The 3,000 year old Waterfall Tree (Sequoia giganteum) is perhaps the world’s largest known single stem tree. Its trunk is 30′ in diameter at the base. In 2011, Archangel Ancient Tree Archive collected cuttings from the tree in an effort to clone this tremendous specimen. We have recently seen success in rooting these cuttings.
Co.Exist, a website about sharing world changing ideas and innovation, posted an article about Archangel called “An Archive Of Ancient Tree DNA Will Help Us Clone The Ones We Destroy.”
Gardenista.com is a blog by designers that care about interior and exterior design, and trending topics that effect their community. They wrote a lovely account of our recent planting of the world’s first champion tree old growth forest.
In an article entitled “The Big Idea: Clone Ancient Trees to Save Planet Earth,” Reader’s Digest shares The Man Who Planted Trees with the world as a “Noteworthy Book.”