The Eden Project has sent a tree specialist to Florida to help a famous botanic garden recover from the ravages of Hurricane Irma.

Tropical arborist Craig Lewis has taken a chainsaw and ropes with him to The Kampong, part of the National Tropical Botanic Garden, to assist the big clean-up operation. He will spend a week helping with the clean-up.

The garden, in Coconut Grove, Miami, is celebrated for its fascinating array of tropical fruit cultivars and flowering trees. It suffered extensive damage earlier this month when the storm tore through its trees, felling many and bringing down power lines.

Craig Lewis was chosen as Eden’s chainsaw-carrying ambassador due to his extensive work in the tropics and expertise working at height.