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Wollemi Pine Planting 17th October 2007
On Wednesday 17th October we held a very special tree planting. Professor Stephen Hopper, the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew planted the first in a grove of Wollemi Pines, which is to become the largest planting in the United Kingdom of this rare and endangered tree.
Francis Nicholls JP Chairman of the Thomas Phillips Price Trust introducing Professor Stephen Hopper, the Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Guests and members of staff
Peter Wilkin Trustee, Lady Newton Chairman of Braintree District Council and Francis Nicholls JP Chairman of the Thomas Phillips Price Trust
Jonathan Jukes, Curator and Professor Stephen Hopper, the Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Jonathan Jukes, Curator and Lady Newton Chairman of Braintree District Council
Professor Stephen Hopper, the Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew