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National Trust Gardens Database
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Availability:- December 03
Current Status: Presentation to the Garden Owners pending.
Contributors (2):
Knox Gass, Belfast, N Ireland
Prof. Amyan Macfadyen, N Ireland
Applications:
Garden Tour Booklet - Can be produced by Ideas Genie
The photos (and plant information) on the CD may be viewed either selectively or in slide shows.
The Slide show components are designed to
be entirely suitable for both home enjoyment and for professional presentations.
Photographs with “lassooed” Plant Names. e.g. Rock Gardens, Conifer & Heather gardens, Herbacious Borders etc.
Photographs of Garden Features
The query program (in Ideas Genie) can be used to extract plants with particular Cultivation conditions and/or specific properties.
The database
serves to illustrate how YOU can document YOUR National Trust Garden and garden areas, and the plants in those areas.
About this database.
This database is an insight into the gardens of very knowledgable plantsmen.
Knox Gass and Amyan Macfadyen have huge gardens, largely maintained singe handed. They also devote much time and effort to the National Trust.
I feel priviliged that these gentlemen
afforded me so much of their valuable time to photograph their gardens and document the names of the plants as each photograph was taken.
No problems with plant names in these photo shoots. Knox
had a large lever arch file filled with his garden plans and every plant was well documented.
Knox grows many rare and unusual plants, which really have to be seen to be appreciated.
His 2.5 acre
garden has a number of levels and differing areas so virtually any plant can be found favoured growing conditions. Features are a 100ft double herbacious border, woodland, fernery and wild garden.
Prof Amyan Macfadyen has a 2.5 acre riverside, town garden, with trees, shrubs, old fashioned roses, herbacious plants, alpine scree, ferns, pond vegetables and fruit. Also a new garden on a
hillside.
An enjoyable experience for me, and a pleasure to be in the company of horticultural experts.
About the national Trust in N Ireland
Two National Trust Schemes are in operation in N Ireland - a) The Ulster Gardens Scheme and b) Gardens Open by Appointment. The National Trust also holds fundraising Plant Fairs at diferent venues.
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