Free Rein has made efforts to offset some of its carbon footprint by supporting the Wollemi Pine Project at Marks Hall, Gardens and Arboretum located in Essex.

The Wollemi Pine is a survivor from the Age of the Dinosaurs. A miraculous time traveller and one of the greatest botanical discoveries of the twentieth century.

Wollemi Pines are remarkable and intriguing in the way they grow, each one unique. They still surprise the horticulturalists that have studied and now propagate them. This tree will exhibit many fascinating changes as the seasons pass and as it matures. You can look forward to the formation of the strange ‘polar’ caps and, in time, see its extraordinary bubbly bark, as well as variations in its beautiful prehistoric foliage.