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‘Sad moments ahead’: Kew Gardens to fell rare trees in race to save Victorian greenhouse

The Guardian Australia - Science · 27 August 2026 at 3:00 pm

‘Sad moments ahead’: Kew Gardens to fell rare trees in race to save Victorian greenhouse

Horticulturalists begin moving and propagating plants before the rusty and warped Palm House begins renovation – but some are too tall to save It will be a gut-wrenching moment for the horticulturalists at Kew Gardens when some of the magnificent trees in the Palm House have to be felled.

“There are some sad moments ahead,” said Palm House manager, Will Spoelstra, who knows all the plants inside the cathedral-like greenhouse.

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‘Sad moments ahead’: Kew Gardens to fell rare trees in race to save Victorian greenhouse

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