REDWOOD TREES FROM CALIFORNIA TO GREAT BRITAIN

Hello All,

I recently came across this news which involve Eden project and California, the facts refer to March 2016 and I believe it is interesting to recognize what happened.

Eden project is an educational charity while Archangel Ancient Tree Archive aims to propagate, reforest and archive ancient trees for future generations.

The main objective of this cooperation between 'Eden project' in Uk and the 'Archangel Ancient Tree Archive' in USA is to preserve the Coast redwood trees for the future generations. The peculiarities of the coast redwoods are their height: in fact they can reach 115 metres. Unfortunately, in these years the number of plants are reducing due to the recent fires and droughts so preserve those trees became a priority.

The event took place in March 2016 and in that occasion about 40 redwood trees were imported from California and planted in South-West England because the warm, damp climate adapt perfect to this type of trees. Both association aim to plant many more plants in the next decades.

It is amazing idea to be able to work in teams following different projects from the opposite side of the globe and aiming towards the same direction. I particularly like the fact that nowadays, with the use of the net, everyone can ask for help and be able to get it. I can see this is just the beginning of a green revolution.

Further information can be found in the below links:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/14/europes-first-redwood-forest-planted-at-eden-project
http://www.edenproject.com/eden-story/our-ethos/the-lost-grove-the-eden-project-in-america
https://www.ancienttreearchive.org/