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Author: Jo Murray

Enjoy the Best of Autumn at Westonbirt Arboretum with Your Membership

Enjoy the Best of Autumn at Westonbirt Arboretum with Your Membership

Posted in: Blog Visitor experience Events Great Oak Hall Botanical Autumn Crafts Seasonal Education Participation

Don’t miss the breathtaking autumn colours at Westonbirt this October. The trees are coming ablaze with reds, oranges, yellows, and greens and so are the activities taking place at Westonbirt in October, take a peek and get involved...

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Westonbirt Arboretum: A Summer of Fun and Discovery

Westonbirt Arboretum: A Summer of Fun and Discovery

Posted in: Blog Visitor experience Seasonal Summer Participation

Westonbirt Arboretum is a great place to visit for summer activities, family fun, and nature lovers. Check out all Westonbirt has to offer this July...

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Celebrating the work The Friends have supported through the years

Celebrating the work The Friends have supported through the years

Posted in: Blog Great Oak Hall History Conservation Education Participation

Did you know that behind Westonbirt's natural beauty lies a dedicated group of passionate individuals? Through our supporters' unwavering support, we've been able to achieve incredible milestones throughout our 37-year legacy. Find out more...

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Discover spring at Westonbirt Arboretum: Guided walks, family fun and a Zog trail!

Discover spring at Westonbirt Arboretum: Guided walks, family fun and a Zog trail!

Posted in: Blog Events Great Oak Hall Community activities Botanical Landscape Spring Seasonal Participation

Discover the natural wonder and adventure this April at Westonbirt with enchanting cherry blossoms, interactive walks, free family-friendly activities, and more. Join us and immerse yourself in the beauty of spring!...

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The Great British Picnic!

The Great British Picnic!

Posted in: Blog Shop Seasonal Summer

As International Picnic Day approaches on Saturday 18 June and the warm weather begins to take hold we’ve put together some of our favourite picnic items available in the shop.

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Running the 2022 Westonbirt 10K

Running the 2022 Westonbirt 10K

Posted in: Blog Events Community activities Staff and trustees Health & wellbeing Spring Westonbirt 10K Participation

With the completion of the Westonbirt 10K on 12 May, we caught up with Julia, our Westonbirt Runner, to find out how it went…...

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Community Shelter update - making the structural skeleton

Community Shelter update - making the structural skeleton

Posted in: Blog Community activities Appeals Projects Participation

Over the last few weeks, the Community Shelter has started to take shape with the structural skeleton in place. Take a look at the timelapses below to find out more...

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Visiting Runners Need

Visiting Runners Need

Posted in: Blog Events Health & wellbeing Westonbirt 10K

As Julia prepares for the Westonbirt 10K she went to Runners Need to have a gait analysis - find out what this is and why you should get one too! #AD...

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Meet Julia - Our Westonbirt Runner

Meet Julia - Our Westonbirt Runner

Posted in: Blog Events Community activities Health & wellbeing Spring Westonbirt 10K

This year we're pleased to announce Julia, our Supporter Services Manager, will be running for the trees at the 10K in May. We recently interviewed her so you can get to know her a little better...

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Community Shelter update - steam bending

Community Shelter update - steam bending

Posted in: Blog Community activities

Westonbirt's community participants have been using the ancient process of steam bending to create the shelter's arches. Find out more...

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Winter highlight: Scots pine

Winter highlight: Scots pine

Posted in: Blog Botanical Tree of the Month Winter

The Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) was voted the national tree of Scotland in 2014 and is a member of the Pinaceae family, a conifer native to northern Europe.

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Winter highlight: Incense cedar

Winter highlight: Incense cedar

Posted in: Blog Tree of the Month Seasonal Winter

Our December tree of the month is the Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens), one of the most fire and drought-tolerant plants from California.

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Autumn highlight: Hollyberry cotoneaster

Autumn highlight: Hollyberry cotoneaster

Posted in: Blog Botanical Tree of the Month Autumn

This month’s tree of the month is the Hollyberry cotoneaster, a species of shrub in the genus Cotoneaster within the rose family.

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Zero waste by 2030

Zero waste by 2030

Posted in: Blog

Digging deep into Westonbirt's waste and a greener future. As part of Westonbirt's plan to get to net-zero by 2030 we've been working with an environmental consultancy, Avieco, to help develop a strategy for our waste and energy.

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Autumn highlight: Japanese maple ‘Vitifolium’

Autumn highlight: Japanese maple ‘Vitifolium’

Posted in: Blog Botanical Tree of the Month Autumn

This maple cultivar comes into its own in the autumn, when the large, vine-like leaves, turn a rich variety of reds. Find out more about this showstopper...

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