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Work has begun on the final element of Phase One of the Westonbirt Project, the Downs Restoration.

Some of you will know that our Prunus sargentii on Broad Drive is looking rather good just at the moment. Photographs posted to Facebook last week illustrated this nicely I took a few more this morning confirming that this is still the case!...

So said the Persian poet Saadi. I don't know what experience he had of running a visitor attraction during a major engineering exercise, but he sounds fully prepared for the job to me!...

There is so much to excite here at Westonbirt just now - far too much to mention them all here so I have chosen to highlight just a few of the Acer species along Broad drive, which are perhaps more subtle in their flowering beauty.

The beauty of spring is definitely unfolding at Westonbirt (even if it has turned a little bit chilly again!) and one of the many highlights is Azara microphylla, which is in flower right now.

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

Spring things are really getting going here at Westonbirt right now.

One of the great joys of Westonbirt is the year-round cycle of work that goes into making the tree collection such a vibrant place.

Quite a different theme this week. We are all drawn towards different things at different times, and for me, today it was the awesome Alders!...

In early summer, all of our members will be issued with new cards to enable entry through the Welcome Building.

Spring is springing here at Westonbirt, with our trees waking up (some before others!) and providing us with spectacular floral and foliage displays for all to enjoy.

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

Did you know that by recycling your printer cartridges and mobile phones you can not only help the environment but also protect Westonbirt Arboretum?...

As I write, we continue to be at the mercy of the all too familiar wet & windy weather, it has already been a long winter.

No two days are the same for me at Westonbirt, & I have to say that the great variety of my role is something that I do enjoy.