Events
2010
August
Wednesday 11th August
Rosemary Westgate will be leading a wildflower walk .(The walk needs to be booked as there is a limit of 25 people, tel 01666 880220)
The walk starts at 10.30am for about two hours, meet at the Great Oak Hall. All welcome.
Sunday 22nd August
Plant Introductions From Across The Pond
4th Sunday Walk - Plant Introductions from across the Pond
Thorold Cox, an Arboretum guide, will lead a walk looking at American trees in the Arboretum.
10.30am outside The Great Oak Hall. No booking required.
September
Sunday 26th September
How To Add Some Pazzazz To Your Pictures
4th Sunday Talk & Walk: How to Add Some Pazzazz to your Pictures
Mike Amphlett (CABI) will give an hour’s tutoring followed by a trip into the Arboretum to put learning into practice. Don’t forget your cameras!
Meet at 10.00am at the Great Oak Hall. The walk will follow at approx 11.00am after a short break. No booking required
Tuesday 28th September
One of the most commonly uttered phrases in modern arboriculture. But what is the right tree? Where is the right place? And how do we determine or judge the ‘rightness’ of either?
This one day workshop – organised jointly by the Forestry Commission and the Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum and aimed at the tree care professional and enthusiastic amateur alike – will investigate aspects of contemporary and historical tree design, be it in a residential garden, public park or stately home. Full details.
October
Wednesday 6th October
Around The World In Forty Minutes
Friends’ quarterly coffee morning
Talk by Roger Busby: forester and former FOWA trustee – Round the World in Forty Minutes(Postponed from January)
Refreshments available from 10.15am. The talk will start at 10.45am. The Great Oak Hall. No booking required.
© Sue Townsend
Tuesday 19th October
Day Trip To Abbotswood & Stow-on-the-Wold
Day trip to Abbotswood and Stow-on-the-Wold/ Fully Booked
Details of the trip
Tuesday 19th October - Sunday 24th October
Exhibition & Sale
Sericum are a group of local talented artists whose work is produced in both 2D and 3D through the use of mixed media and textiles. Much of the inspiration for their work can be found from nature with the inclusion of mystical and abstract elements
Sunday 24th October
“What, when and how many? That’s phenology”
Phenology
Mike Westgate will lead a walk explaining what he has been doing recently in the Arboretum.
Meet at 10.30am at the Great Oak Hall. No booking required
