[ Photo Blog #60 ]
Westonbirt Arboretum can be found near the historic market town of Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England. It is the UK’s National Arboretum, managed by the Forestry Commission, and is perhaps the most important and widely known arboretum in the United Kingdom. The arboretum’s 18,000 specimen trees and shrubs sourced from all over the globe provide a remarkable place for people to enjoy and learn about trees. It has 17 miles of marked paths which provide access to a wide variety of rare plants.
When I visited there in 2003 there happened to be an exhibition of what, only in the broadest sense, could be called ‘garden sculpture’. I offer below some of my photographs taken at the time . . .
Just taking a work break
A pointed remark
Tear-drop Tree
All wired up …
… and suitably pigeon-holed
Water-glass
A hairy situation
‘The green trees transported and ravished me, their sweetness and unusual beauty made my heart to leap and almost mad with ecstasy.’
Mirrored garden #1
Mirrored garden #2
Mirrored garden #3
Roland's Ragbag 
Thank you Roland, the inscribed granite/slate ?? and the mirrored gardens are highlights for me.
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I am grateful for your comment Nigel.
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Another place now on the “to visit list” Roland. it looks like a good day out. A great expression of how art and nature combine.
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I thank you for your positive comment, Davy.
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I like your photographs, but I can’t imagine that these works enhanced the arboretum
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Thanks for commenting, Derrick. You are of course correct, this particular exhibition could have been well placed in any garden setting.
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Interesting photos reflecting creative ideas. I like the tear-drop tree.
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Thank you for commenting, Eugenia.
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Thanks again Roland for showing and telling about this amazing National Arboretum. It is wonderful when a nation creates a place like this. 18000 specimen! Amazing. You got me hooked and I will look up how far the journey is as a long week-end to just see some of it would be wonderful.
I find the art exhibition beautiful too and so many reflect nature around. Favourites….Water – glass and a Hairy situation
/ miriam
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Thank you, Miriam, for your comprehensive response.
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