Arboretum / Pinetum Lucus Augusti

Spain, Spain

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Arboretum / Pinetum Lucus Augusti is a small private arboretum near the city of Lugo, in Galicia, northern Spain, created on a modest rural property close to the Ceao industrial area.

It is designed mainly as a refuge for ex situ conservation of rare and endangered trees, with a strong focus on conifers, and is recognised internationally as a Level I arboretum in the Morton Arboretum’s ArbNet network and as a member of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).

Despite its limited size, it holds an important collection of conifer species from around the world, including notable taxa such as Wollemia nobilis (with one of the tallest cultivated specimens in the Iberian Peninsula and among the largest in Europe), Torreya taxifolia, Fitzroya cupressoides, Pilgerodendron uviferum, several rare Cupressus species and other threatened trees, along with some interesting broadleaf species like rare oaks and birches.