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Autumnal highlights: Cross breed

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As part of Westonbirt's activities for families this October, Caroline Bennett from our Learning and Participation Team has created a trail of autumnal highlights which will run from 29 October - 2 November.

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Volunteers setting the seeds of success once again

Posted in: Blog Events Volunteering

A whopping £1,887 was raised at our Craft Fair on the weekend of 20 & 21 October!...

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Autumnal highlights: A chip off the old block

Posted in: Blog Events Learning Autumn

As part of Westonbirt's activities for families this October, Caroline Bennett from our Learning and Participation Team has created a trail of autumnal highlights which will run from 29 October - 2 November.

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Autumn: a dazzling array of colours

Posted in: Blog Autumn

Whenever you tell people that you work at Westonbirt arboretum, they inevitably respond with things like “It must be a wonderful place to work” and “I bet it’s beautiful at the moment”.

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Autumnal highlights: Sweet sensation

Posted in: Blog Events Learning Autumn

As part of Westonbirt's activities for families this October, Caroline Bennett from our Learning and Participation Team has created a trail of autumnal highlights which will run from 29 October - 2 November.

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Autumnal highlights: High five!

Posted in: Blog Events Learning Autumn

As part of Westonbirt's activities for families this October, Caroline Bennett from our Learning and Participation Team has created a trail of autumnal highlights which will run from 29 October - 2 November.

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Autumnal highlights: how to teach old dogwood new tricks

Posted in: Blog Events Learning Autumn

As part of Westonbirt's activities for families this October, Caroline Bennett from our Learning and Participation Team has created a trail of autumnal highlights which will run from 29 October - 2 November.

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Autumnal highlights: Prepare to stop at the traffic light tree

Posted in: Blog Events Learning Autumn

As part of Westonbirt's activities for families this October, Caroline Bennett from our Learning and Participation Team has created a trail of autumnal highlights which will run from 29 October - 2 November.

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Autumn leaf-art in the arboretum

Posted in: Blog Learning Autumn

You may have read Simon Toomer's autumn colour blog this week.

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Autumnal highlights: Wearing red regardless

Posted in: Blog Events Learning Autumn

As part of Westonbirt's activities for families this October, Caroline Bennett from our Learning and Participation Team has created a trail of autumnal highlights which will run from 29 October - 2 November.

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Autumn: intense and widespread colour

Posted in: Blog Autumn

Contrary to popular myth I don’t spend my days wandering happily around the arboretum looking at trees but grab opportunities as they arise between less glamorous jobs like business planning and budget reviews.

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Autumn in the archives

Posted in: Blog Autumn

It is the group of Euomymus oxyphyllus along Loop Walk that signal to me that autumn is on the way as they tend to start colouring in September.

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Autumnal highlights: A prickly pleasure

Posted in: Blog Events Learning Autumn

As part of Westonbirt's activities for families this October, Caroline Bennett from our Learning and Participation Team has created a trail of autumnal highlights which will run from 29 October - 2 November.

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Autumnal highlights: Meet a sour bush

Posted in: Blog Events Learning Autumn

As part of Westonbirt's activities for families this October, Caroline Bennett from our Learning and Participation Team has created a trail of autumnal highlights which will run from 29 October - 2 November.

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Autumnal highlights: Sir Chris Hoy’s favourite tree?

Posted in: Blog Events Learning Autumn

As part of Westonbirt's activities for families this October, Caroline Bennett from our Learning and Participation Team has created a trail of autumnal highlights for families, which will run from 29 October - 2 November.

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