What a fantastic moving in present!

Malcolm Greaves, a member of the Microbiology Society of Kew, has been surveying the varieties of fungi found in the Arboretum. His findings will be passed to The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to supplement their own extensive database. So far he has identified over one hundred different types.

 

Did you know that you can adopt one of our trees?

The procedure is simple and you can adopt any tree not already adopted. When you have made your choice a specially engraved plaque will be mounted beside the tree and your adoption will be entered in our Register of Adopted Trees.

“Please miss – can we paddle too”

Chris Edwards

I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself, newly retired from Local Government and living in Terrington, right on the doorstep. John Simmons twisted my arm into helping out with the management and it is a great privilege to follow in his footsteps.

Florence Edith Pulford beside her tree. Adopted for Florence "to grow with her" by her grandparents, Joanna and David Pavey

Finally, our thanks also to all our members who continue to support the Arboretum and its work, your continued support is deeply appreciated.

Volunteers

Corporate Support

Reception in the arboretum

On a beautiful August day Laura Standing and Simon Laszcz were married.

Their wedding reception was held in the wonderful setting of the arboretum.

Vanessa Wilcox Photography

We are grateful to Harrowell Shaftoe, one of our corporate members, in February their stand at Venturefest featured the arboretum and later in October employees spent an ‘away day’ with us, leaving their warm city centre offices to brave the very wet conditions to enhance our Camassia plantations and learn something of the conservation work of the arboretum.

 

 

 This takes money and the efforts of the permanent staff and volunteers, without your support this would not be possible and I hope that you will continue to visit and sponsor this wonderful project.

I have really enjoyed joining the enthusiastic group of people from the Chairman down who make the Arboretum grow, there is so much going on with the completion of the Visitor Centre, opening the cafe, starting the Education project and working with the weddings industry to generate more income.

I haven't even mentioned the real purpose of the Arboretum, preserving and enhancing the stock of trees and plants and the endless maintenance of the grounds.

Adopt a tree.

Fungi in the Forest

Sheila Firth of Malton, and her dachshund, Buttons, were among our first members when we opened to the public in 1999 and Sheila has been a long standing supporter in all our endeavours in the Arboretum. As she watched the new centre taking shape Sheila decided she would like to give us ‘a moving in present’ and what a present! This fantastic wall hanging, a collage ‘The Rhythm of the Year’, is worked in quilting and is absolutely stunning.

tree labelling, meeting and greeting both day visitors and members, polishing, dusting, window cleaning, painting, floor laying, and web site management are just some of the tasks to which our volunteers bring their expertise and enthusiasm.

As a small gesture of thanks for all their commitment our annual Volunteers Party is a time to get together, and for us to say 'thank you'.

 

 

Without your support and enthusiasm the Arboretum could not be sustained or indeed operate on a 7 days week basis for 10 months of the year.

Our many visitors may not be aware just how many and varying the tasks are which our volunteers undertake; mowing, felling, turf lifting and laying, digging, planting,

The Chairman, Management and Trustees of the Arboretum, once again extend their appreciation and thanks to our band of dedicated volunteers.

The ponds within the Arboretum hold many species of water plants, sedge, rushes, marsh marigolds, pennywort, speedwell and sorrel as well as frogs and newts and we hope that they will all transplant well to the new pond.

Welburn Community Primary School recently received a grant from the AONB group to develop a wildlife area. They began their project with a pond. With no plants or wild life in their pond the school approached the Arboretum Trust, who were happy to help.