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Podcast: Pangolin: The Conservation Podcast
Episode: 55. The Ballad of the Wollemi Pine (with Ian Allan from the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden)
Description: Today Jack is joined by Ian Allan, the Supervisor of Natural Areas and Arboriculture at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden! He is here to discuss the organisation's amazing conservation work and tell us about some of the incredible species which call the gorgeous, mountainside garden home.Â
First, the duo chat about the garden itself, and what makes it a unique bio-refuge. Then, Ian explains the dramatic history of the Wollemi pine, a species that was long thought to be extinct but has since returned to us. They then highlight an under-appreciated species which Ian loves, the Dwarf M...