Great Saling - Saling Hall Gardens (Essex)

The Giant Redwood at Saling Hall Gardens is less than thirty years old, planted by the present owners, Mr and Mrs Johnson. It is an example of a tree which is a little crowded in terms of seeing it at its fullest potential. Nevertheless, it is still a very nice conical shape, very typically of a young wellingtonia. The previous gardener, for thirty years, was Isabel Carlyle (1875 - 1976) who was the daughter of James Baron of Farndreg House, Dundalk, Ireland - an eminent engineer who contributed to the construction of the railways in the period up to the 19th century.