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Bedgebury National Pinetum
The National Conifer Collection, established in 1925 as a joint venture between Kew Gardens and the Forestry Commission, managed by Forestry England at Bedgebury in Kent. Over 10,000 specimens across 320 acres in the High Weald AONB, recognised as the most complete conifer collection on one site in the world. Contains coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). Holds 56 vulnerable or critically endangered species and six National Plant Collections.
Forestry England
Benmore Botanic Garden
A mountain botanic garden on the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll, managed by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Spanning 120 acres within Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, it features the famous Redwood Avenue of 49 giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) planted in 1863, now reaching 50m in height - described as one of the finest entrances to any botanic garden in the world. The garden also holds extensive Himalayan, Chinese, Japanese, and North and South American plant collections with over 300 rhododendron species.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Wakehurst
Wild botanic garden of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, covering over 500 acres in the Sussex Weald. Home to the Millennium Seed Bank and extensive temperate woodlands including Horsebridge Wood, which features North American species with a notable collection of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), and dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). Site of a UCL/Kew research study mapping nearly 5,000 UK giant sequoias using terrestrial laser scanning. Houses at least 21 individually measured redwood specimens across the grounds.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
The National Arboretum, managed by Forestry England, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire. Home to 2,500 tree and shrub species across 600 acres. Contains at least 37 individually measured redwood specimens including giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), and dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). The tallest specimen, a coast redwood, reaches 36.1m. Giant sequoias here date from the 1850s, planted by estate owner Robert Holford.
Forestry England