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This autumn, Westonbirt Arboretum is proud to host a stunning outdoor exhibition in celebration of our sister site, Bedgebury National Pinetum’ & Forest‘s centenary. Created by the Bedgebury National Pinetum Florilegium Society, the exhibition, located on the Downs at Westonbirt, features 18 exquisite botanical illustrations of trees found in both arboreta. Each artwork tells a […]
› Read moreHead with the children to Westonbirt’s Learning Centre and try the winter tree quiz challenge and create Christmas potpourri smelly bags! Use cones and evergreen leaves to make a range of festive decorations to take home. How much? Free after admission Where to meet? Learning Centre Do I need to book? No booking necessary – […]
› Read moreHead with the children to Westonbirt’s Learning Centre and try the winter tree quiz challenge and create Christmas potpourri smelly bags! Use cones and evergreen leaves to make a range of festive decorations to take home. How much? Free after admission Where to meet? Learning Centre Do I need to book? No booking necessary – […]
› Read moreDrop into Silk Wood Barn to join Westonbirt Arboretum’s Learning Team for a fun discovery day all about fabulous fungi! Explore the day’s finds on our nature table and then create a clay mushroom tile with a braided hanging loop, decorate a wooden mushroom and design a woodland mushroom picture with ink stamps to take […]
› Read moreHead across the Treetop Walkway at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum into Silkwood. Here you will find the resident coppicers from the arboretum in the Coppice Compound, selling and demonstrating traditional crafts and skills. Among them will be other makers and craftspeople. Blacksmithing, basketry, furniture, charcoal, jewellery, treen and coppice products will all be available to […]
› Read moreHead across the Treetop Walkway at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum into Silkwood. Here you will find the resident coppicers from the arboretum in the Coppice Compound, selling and demonstrating traditional crafts and skills. Among them will be other makers and craftspeople. Blacksmithing, basketry, furniture, charcoal, jewellery, treen and coppice products will all be available to […]
› Read moreIdeal for families with children aged over 7 years, help re-plant an area of woodland cleared due to ash dieback. Come along and help this exciting wildlife restoration project with an active day of community volunteering involving plenty of mulching and tree care. At Westonbirt, The National Arboretum’s Community Woodland they are re-planting an area […]
› Read moreTaking place in Westonbirt Arboretum’s Learning Centre, bring the kids and come along to this half-term event to discover the science behind autumn colour change. The children can get creative and make their own autumn leaf crown, or autumn mobile! Take part in the autumn colour challenge activity too, to see how many colours can […]
› Read moreJoin these delightful autumn walks at Westonbirt Arboretum with your family and experience autumnal changes first-hand. Discover the reasons behind them through games and challenges. 10:30am – 12:00pm: Explore and collect the signs of autumn, investigate how animals keep themselves warm in winter, learn about the winter survival tactics that animals use, explore leaf diversity, […]
› Read moreJoin these delightful autumn walks at Westonbirt Arboretum with your family and experience autumnal changes first-hand. Discover the reasons behind them through games and challenges. 10:30am – 12:00pm: Explore and collect the signs of autumn, investigate how animals keep themselves warm in winter, learn about the winter survival tactics that animals use, explore leaf diversity, […]
› Read moreThis autumn, bring the whole family to Westonbirt Arboretum and explore the Family Autumn Trail, a hands-on adventure celebrating the season’s spectacular colours, textures, and creativity. Inspired by our Drawn to Nature trail and the Bedgebury Florilegium exhibition, this approx. 1-mile trail in the Old Arboretum (dog free area) invites children and grown-ups alike to […]
› Read moreThis autumn, discover the beauty of Westonbirt Arboretum in a whole new way with the Drawn to Nature Trail, a creative journey inspired by the stunning botanical illustrations from the Bedgebury Florilegium exhibition. Featuring nine tree species from the exhibition, this 1-mile trail in the Old Arboretum (dog free area) invites you to look beyond […]
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