Westonbirt, The National Arboretum

Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, is located in Gloucestershire, England, about a two hour drive west from London. The arboretum is a remarkable place for people to enjoy and learn about trees. Its combination of maturity, species diversity and landscape style make it one of the most extraordinary arboretums in the world with an iconic status in our tree and landscape heritage. The tree collection itself contains around 16,000 catalogued trees and shrubs from 3,000 plant taxa. There are also five National Plant Collections including Japanese maples, for which the arboretum is so well known.