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Westonbirt Arboretum - Forestry England

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Managed by Forestry England and renowned for its 15,000 specimen trees from all over the globe; the perfect setting to escape, relax or have an adventure...

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We are looking for a new student, trainee arborist! Could this be you?

Role involves completing a 12-month, full-time placement with Westonbirt, The National Arboretum’s Tree Team. Apply by 29th Feb, for details see 🔗 forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/stu…

We are looking for a new student, trainee arborist! Could this be you? Role involves completing a 12-month, full-time placement with Westonbirt, The National Arboretum’s Tree Team. Apply by 29th Feb, for details see 🔗 forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/stu… #jobsearch #jobseekers #arborist
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Give yourself permission to slow down.

Like nature, be patient with yourself and make relaxing a priority for your wellbeing. 💚

Our Wellbeing Trail through Silk Wood is a great place to start 🌳🌲👉
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Give yourself permission to slow down. Like nature, be patient with yourself and make relaxing a priority for your wellbeing. 💚 Our Wellbeing Trail through Silk Wood is a great place to start 🌳🌲👉 👉forestryeng.land/wellbeing-trai… #wellbeing #relaxation
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Have you tried outdoor silhouette spotting?

Winter is the perfect time to take notice of a tree’s intricate shape! 🌳

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Have you tried outdoor silhouette spotting? Winter is the perfect time to take notice of a tree’s intricate shape! 🌳 forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/win…
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Find out more about ‘hidden Westonbirt’ this winter.👀

Explore our playful family treasure hunt trail and learn about the animals & plants that make the arboretum their home.🌳🐦

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Find out more about ‘hidden Westonbirt’ this winter.👀 Explore our playful family treasure hunt trail and learn about the animals & plants that make the arboretum their home.🌳🐦 🔗 forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/fam… #outdoors #family
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Our moo-wers are doing a great job this .

We welcome the Belted Galloway each winter to graze the Downs meadow areas. Our flora & fauna surveys prove that their conservation grazing is increasing the biodiversity of this special landscape.

Our moo-wers are doing a great job this #winter. We welcome the Belted Galloway #cattle each winter to graze the Downs meadow areas. Our flora & fauna surveys prove that their conservation grazing is increasing the biodiversity of this special landscape.
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It’s a lovely time for a winter walk ❄️

Wrap up warm and visit Westonbirt with your loved
ones this week 👉 forestryengland.uk/about-westonbi…

It’s a lovely time for a winter walk ❄️ Wrap up warm and visit Westonbirt with your loved ones this week 👉 forestryengland.uk/about-westonbi… #walking
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Happy New Year! ✨

Looking for a new outdoor challenge? Pop those trainers on, start training and book your place on the Westonbirt 10k run taking place 23 May 2024 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

➡️ forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/10k

Happy New Year! ✨ Looking for a new outdoor challenge? Pop those trainers on, start training and book your place on the Westonbirt 10k run taking place 23 May 2024 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ ➡️ forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/10k #running
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Among the variety of nature is the time for conifers to really show off.

There are around 630 species of in the world and we have just over 280 of them growing here at Westonbirt!

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Among the variety of nature #winter is the time for conifers to really show off. There are around 630 species of #conifer #trees in the world and we have just over 280 of them growing here at Westonbirt! forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/win…
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Here’s looking at yew!

Yew can be male or female. In female trees are covered with what look like bright red berries, that are cones that have evolved to become soft and fleshy. The seed inside, like most of the tree, is poisonous. 👇
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Here’s looking at yew! Yew #trees can be male or female. In #winter female trees are covered with what look like bright red berries, that are cones that have evolved to become soft and fleshy. The seed inside, like most of the tree, is poisonous. 👇 forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/win…
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Keen to find out more about our trees & history?

Our daily 11am guided start again this week. Pre-booking your visit is recommended until 1 Jan.

Full walk details 👇forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/gui…

Keen to find out more about our trees & history? Our daily 11am guided #walks start again this week. Pre-booking your visit is recommended until 1 Jan. Full walk details 👇forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/gui… #walking #Gloucestershire
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We had a very special visitor just before Christmas..

In this blog, find out how His Majesty King Charles III helped us save a species from extinction, by planting a critically endangered tree. 👇
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Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum

We had a very special visitor just before Christmas.. In this blog, find out how His Majesty King Charles III helped us save a species from extinction, by planting a critically endangered tree. 👇 fowa.org.uk/blog/helping-t… @WestonbirtFOWA #treeconservation
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How about a walk to work off all that festive food & drink?

We look back on a wonderful wintry walk in December 2022 here at Westonbirt, dazzling in the snow. ❄️

📷 Ally Whaley

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We’re ‘barking’ up the right tree.

Winter is the time for bark to really stand out. Barks clean the air, are home to invertebrates and change with age.

The coast redwood has protective, thick fibrous bark.

📷 Doug Lodge
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We’re ‘barking’ up the right tree. Winter is the time for bark to really stand out. Barks clean the air, are home to invertebrates and change with age. The coast redwood has protective, thick fibrous bark. 📷 Doug Lodge forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/win… #winter #trees #bark
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Tonight is the last of our last Enchanted Christmas light trail nights... We have loved every magical evening this year! 🎄✨

How about this spectacular image captured on one of the evenings by our trail production partner PYTCH 👇

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Long associated with , the common holly, Ilex aquifolium, with its glossy green prickly leaves and bright red berries, is putting on a splendid show all over the arboretum this month.

can live for up to 300 years!

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Long associated with #Christmas, the common holly, Ilex aquifolium, with its glossy green prickly leaves and bright red berries, is putting on a splendid show all over the arboretum this month. #DYK #holly #trees can live for up to 300 years! forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/win…
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Need a last-minute gift that won’t disappoint?

Book a Forest Live concert for next year and use our printable gift card to share the news with the music lover in your life 🎤

Check out the line-up in 2024 👉 forestryeng.land/get-your-ticke…

Need a last-minute gift that won’t disappoint? Book a Forest Live concert for next year and use our printable gift card to share the news with the music lover in your life 🎤 Check out the line-up in 2024 👉 forestryeng.land/get-your-ticke… #livemusic #ForestLive2024
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One of the first Camellias to bloom at Westonbirt is Camellia japonica 'Gloire de Nantes'. 🌼

Such beautiful rose-pink flowers and shiny ovate leaves. It can be seen in Savill Glade and Sand Earth.

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One of the first Camellias to bloom at Westonbirt is Camellia japonica 'Gloire de Nantes'. 🌼 Such beautiful rose-pink flowers and shiny ovate leaves. It can be seen in Savill Glade and Sand Earth. forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/win… #flowers #winter
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We’re hiring!

Could you be our next Community Woodland Communications and Interpretation Officer?

We are excited to be regenerating an area of Silk Wood as a community woodland.

Apply by 7th Jan 2024, see: 🔗 bit.ly/wbcwcio

We’re hiring! Could you be our next Community Woodland Communications and Interpretation Officer? We are excited to be regenerating an area of Silk Wood as a community woodland. Apply by 7th Jan 2024, see: 🔗 bit.ly/wbcwcio #jobs
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