 °C (1996) |
| Wind | |
| Direction: | South and west |
| Strength: | Below average |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 1179 mm |
| Month of maximum: | January |
| Month of minimum: | June |
| Plant collection |
| Genera: | 290 |
| Species: | 1000 |
| Taxa: | 1600 |
| Accessions: | 4500 |
| Plants: | 6000 |
| Notable plants within the collection: |
| Tallest Trachycarpus fortuneii in the country. Largest collection of Dicksonia antartica in the country. |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: |
| Southern Africa, Southwestern Europe, Australia, Western South America, China |
| Special families within the collections: |
| Ericaceae, Gramineae, Hydrangeaceae, Magnoliaceae, Compositae, Podocarpaceae, Myrtaceae, Proteaceae, Cornaceae, Theaceae, Cupressaceae, Pinaceae, Agavaceae, Palmae, Crassulaceae, Liliaceae, Fagaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Winteraceae, Pittosporaceae |
| Special genera within the collections: |
| Rhododendron, Camellia, Arundinaria, Phyllostachys, Hydrangea, Magnolia, Laurelia, Myrtus, Lomatia, Podocarpus, Gevuina, Cornus, Gunnera, Dicksonia, Phormium, Agave, Trachycarpus, Cordyline, Aeonium, Azara |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1989
Computerised |
| Record System: | Access |
| Plant-collecting trips: | National |
| Facilities on site |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | 274 items, no public access |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | No |
| Identifications: | Undertakes identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for primary, secondary, higher, taxonomic and public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised garden walks, signs, brochures, guided trails |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, plant shop, gift shop |
| Access to the collections |
| Public access: | Admission charge |
| Visitors per year: | 100,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 10.30am-5pm |
| Guiding principles behind the collection |
| The garden aims to preserve and enhance a historic plant collection while maintaining the natural, wild beauty of the Cornish ravine setting. |
| Location map |
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