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| Address and contact details |
| Weaver's Cottage, 35 Streetly End, West Wickham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 6RP |
| Tel: 01223 892399 |
| Email: weaverscottage@tesco.net |
| Latitude: 52° 06' 26" N |
| Longitude: 0° 21' 25" E |
| Background to the collection |
| Ownership: | Private, Sylvia Norton |
| Umbrella organisation: | National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens |
| Personnel |
| Owner: | Sylvia Norton |
| Contact person: | Sylvia Norton |
| Total Staff: | 1 |
| Physical environment |
| Altitude: | 91 m |
| Soil type: | Clay, neutral |
| Aspect: | Mostly flat |
| Total area: | 0.2 ha |
| Area heated: | 10 m² |
| Plant collection |
| Families: | 1 |
| Genera: | 1 |
| Species: | 80 |
| Taxa: | 90 |
| Accessions: | 770 |
| Plants: | 1000 |
| Special families within the collections: |
| Leguminosae |
| Special genera within the collections: |
| Lathyrus |
| Special collections: |
| Lathyrus, NCCPG – 80 Species, 90 Taxa, 500 Accessions, 1000 Plants. |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1992 |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site |
| Herbarium: | Approximately 40 cultivated specimens |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | NCCPG Lathryus booklet |
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material |
| Teaching and Education: | Public education, potential for taxonomic |
| Interpretation: | No |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Plant shop |
| Access to the collections |
| Public access: | Free to NCCPG members only |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: By appointment only |
| Guiding principles behind the collection |
| To collect, secure and research as many species as possible within the genus Lathyrus. |
| Location map |
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