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DEAN GREEN TEAM Wildlife Conservation Group in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire |
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The Cyril Hart Arboretum
Arboretum day is on the first Thursday of every month
The Arboretum is named after local historian and forestry expert, Dr Cyril Hart. The collection started in 1910 and contains over 400 trees.
It is situated on the B4226 Coleford to Cinderford road close to the Speech House.
OS Grid Reference: SO624118
Volunteers meet at the Arboretum on the first Thursday of every month at 10am
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Volunteer Group Diary
3 July 2025
Another warm sunny day! We put brand new tree identification labels on the 45 young trees which we had planted in the last few months.
We also continued clearing the old wall.
5 June 2025
It is Foxglove season and they are growing along the old wall which we cleared for them! As it was raining, we managed to use a fire to burn off last month's debris.
1 May 2025
Today was the hottest 1st May ever recorded and the temperature went up to 26 degrees in the forest. Luckily, we were sheltered from the hot sun in the trees. It was definitely a NO FIRE day so we made an enormous pile of fallen branches, bramble and bracken which will be dealt with next month.
3 April 2025
Another beautiful spring day! This time we were clearing up an old Oak tree which had come down in the storms.
6 March 2025
It was such a beautiful spring day! There is still a lot of work to be done clearing and burning the branches from all the storm felled trees.
6 February 2025
Planting! We were supplied with 45 various trees from Forest Research for planting.
Information about an endangered tree named the 'No Parking' Whitebeam (Karpatiosorbus admonitor) can be found on our News page so Click here
16 January 2025
We delayed our visit to the Arboretum this month due to the ferocious storms blowing over the last few weeks. However, the carnage of trees which came down in the storms is now evident. It is such a shame to see fallen trees! We removed all the smaller branches from the trunks but there is still a lot of work to do. Contractors will be coming in to remove the giant trunks.
We are now in our 17th year of work at the Arboretum and have made real progress
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