Scone Palace Great Redwood Tree, May 2014
Channel: semw52
Date: 2014-07-05

'The Great Redwood' planted by David Douglas( born 1799) who had been a gardener at Scone. Douglas went on to work at the Botanical Gardens in Glasgow and then travelled to North America as a collector. He sent back many seed in 1826--one being the Douglas Fir which can be seen  in the Scone Palace gardens today--he travelled widely in often dangerous territory and unfortunately met a terrible end--he fell into  an animal pit trap and was gored to death by a wild bison bull---he was 36. BUT his legacy remains, he planted over 880 seeds -now almost
 fully grown trees.

Its 900 years since the monks were here but there is evidence all around of their presence---pieces of stonework beneath or popping out of the grass. 

This is just one of several videos and numerous images taken at Scone in May---following on the trail of the Ancestors