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Filmography
A new documentary heralding one of Scotland’s most famous sons was premiered in Portland, Oregon, November 2012.

Finding David Douglas was four years in the making and is the first film to focus on remarkable botanist and plant hunter, David Douglas (1799-1834) who explored western North America in the 1820s and 1830s and introduced more than 200 new species to the gardens and forests of Europe.

The film - a collaboration between The Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, the U.S. Forest Service and Forestry Commission Scotland – focuses on Douglas’s contributions to science — forestry, botany, and horticulture. Rare botanical illustrations and period images - paintings, drawings, photographs and maps - join on-camera interviews in creating the visual magic of Finding David Douglas.

Filmed on locations known to David Douglas – including Scotland, London, the Pacific Northwest around the Columbia River, Hudson’s Bay in Canada, California and Hawaii – the production team collaborated with Parks Canada, the World Forestry Centre in Portland Oregon,, the US Forest Service and Forestry Commission Scotland as well as advisors and scientists from across North America, the United Kingdom, Hawaii and France.

Encouraging today’s audience to appreciate the natural world and how one person’s efforts can make a difference, the film is available from the Finding David Douglas website, and is for use for presentations, education and broadcast.