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Californian redwood, Mt Peel garden

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Californian redwood, Mt Peel garden

J. B. A. Acland planted this Californian redwood at Mt Peel Station, South Canterbury, in 1859, one of a number of exotic trees he imported to New Zealand. It bears a plaque recording that it germinated in Devon, England, in 1856.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Gardens – Estate and homestead gardens, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18867/californian-redwood-mt-peel-garden (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.