Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum

Blog - Visitor experience

Taking the helm of the Westonbirt Kitchen

After a rigorous tender process, Bristol-based caterer Fosters Events have been awarded a five-year contract and lease for Westonbirt, The National Arboretum.

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Expert's guide to Westonbirt wildflowers

Read our volunteer expert's overview of our Wildflower Walks as we approach the last guided walk of the year. ...

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Quest complete!

Westonbirt’s mission is ‘to connect people with trees; to improve quality of life’, and we like to try different ways of doing this!...

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Discovering Westonbirt's past

If you’ve visited Westonbirt over the past month, you’ll have noticed that our usual seasonal trail has taken on a personal twist…...

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Thanks to your support, look what we've achieved...

With your support via memberships and donations, we have been able to propel some of our projects forward providing engaging experiences for visitors to Westonbirt Arboretum.

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Try your hand at printmaking this Easter

Print your own postcard to take home, using letterpress and stamps...

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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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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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Top tips for picnics

Wondering what to eat whilst Maples Restaurant and the Courtyard Café are closed?...

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The Return of the Winter Season

Of course, people know about Westonbirt in the autumn and spring, they may even spend long summer days relaxing in the shade beneath some of our majestic trees.

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