‘We’re devastated at losing Edinburgh’s tallest tree’

By Angie Brown
BBC Scotland
January 27, 2025
Category: Forestry
Region: International

The man in charge of the tallest tree in Edinburgh said he is “devastated” it has been felled by Storm Éowyn – 166 years after it was planted during a visit by Queen Victoria’s eldest son, Albert. Simon Milne, Regius Keeper at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, said his “heart sank” when he walked over the hill and saw the 100ft (30m) Himalayan cedar lying on the ground. He told BBC Scotland News it was one of 15 trees uprooted or broken beyond recovery in Scotland’s national botanical collection, with a further 25 others badly damaged. The species of tree is known to live for 600 years in its native habitat so it was not in its later stages of life.

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