Summer 2012 magazine
The Westonbirt Magazine is produced by the Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum for its membership; to inform Friends about events, to engage Friends in issues that affect the arboretum, and to share enjoyment in and knowledge of this world-renowned tree collection.
Olympics
The summer magazine was a busy issue with three pages of news and an Olympic theme.
Local equestrian and Olympic medallist in 1968, Jane Holderess-Roddam was also a local torch bearer for the London 2012 Games – she had some interesting stories to tell about how that came about.
We heard from Richard Townsend, our Tree Team Operations Supervisor, and found out what has kept him at Westonbirt for … 24 years… so far. Richard is also a sporting hero – he was crowned pole climbing World Champion in 2005.
Going for gold!
The family pull-out looked at champion trees around Westonbirt for young adventurers and record breakers to find. Has anyone found them all? The tallest, widest, oldest, stinkiest and most colourful of our trees.
Survey
A survey to all the Friends was enclosed with the summer magazine and the results are in. Thank you to everyone who found the time to respond. All your comments about the magazine are very interesting – the overwhelming response was that we’re on the right track and you like the balance of contents. You’re especially interested in features about Westonbirt and the people who work here.
I’ll certainly be responding to your comments, for example, the rainchart will be back in every issue!
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