Swamp Cypress

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The Gallery's tallest tree, the Swamp Cypress was  felled on October 23 2008.

Dulwich Picture Gallery says goodbye to its tallest tree

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At 10am on October 23 2008, tree surgeon Alan Rowland felled the gallery's tallest tree the Swamp Cypress or Taxodium Distichum to give it its Latin title.

The tree was originally planted around 160 years ago but in recent years had started to die, posing a danger to the gallery and its visitors.

However, this is not the end for the Swamp Cypress and the legacy of the tree will live on as the wood is to be offered to sculptors to make attractive seats for the Gallery’s garden. In addition, another swamp cypress has already been planted nearby, already standing at 5 feet tall.