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Wooden Wonders part nine: larch

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is full of magnificent trees.

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Wooden Wonders part ten: Lawson's cypress

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is full of magnificent trees.

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Wooden Wonders part eight: box

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is full of magnificent trees.

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Wooden Wonders part seven: beech

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is full of magnificent trees.

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Wooden Wonders part six: yew - a hard softwood!

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is full of magnificent trees.

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Wooden Wonders part five: birch

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is full of magnificent trees.

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Wooden Wonders part four: lemon and lime?

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is full of magnificent trees.

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Wooden Wonders part three: rugged oak

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is full of magnificent trees.

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Wooden Wonders part two: hard or soft?

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is full of magnificent trees.

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Footsteps in the snow

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Snowfall gives us the opportunity to track animals through the snow. If you're lucky you'll get a glimpse of the wildlife that left the footsteps in the snow, but even if you don't, some of the footprints have a remarkable level of detail.

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Wooden Wonders part one: discover the wonders of Westonbirt's trees

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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is full of magnificent trees.

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Experimenting on a grand scale

Last week saw the start of an exciting new research project that aims to discover new forestry tree species for the future.

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Be careful of the trenches!

We are literally brightening up at the news that funding has been received to upgrade our electricity supply from Phase 1 to Phase 3.

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Moving up the stations

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The weather at Westonbirt has been formally recorded since 1888 and the fascination with how it affects our trees still endures.

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Yippee! This year's boundary restoration works are complete!

The Westonbirt Project is comprised of a number of elements including the restoration of landscape features and improvements to our electricity supply and car parking arrangements.

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