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Image caption, Richard Baines worked at Logan Botanic Garden near Stranraer

By Nichola Rutherford Reporting from Castle Douglas and Lori Carnochan BBC Scotland Reporting from Logan Botanic Garden

Tributes have been paid to a man who died after being hit by a falling tree in Dumfries and Galloway.

Richard Baines, 60, the long-serving curator of Logan Botanic Garden near Stranraer, died during Storm Boelo on Sunday morning .

It is understood that he was walking near his home in Mid Kelton, just outside Castle Douglas, when the accident happened.

David Knott, director of horticulture at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, said they were "desperately sad, devastated" by the news.

"He had a warmth, a genuine sense of humour, he always made time for individuals and that's one of the tributes that has been said many times this morning," Knott told BBC Scotland News.

"He always found time for his colleagues.…