Westonbirt, a garden centre and arboretum (Westonbirt Arbortetum)

Member Name: fairdonion

Product:	Westonbirt Arbortetum
Date:	10/03/01 (107 review reads)
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Advantages: can go all year through

Disadvantages: none

Westonbirt Arboretum and garden centre is a wonderful area of trees. There are 18,000 of them from all over the world. The first was planted in 1829 and of course they are still being planted today.

Westonbirt is in the Cotswold country side and you can wander along the 17 miles of waymarked trails or simply just sit and admire some of the oldest, tallest and even rarest trees and shrubs in the world.

It is well known for its great displays of rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias and wild flowers.

Dont think though that you can only visit in the summer or that the winter is boring here. To see it all after snow is wonderful. It is open every day of the year.

Westonbirt has a good visitor centre and country gift shop where you can buy things at a very reasonable price. There is also a plant centre and the staff will help you plan which plants and where to plant them.

You dont have to worry about taking a picnic although of course this is the ideal place as there is a courtyard cafe there.

Some of the events they have are concerts, open air plays, festival of wood, illuminated trails, and of course at Christmas a beautiful woodland grotto.

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