Mount Usher Gardens

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Ireland - Ashford

Institution Code: MTUS

BGCI Member: No

Main Address:
Mount Usher Gardens
ASHFORD, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Ashford
Ireland

Telephone: 353 (0)404 40205/ 353 (0)404 42850
Fax: 353 (0)404 40205
URL: www.mount-usher-gardens.com
Primary Email: mount_usher.gardens@indigo.ie

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Mrs M. Jay
    Curator's Name: Maria Vlahos
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Maria Vlahos
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 5
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Other
  • Status
  • Status: Private: Yes
  • Date founded: 1868
  • Physical Data
  • Total Area: 8 Hectares
    Latitude: 53.0110
    Longitude: -6.1083
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 140

Plant Collections

  • Cultivation Taxa Num: 5000
  • Special Collections:10,000 accessions representing 3.000 spp. and 500 genera. Nothofagus, Cupressus, Eucalyptus, Eucryphia, Sorbus.

Conservation Programmes

Research Programmes

Education Programmes