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| Address and contact details |
| Par, Cornwall, PL24 2SJ |
| Tel: 01726 812438 |
| Fax: 01726 814389 |
| Latitude: 50° 12' 55" N |
| Longitude: 4° 44' 23" W |
| Background to the collection |
| Ownership: | Private, T. Hudson |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork individual |
| Personnel |
| Owner: | T. Hudson |
| Contact person: | T. Hudson |
| Total Staff: | 4 |
| Physical environment |
| Altitude: | 50 m |
| Soil type: | Loam, acid |
| Aspect: | South |
| Total area: | 10 ha |
| Weather records | No records kept |
| Temperature | |
| Absolute minimum: | -10 °C |
| Wind | |
| Direction: | South |
| Plant collection |
| Genera: | 350 |
| Plants: | 5000 |
| Notable plants within the collection: |
| Approximately 15 Champion trees |
| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: |
| China, Eastern Asia, Indo-China, New Zealand, North and Central Mexico, Southern South America, Tasmania |
| Special families within the collections: |
| Aceraceae, Betulaceae, Ericaceae, Fagaceae, Flacourtiaceae, Lauraceae, Magnoliaceae, Pinaceae, Podocarpaceae, Rosaceae, Styracaceae, Theaceae |
| Special genera within the collections: |
| Camellia |
| Special collections: |
| Conifers, ICCP – 16 Genera, 27 Species, 27 Taxa, 27 Accessions, 42 Plants |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1988
Computerised |
| Record System: | Microsoft |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | No |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised guided walks |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Café, plant shop |
| Access to the collections |
| Public access: | Admission charge |
| Visitors per year: | 1,500 |
| Public opening hours: | Wed-Sun: 10.30am-5pm (mid Mar-mid June)
Wed only: 2pm-5pm (mid June-Aug) |
| Guiding principles behind the collection |
| Aims to cultivate woody, wild-collected material from warm, temperate regions and to maintain them in an aesthetic manner. |
| Location map |
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