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Old-Growth Giant Sequoia Forest taking Root in Detroit’s Inner City
Archangel Ancient Tree Archive teamed up with Arboretum Detroit to plant the world’s first old-growth Giant Sequoia forest in the heart of Detroit’s Poletown East neighborhood.
The trees planted are direct descendants of the “Stagg” and “Waterfall” trees (seen in the video here), two of the world’s largest Giant Sequoias. Their 30-foot diameter trunks as wide as city streets, the trees are set to transform one of America’s most deforested cities into a global model for resilience and urban rewilding.
The trees planted are direct descendants of the “Stagg” and “Waterfall” trees (seen in the video here), two of the world’s largest Giant Sequoias. Their 30-foot diameter trunks as wide as city streets, the trees are set to transform one of America’s most deforested cities into a global model for resilience and urban rewilding.
Learn More About the Detroit Earth Day Planting Event
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Archangel Coverage in Europe and Africa
ARTE – A Franco-German Network that serves Europe and Africa, recently aired a program about Archangel Ancient Tree Archive’s mission.
Dr. Jenny Aitken, Archangel Science Advisor, Tours a New Zealand Redwood Grove
Dr. Jenny Aitken, Director of The Tree Lab in New Zealand, takes us on a tour of their redwood grove including ancient Archangel Ancient Tree Archive Champion Tree clones.
Conservationists plant a ‘super grove’ of redwood trees cloned from ancient stumps
BY RUSSELL MCLENDON, MOTHER NATURE NETWORK, DECEMBER 17, 2018. The clones come from trees that were larger than any alive today. A new "super grove" of endangered coast redwood trees has arisen in California, thanks to a nonprofit group that planted 75 saplings at a...
