The Yorkshire Arboretum

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United Kingdom - Yorkshire - York

Institution Code: BG5736

BGCI Member: No

Family exploring the Yorkshire Arboretum. 
Image: Mathew Harrison
Family exploring the Yorkshire Arboretum. Image: Mathew Harrison

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

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr John Grimshaw
    Curator's Name:
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Jonathan Burton - Education Records and Science Manager
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 4
    Educational Staff Number: 1
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number: 3

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: Yes
  • Date founded: 1959
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
  • Total Area: 49 Hectares
    Latitude: 54.12069720149472
    Longitude: -0.9116938710212
    Annual Rainfall: 625 mm
    Altitude: 85.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: No
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 49
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: No
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 10100
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 3150
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes

Conservation Programmes

Research Programmes

Education Programmes

  • Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for General Public: Yes