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| Address and contact details | |
| Name of Garden: | Trewithen Gardens |
| Grampound Road, Truro, TR2 4DD | |
| Tel: 01726883647/07743470945 | |
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| Email: gary@trewithen-estate.demon.co.uk | |
| Web site: www.trewithengardens.co.uk | |
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| (mapquest.com provides an excellent way of checking how accurate your co-ordinates are) | |
| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1715 |
| Ownership: | Private |
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| Umbrella organisation: | English Heritage, Royal Horticultural Society |
| 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. | |
| Owner: | Mr Galsworthy |
| Director/Manager: | James Humpeys |
| Curator/Head Gardener: | Gary Long |
| Contact person: | Gary Long |
| Total Staff: | 30 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 3 |
| Policies | |
| Accessions: | Own database |
| Collections: | Own database |
| Physical environment | |
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| Soil type: | Clay, acid |
| Aspect: | South, south west and varied |
| Total area: | 12 ha |
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| Weather records | Records kept |
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| Direction: | South west |
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| Average annual: | 1183 mm (2008) |
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| Plant collection | |
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| Geographical area(s) of specialisation: | |
| Asiatic, south American | |
| Special families within the collections: | |
| Magnoliaceae, Theaceae, Ericaceae | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Magnolia, Rhododendron, Camellia, Schima | |
| 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: | Both |
| Record System: | Access |
| Are phenological records kept? | |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | No |
| Identifications: | Yes (if possible) |
| Teaching and Education: | No |
| Interpretation: | Limited |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Plant sales, Tea shop, gift shop, 'Travelling trees' exhibition, history video |
| Access to the collections - Who can visit, when etc. | |
| What are the conditions of Access to the collections? | |
| Public access: | Public entry during opening times, via contact during other times |
| How many visitors do you get a year? | |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Fri: 10.00-16.30 Sat: 10.00-16.30 Sun: April, May & June only |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| To follow and be guided by George Johnstone | |
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