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As the Welcome Building timber frame continues to go up and into its final position, I was lucky enough to hitch a ride in an air balloon in early October to get a very different perspective of the arboretum.

Well, the colours are progressing nicely here at Westonbirt and I have been out on more than a few mad dashes in the last few days capturing what I can and will highlight just a snippet of what has been catching my eye (and nose!).

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.

Volunteers helping with the Westonbirt Project had a unique opportunity recently to have a look at the view from the Treetop Walkway, before we even have a Treetop Walkway!A big thank you to the tree team for letting us borrow the cherry picker.

I was lucky enough to be working over the weekend and took a couple of walks around the arboretum to ‘see what I could see’ and get a feel for the progression of autumn colour.

Welcome to another exciting autumn at Westonbirt, the National Arboretum.

We started on site at Westonbirt about a month ago, and things are really progressing well. Luckily we’ve been blessed with a beautiful location, which always makes life a bit easier!...

The Friends had their first marquee dedicated to Membership at Treefest last month and it was a fantastic success. So we would like to thank all who made it happen and helped out.

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.

You may have seen some work going on in Silk Wood. We are improving access by creating a new stone surfaced path that links between Waste Drive and Broad Drive.

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

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.

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

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!...

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.