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The Gruffalo in the deep dark wood of the Old Arboretum has recently been joined by beautiful sculptures of the mouse, snake, fox, owl and squirrel.

Find out why the Bitter ash is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for October...

Wild Westonbirt (Westonbirt’s youth group) were tasked with thinking of a way to celebrate the current phase of the HLF coming to an end.

Find out why the Euonymus oxyphyllus is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for September...

Find out why the Japanese Angelica Tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for August...

Find out why the Chinese yellowwood Tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for July...

Find out why the Tulip Tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for June...

As part of Westonbirt’s continuing mission to ‘connect people with trees’, we like to try new things to engage with our audiences here at the Arboretum.

Team WB have been busy this month learning how to make wooden roof tiles, known as shingles, for a proposed sculpture to celebrate the culmination of the 4 year HLF Community Engagement Programme.

Having returned from Vietnam a short while ago, I’ve had a little time to reflect on and recall some highlights of what was an amazing and most fascinating trip.

Find out why the Whitebeam Tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for May...

Find out why the Amelanchier asiatica Tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for April...

Alright, we confess… there is no magnolia with multi-coloured leaves here at Westonbirt.

At Westonbirt Arboretum we care for many rare and remarkable trees, and we are thrilled to announce that early this morning one of our Magnolia maudiae was discovered to be the incredibly rare Magnolia maudiae subsp.aprilis-stultus.

In early April 2017, Westonbirt’s Dendrologist, Dan Crowley, will be setting out on an exciting documenting expedition to Vietnam, thanks to funding from the Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum.