How 20ft tree ferns travelled more than 140 miles from Edinburgh to the very south-west tip of Scotland.
Image caption,Ms Miller said "months and months" of planning had gone into the delicate operation of moving the plants.
The layout of the glasshouse made their removal "quite challenging" as they cut through the base of the plants and created safe areas for them to fall before wrapping them in damp hessian for transport.They were then loaded into a trailer to be taken down to the gardens at Port Logan.The plants were moved through Logan Botanic Garden towards their new site"It is incredibly vital that this work is carried out.
"These are hugely important plant species, and it is essential that we continue to work as hard as possible to maintain them and keep them going." The curator at Logan, Richard Baines, said he was confident the plants would thrive in their new home.
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