The Yorkshire Arboretum
Institution Code: BG5736
BGCI Member: No
About the The Yorkshire Arboretum
The Yorkshire Arboretum is a glorious, 120 acre garden of trees from around the world set in a stunning landscape of parkland, lakes and ponds on the Castle Howard Estate near York.
The trees in the Yorkshire Arboretum come from temperate regions around the world, including Chile and Australasia as well as the more expected North America, Europe and Asia. Originally planted in open fields, the collection has been winnowed by thirty or more winters; while there have been losses, the survivors demonstrate the vast range of hardy trees that can be expected to survive in North Yorkshire.
The plantings started with a diverse collection of interesting trees purchased in 1979 from Hillier Nurseries, Hampshire, which then offered an extraordinary range of material but was in the process of stream-lining its assortment. This gave the arboretum a core of good plants, many of them now rare in cultivation.
Main Address:
The Yorkshire Arboretum
Castle Howard
York
Yorkshire YO60 7BY United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 1653 648598
Fax:
URL: http://www.yorkshirearboretum.org/
Primary Email: enquiries@yorkshirearboretum.org