Complete the survey HERE.
19 March 2020
 
Growing global: ‘I Spy A Wollemi Pine’ global survey responses are rolling in!
 
 
The I Spy A Wollemi survey has been live for three months now, and we have had 778 wonderful responses describing Wollemi Pines growing in gardens around the world! This means we’re almost 80% of the way to meeting our goal of 1000 responses, with three months to go. The average Wollemi Pine in our survey is growing in the ground, has one trunk and is 2.6 m tall. We’ve had responses from people who have been growing their Wollies for 25 years,  people who got a Wollemi Pine for Christmas last year and everything in between.
 
Most excitingly we have received responses from 27 countries. The majority of responses so far have been from Australia (397 or 51%), and then the UK (294 or 38%), USA (24), New Zealand (6), Canada (6) and Germany (6). We’d love for our study to have truly global coverage, so we’re super keen to hear from more people in the Americas (we have one response from Peru), Asia (we also have one response from Japan) and Africa (although we’re not sure if there are any Wollemi Pines there).

Whether you’re an avid gardener with your own Wollie, staff of a botanic garden with a Wollemi Pine in your collection, or an observant visitor to a park with a pine, please complete our survey and share it with your friends - especially if you’ve got friends in the Americas, Asia and Africa!

Survey link here or www.surveymonkey.com/r/wollemi.
Background

Its story of discovery, in an age where the discovery of new tree species is rare, in addition to the allure of owning a living dinosaur, has resulted in the Wollemi Pine being sought after for botanic gardens and home gardens worldwide.  The first plants were released to the public in a Sotheby’s Auction in 2006, and since then their prices and nursery availability has fluctuated.
Wollemi Pines have travelled far and wide from their Australian home, through the international nursery trade – and as gifts travelling with Australian diplomats. The allure of growing one’s own Wollemi Pine has been tempered by the stories of those who have owned Wollemi Pines that have died. On the other hand, there are anecdotes of Wollemi pines achieving record growth rates in garden environments which are worlds away from the rainforest canyon in which the Wollemi pine was discovered.

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You can learn more about the Wollemi Pine here.
Using a citizen science approach, this study aims to bring together data on Wollemi Pine growth and survival in gardens globally. We will identify best and worst places on Earth to grow Wollemi pines, and the environmental conditions (temperature, rainfall, soil) which characterise these places.

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WHO ARE WE?

Dr Cathy Offord and Dr Heidi Zimmer are Wollemi pine nerds. Evidence of this can be seen in their research publications, here (Cath) and here (Heidi).
 

<div style="text-align: center;">WHO ARE WE?<br><br>Dr Cathy Offord and Dr Heidi Zimmer are Wollemi pine nerds. Evidence of this can be seen in their research publications, <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IulHwCMAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=sra" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> (Cath) and <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&amp;user=T6UfVNMAAAAJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> (Heidi).<br> </div>

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