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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Tregrehan |
| Par, Cornwall, PL24 2SJ | |
| Tel: 01726 812438 | |
| Fax: 01726 814389 | |
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| Latitude: 50° 12' 55" N | |
| Longitude: 4° 44' 23" W | |
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| Background to the collection | |
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| Ownership: | Private, T. Hudson |
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| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork individual |
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| Owner: | T. Hudson |
| Contact person: | T. Hudson |
| Total Staff: | 4 |
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| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 50 m |
| Soil type: | Loam, acid |
| Aspect: | South |
| Total area: | 10 ha |
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| Weather records | No records kept |
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| Absolute minimum: | -10 °C |
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| Direction: | South |
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| Plant collection | |
| Number of families: | |
| Genera: | 350 |
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| 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 |
| 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: | Potential for public education |
| Interpretation: | Supervised guided walks |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Café, plant 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: | 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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