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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
2 July 2026
We have had new labels put on many of the trees so our ranger was checking them.
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Due to the current heatwave it was inadvisable for us to light a fire to burn off the bramble we had pulled up so we piled it all on the truck (6 times!) and took it out into the forest behind the trees.
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4 June 2026
The Arboretum has very long grass now and will soon be cut now that the Bluebells have finished. In the image you can see the red stakes which we put by the very small trees we planted last year temporarily so that the tractor cutting the grass does not cut them down as well! .
Please - a request to dog walkers
We litter pick all round the Arboretum every month. This month - we went out the back gate and we found 73 dog poo bags thrown in the ditch - yes, we counted them!
There are dog poo bins at both the other gates so, please, use these rather than throwing them into the forest.
7 May 2026
This month was our usual volunteering day at the Arboretum on the first Thursday of the month so the team are all here in front of the Imjin Memorial.
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2 April 2026
A lovely spring day with a large team carrying on with general clearing across the Arboretum.
We had a fire and these two were carefully turning over the wheelbarrow to deposit pulled up bramble on the fire.
5 March 2026
It felt like the first spring day today! The sun was shining and the temperature rose as we cleared fallen branches and bramble. We could see very young Bluebells starting to grow.
5 February 2026
Tree planting - A number of Rangers came over from Westonbirt Arboretum with some trees to be planted. Along with our Ranger they decided where the new trees were to be planted and we spent the day putting them in around the Arboretum.
The team are being told about the trees and why they are being planted here. In particular, there were four Pinus Nigra trees which can grow up to two feet a year and can live for over 500 years.
We are now in our 17th year of work at the Arboretum and have made real progress
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