Discover more about the globally important plant collection and vital conservation work at Dawyck, our world renowned arboretum in the Scottish Borders.
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Watch: Dawyck Botanic Garden
Dawyck Botanic Garden
| Time | Description |
| [captions] | A world renowned arboretum |
| Home to some of Britain's oldest and tallest trees | |
| Silver fir, Abies alba, Dawyck's oldest tree, nearly 350 years old | |
| Dawyck beech, Fagus sylvatica, over 170 years old | |
| multi-stemmed Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, over 180 years old | |
| Dawyck's continental climate enables plants from as far afield as Nepal, China and Chile to thrive | |
| Azaleas, Meconopsis the Himalyan blue popy, Rhododendrons, many threatened in their native habitats | |
| The Garden is alive with lichens | |
| Sicilian fir, Abies nebrodensis, critically endangered in the wild, conserved at Dawyck | |
| New plantings are creating future generations of trees | |
| Dawyck Botanic Garden, plant conservation in Scotland for the world |
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