Thomas Pakenham, the 8th Earl of Longford, on his pursuit of plants, smuggling seeds out of China and the buccaneer tree hunters of the past As you bend left down the drive at Tullynally Castle ...

As he marches into his 10th decade, Thomas Pakenham, the Great Irish Tree Man, is still taking on new projects – and planting more trees. The Tree Hunters: How the Cult of the Arboretum ...

Thomas Pakenham, the nonagenarian author, historian, tree-lover, plant-hunter, founder of the Irish Tree Society and ...