In 1994 David Noble a National Parks Offiicer In Australia stumbled by accident into a gorge, somewhere west of Sydney,  Australia. and discovered the Wollemi Pine, one of the oldest known tree species in the world, with only 100 mature trees in existence.     A propagation programme has been developed in a secretly guarded location, to keep marauding plant hunters at bay.   This tree has unusual pendulous dark-green foliage and bubbly dark brown bark and is closely related Agathis (pine) and the Monkey Puzzle Tree.

The Botanic Garden at Kew has a Wollemi Pine near to the Orangery and there is a specimen in the Southern Hemisphere garden at Wakehurst Place in West Sussex.       First generation trees are being grown and will be available for sale later this year from Kew.