Saving the Tree Ferns | Edinburgh Biomes

A group of seven-metre-tall Dicksonia antarctica tree ferns, growing for nearly 150 years in the temperate heat of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s Glasshouses, were lifted and removed from the Ferns and Fossils Glasshouse before being safely transported 150 miles to their new home at RBGE’s Logan Botanic Garden in Dumfries & Galloway.
The tree ferns are among 500 plants being moved from the Glasshouse prior to its restoration and other species include the massive Thyrsopteris elegans. Only found on the remote Chilean islands of Juan Fernandez, it is endangered in its natural habitat.
Watch this short film to hear more about the challenges of moving such large plants.

[@davidlillecrapp2960]

I get to see 6 foot Tasmanian tree ferns just a couple of hundred metres from my house, I'm very lucky to live in Tasmania.

[@DeclanStrong-bk9yw]

I live in Gippsland vic and see these everyday aswell my favourite plants

[@tanyamccann1747]

Thanks

[@GreenPoint_one]

I LOVE Ancient plants and animals and I wish we could bring some back to great numbers :3

[@radharcanna]

A huge job. Are the ferns coming back to Edinburgh when the glasshouse renovation is finished?

[@NicholasColdingDK]

Beautiful!

[@gracesim1806]

How do you winter protect them in Logan now that they are no longer in a greenhouse?

[@shuvadey4294]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@margartart7865]

Me fascinan esos helechos, acá donde vivo en el Sur de Chile se producen muy grandes y naturalmente...

[@Mahmoud_Bakr_88]

how can i get a work in the royal botanical garden as a agricultural engineer?

[@dracovenit9549]

Did they survive?

[@TheBotanics]

Hi there, they did survive and they are doing amazingly! Due to their size and Logan Botanic Garden's climate, they do not require winter protection.

[@dracovenit9549]

@@TheBotanics That is great to hear!!! Thank you for the update!