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Westonbirt, through the eyes of an Octocopter!

As the construction of the new Welcome Building gets fully underway, our mission to produce an exciting new interpretation space continues!...

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Final Treefest carvings revealed!

Posted in: Blog Events

Over the course of the three day Treefest extravaganza we have had three expert carvers working on site to produce magical storytelling chairs for three local schools.

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Farewell to the weeping beech trees at Lodge Gates

Posted in: Blog Tree management

You may have noticed there are two large trees at the edge of the arboretum that overhang the A433 road heading towards Tetbury.

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600 metres marked out...it must be Treefest!

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It's hard to believe that it has been almost 12 months since Treefest last August and now we are only one week away from this year’s festival!...

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Westonbirt's Welcome Building: the early stages...

Sophie Nash is Project Officer for the Westonbirt Project. She organises the logistics of the project, working with architects and project managers for various elements to deliver the works.

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Local and live at Treefest

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If you're looking for local acts, this is the festival for you! Westonbirt Arboretum works with The 4014 Project to bring music to Treefest because of their unrivalled knowledge of the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire music scene.

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Downs restoration: strewing, scythes and sickles

Sophie Nash is Project Officer for the Westonbirt Project. She organises the logistics of the project, working with architects and project managers for various elements to deliver the works.

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Finishing touches

Sophie Nash is Project Officer for the Westonbirt Project. She organises the logistics of the project, working with architects and project managers for various elements to deliver the works.

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Coach parks and footpaths

Sophie Nash is Project Officer for the Westonbirt Project. She organises the logistics of the project, working with architects and project managers for various elements to deliver the works.

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We are more than the trees; we are flowers, butterflies and bees

Yesterday was my second guided walk. A different topic this time and I couldn’t have thought of a better way to spend 2 hours in the sunshine than looking at wildflowers.

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Speed humps and surfacing- a project update

Sophie Nash is Project Officer for the Westonbirt Project. She organises the logistics of the project, working with architects and project managers for various elements to deliver the works.

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A wonderful guided walk

Feeling very ‘unknowledgeable’ about the beauty within the fold, I decided to sign up for a guided walk.

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5 Random Facts I learnt on our USA Trip

The Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum’s Head of Fundraising, Louise Bird, and the Forestry Commission’s communications team at Westonbirt, Katrina Podlewska and Gina Mills, recently visited the USA.

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Parking bays and picnic spots

Sophie Nash is Project Officer for the Westonbirt Project. She organises the logistics of the project, working with architects and project managers for various elements to deliver the works.

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Project progress report

Sophie Nash is Project Officer for the Westonbirt Project. She organises the logistics of the project, working with architects and project managers for various elements to deliver the works.

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