Exploring fungi responsibly: How to appreciate without disturbing
Fungi have fascinated people for centuries, from their role in ancient folklore to their importance in traditional medicine. Historically, mushrooms...
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Looking back on our ninth year
We are pleased to share with you our Annual Report for 2023-2024, our ninth year as an organisation. This year...
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September volunteer day
Another beautiful day in the woods today – thank you to everyone that joined us! We spent the day working...
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August volunteer day
We had another lovely day in the woods yesterday! The morning was spent clearing bramble and bracken from an area...
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July volunteer day
Another really enjoyable volunteer day today. As is often the case, it was remarkable how much we achieved! We took...
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Following the Five Pathways to Nature Connection
A guest blog by Jennifer Short, Wild&Well. The ancients understood it – Hippocrates himself is supposed to have said that...
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The prickly charm of stinging nettles
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June volunteer day
Another lovely volunteer day yesterday, and hotter than expected! We enjoyed the shade of the trees and spent the day...
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The many benefits of volunteering
It’s Volunteers Week 2024 so we are celebrating our hard working and dedicated volunteers, without whom Tortworth Arboretum would still be overrun with rhododendron, bamboo and bramble. We can’t thank you enough for your ongoing passion and enthusiasm for bashing, digging, lugging, sawing, chopping, lopping and all the other tasks you take on, and for being part of the Tortworth community. Read more
May volunteer day
Another beautiful day in the woods yesterday. Thank you to everyone that came along and for all the energy! We...
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April volunteer day
We had wonderful volunteer day yesterday, full of sunshine and bluebells We got an impressive amount done: working with mattocks, removing rhododendron...
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March Volunteer Day
We had another wonderful day in the woods yesterday. In the morning we tackled a large area in the middle...
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Our 100th Volunteer Sunday!
Yesterday we celebrated our 100th volunteer Sunday!! We marked the occasion with bench building, tree planting and of course a...
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Volunteer days past and present
A lot has changed since our first official volunteer day in September 2014, though interestingly a few key ingredients are...
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A salutation of Snowdrops
The arboretum is adrift with delicate white flowers as spring slowly creeps along the forest floor.
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