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Open every day except Christmas Day. 9.00 – sunset.
 

The Quinta Arboretum Information

Quinta Arboretum - image supplied by Tatton Garden SocietySituated in Swettenham Village with beautiful views across the Dane Valley, the 28 acre arboretum contains over 5,000 trees of some 2,000 species.

National collections of ash and pine, many rare trees and flowering shrubs, a collection of endangered conifers, a bluebell bank, lake, over 100 hebes and recent plantings of camellia and rhododendron.
 
 

Admission

Adult: £2.50
Free to RHS members
Group visits are welcome and may societies visit the site. Guided tours can be arranged by prior booking. To book a group visit with a guided tour, contact the office of Tatton Garden society on 01477 537698.
 

How to get there

Leave M6, jct 18 and follow A535, south to Swettenham.
 

Contact

The Quinta Arboretum
Swettenham Village
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 2LF

Tel: 01477 537698

website: www.tattongardensociety.co.uk/quinta1.html
 

Spring  -  
Magnolia kobus   
Cercis siliquastrum   
Corylus chinensis  
Acer davidii ‘Rosalie’

Summer - 
Abies forrestii                           
Kalmia latifolia   
Itea illicifolia    
Emmenopterys henryi      
Callistemon rigidus
Sinocalycanthus chinensis
Decaisnea fargesii

Autumn  -  
Liquidambar styraciflua  
Sorbus rehderiana   
Liriodendron tulipifera ‘len Gold’ 
Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’
Heptacodium miconioides
Euonymus phellomanus

Winter  - 
Sequoiadendron giganteum (3) 
Cornus alba ‘Ivory Halo’  
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans’
Pinus sylvestris Aurea Group
Cornus alba sibirica ‘Siberian Pearls’

Edinburgh Collection (Endangered Conifer Conservation Programme) - 12 Genera

Fraxinus Collection - 23 distinct species & many cultivars. (National Collection)

Pinus Collection - 47 distinct species & many cultivars. (National Collection)

Quercus - 68 distinct species & many cultivars

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