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On this, ‘Blue Monday’, the day that’s supposed to be the most depressing of the year, the Forestry Commission's National Arboretum at Westonbirt is supporting the RHS campaign ‘Office culture versus horticulture’.

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.

It is fantastic news that we can now recycle our old mobile phones and printer ink cartridges and raise money for the Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum at the same time!...

The winter magazine has been out for a month now and to our surprise quite a number of you noticed the very subtle design changes we made!...

Predicted high winds and heavy rainfall resulted in the closure of the arboretum to the public on Thursday 22 November 2012.

Christmas is coming!...

I haven’t really caught on to 3D, or at least I hadn't until Steve and David from iworkfilms came to show us a preview of the DVD they have been filming over the past year.

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.

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

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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.