Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum

Blog - Conservation

Attending the 7th Global Botanic Gardens Congress

Westonbirt has long played a key role on the international stage, working closely with partners and institutions across the globe over many years for mutual benefit.

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Rainwater harvesting

A new rainwater harvesting and filtering system has been installed at Westonbirt Arboretum.

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A new partnership with the University of the West of England

We've part-fund a PhD student in collaboration with Westonbirt Arboretum over the next three years to study the risks to Limes.

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Restoring Westonbirt's bird hide

Follow the journey of nine Estate Volunteers as they took part in the John Muir Award restoring the well-loved bird hide in the Old Arboretum.

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Small but still mighty!

Within the arboretum, we currently care for over 100 threatened tree species and the latest edition of ‘The Little Book of Disappearing Trees’ introduces some of the endangered trees we look after.

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