Blog

We’re delighted that the Friends earlybird booking option from 18th September is still in place, so you can have first pick of tickets!...

We’re saying a fond farewell to Friends’ Finance Co-ordinator, Kim Seaton, who is leaving after 13 years working with us.

We asked you to share your photos and memories with us on social media – here are some of the highlights.

The Great Oak Hall is being opened up to the public for guided tours on selected days...

Step outside your door and enjoy the beautiful countryside.

Westonbirt’s very own Director, Andrew Smith, will be opening this stunning exhibition.

The Gruffalo in the deep dark wood of the Old Arboretum has recently been joined by beautiful sculptures of the mouse, snake, fox, owl and squirrel.

Find out why the Bitter ash is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for October...

Wild Westonbirt (Westonbirt’s youth group) were tasked with thinking of a way to celebrate the current phase of the HLF coming to an end.

Find out why the Euonymus oxyphyllus is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for September...

Find out why the Japanese Angelica Tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for August...

Find out why the Chinese yellowwood Tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for July...

Find out why the Tulip Tree is our Dendrologist's Tree of the Month for June...

As part of Westonbirt’s continuing mission to ‘connect people with trees’, we like to try new things to engage with our audiences here at the Arboretum.

Team WB have been busy this month learning how to make wooden roof tiles, known as shingles, for a proposed sculpture to celebrate the culmination of the 4 year HLF Community Engagement Programme.