"I’d often find ways to escape the city and head into the forest near where I grew up. It was a place where I could switch off from everything and just slow down. I loved it, and felt safe there." ~ Hope Virgo, Mental Health Campaigner

Westonbirt Arboretum’s community progamme helps people with mental health conditions, addictions, behavioural difficulties, autism and dementia through the power of trees.

Wild Women Days provide opportunities for groups of women to spend time immersed in nature, learning and foraging for edible plants, building fires and cooking meals together.

In a quiet corner of Sherwood Pines, a group of people are learning how to build shelters, weave willow and whittle wood.

Refresh your body, mind and spirit whilst discovering breath-taking forest landscapes and incredible displays of colour!

Meet our white-tailed eagle project officer and find out what the birds have been getting up to since release

Share your #AutumnLeafWatch photos to win! Enter our photo competition to win an annual membership and £200 to spend on new photography kit at Jessops.

A guest blog from our Chair Sir Harry Studholme on the date of our 100th birthday