Botanist James Wong joins Forestry England at Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest in Kent today to help plant six critically endangered Wollemi Pine trees – the first global ‘metacollection’ to save the iconic species from extinction.
Botanist and broadcaster, James Wong, joins Forestry England at Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest in Kent on 31.10.2023 to help plant six critically endangered Wollemi pine trees. The planting event is the first stage of an international conservation effort to establish a flourishing, genetically diverse population of these rare trees across the world.
More than 170 young Wollemi pine trees grown by Botanic Gardens of Sydney were shipped from Australia and have been carefully looked after at Forestry England’s tree nursery at Bedgebury. Six will be planted there today to become part of the living collection at the National Pinetum, while the remaining trees have been distributed to 28 botanic gardens across the UK and Europe. Separate collections of trees have been sent direct from Sydney to five Australian botanic gardens and one in Atlanta in the USA.
Source: https://www.bgci.org/news-events/dinosaur-trees-from-australia-begin-new-life-in-uk/
