RHS monitoring of native and naturalised plants and animals at its gardens and surrounding areas

Royal Horticultural Society

Description

The data set consists of records gathered predominantly by staff of the Royal Horticultural Society of native and naturalised plants and animals from its gardens and surrounding areas.

Geographic Description

Royal Horticultural Society Gardens and Surrounds. Predominantly: <br /><br />

RHS Garden Wisley and Wisley Village, Surrey and surrounding area <br />

RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Rettendon, Essex <br />

RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington, Devon <br />

RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, North Yorks

Purpose

To record the wildlife and native flora that RHS gardens support.

Data quality

Data quality is good. Most records are verified by expert RHS staff members. Grid references have been checked against site names.

Methods

Records of native and naturalised plants and animals have been collated from RHS gardens and some surrounding areas since 1909. Data has been gathered from various sources, including paper archives and the RHS insect collection. Many modern records (post 1997) have been submitted directly to the Recorder software.

Citation

No citation information available.

Rights

CC-BY

Digitised records

Metadata last updated on 2017-06-16 14:42:47.0