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| Address and contact details | |
| York Museums Trust, St Mary's Lodge, Marygate, York, Yorkshire, YO30 7DR | |
| Tel: 01904 687687 | |
| Email: enquiries@ymt.org.uk | |
| Web site: www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk | |
| Latitude: 53° 57' 00" N | |
| Longitude: 01° 05' 00" W | |
| Background to the collection | |
| Year founded: | 1827 |
| Ownership: | City of York Council; managed by York Museums Trust |
| Garden code: | YRK |
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork, National Heritage Programme |
| Personnel | |
| Chief Executive: | Reyahn King |
| Garden Manager: | Alison Pringle |
| Curator of Geology: | Sarah King |
| Yorkshire Museum Manager: | Chris Baker |
| Contact person: | Alison Pringle |
| Total Staff: | 10 |
| Total Horticultural Staff: | 3 |
| Physical environment | |
| Altitude: | 15 m |
| Soil type: | Sandy loam, neutral to alkaline |
| Aspect: | South |
| Total area: | 4 ha |
| Weather records | Records kept |
| Temperature | |
| Av. monthly max: | 20.5 °C |
| Av. monthly min: | 0.5 °C |
| Rainfall | |
| Average annual: | 613 mm |
| Month of maximum: | August |
| Month of minimum: | February |
| Plant collection | |
| Accessions: | 870 |
| Plants: | 4500 |
| Notable plants within the collection: | |
| County Champion trees: Fraxinus angustifolia 'Lentiscifolia', Pyrus elaeagrifolia, Carpinus betulus 'Incisa', Alnus glutinosa 'Imperialis', Tilia cordata, Fagus sylvatica 'Miltonensis' Unusual plants: Hovenia dulcis, Aesculus indica, Aesculus parviflora, Davidia involucrata, Schisandra rubriflora, Zanthoxylum oxycanthum Unusual edible plants in the 'Edible Wood' area | |
| Special genera within the collections: | |
| Acer, Aesculus, Aucuba, Fagus, Fraxinus, Ilex, Narcissus, Rosa, Pyrus, Taxus, Tilia | |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1995 Computerised |
| Record System: | Word 6 updated to Excel in 2013 |
| Phenological records: | Spring flower count on 1st March, annually since 2013 |
| Plant-collecting trips: | No |
| Facilities on site | |
| Herbarium: | Approximately 43 000 wild collected and cultivated specimens |
| Library: | 100 items |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Unknown |
| Identifications: | Undertakes free identifications for the general public |
| Teaching and Education: | Potential for primary, secondary, higher and public education |
| Interpretation: | Signs, supervised garden walks, lectures |
| Friends Organisation: | Unknown |
| Visitor facilities: | Outdoor coffee kiosk, ice cream van, book shop/gift shop in Yorkshire Museum, events/conference facilities |
| Access to the collections | |
| Access conditions: | Living collection; free access during garden open hours |
| Public access: | Free |
| Visitors per year: | 1,500,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Sun: 7.30am - 6.00pm |
| Guiding principles behind the collection | |
| The Museum Gardens were founded by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. They were laid out to a design by Naysmith in the 1840s as a pleasure ground for members of the Society and to operate as a botanical and scientific garden. The Gardens are now on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. The site is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument, containing a Roman tower, the remains of the medieval Abbey of St Mary and part of the York city walls. | |
| Location map | |
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