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Arboretum Wespelaar is OPEN on Wednesdays and Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm until Sunday the 13th of November.
Search for woody plants in the database of the Arboretum Wespelaar or in the BelTrees database
By Jan De Langhe, dendrologist at Ghent University Botanical Garden, in collaboration with Arboretum Wespelaar
This SPRING LEAFLET guides you through the arboretum with information on the trees, the vistas and some history.
Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double'
Malus hupehensis 'Fox's Pride'
The Global Conservation Gap Analysis of Magnolia Published
We are proud to have contributed to this important research program that maps endangered Magnolias within plant collections and lists the needs to protect more than 330 Magnolia species.   You can consult this publication via the BGCI website. Arboretum Wespelaar is also part of the Global Conservation Consortium for Magnolia in order to help with the conservation of endangered Magnolias.
Our “Virtual Tour” has had an update and is back online! Now also available in English (previously only Dutch and French). You’ll find the link on our homepage here above by clicking on the green button "Virtual Tour", or can use the direct link here.
You can explore the different parts of Arboretum Wespelaar through drone-taken air photographs. You can select the different parts of the Arboretum (Magnolia Meadow, Marnef Wood, etc.), see which plants are planted in which plot and read more about those plants  in the left column. You’ll also find our selections mapped out, and some of our red-listed species.
Read our year report 2021!
Red List of Acer
The Red List of Acer (revised and extended) is now available on the BGCI website. This Red List gives the conservation status of all 158 maple or Acer species. The report reveals that 1 in 5 species of Acer are threatened with extinction in the wild. The Foreword is written by Koen Camelbeke, director of Arboretum Wespelaar. Arboretum Wespelaar, which has a big collection of maples and also focuses on red-listed tree species, was one of the participating institutions in the creation of this red list. The arboretum holds a large collection of Acer images and high resolution scans by Jan De Langhe (By Jan De Langhe, dendrologist at Ghent University Botanical Garden, in collaboration with Arboretum Wespelaar), which were used in this publication.
A List of Acer names on which we all agree – Utopia or (almost) a Reality?
One plant - one name! Koen Camelbeke of Arboretum Wespelaar is trying to achieve this ultimate goal for the maples (genus Acer) together with an international team of maple experts. Want to know more? Click here for the article that appeared on the Maple Society Website.
Level 4 accrediation by ArbNet renewed for Arboretum Wespelaar !
On August 1st, 2022, we received the excellent news that the Level IV accreditation was renewed for Arboretum Wespelaar! Since 2016, Arboretum Wespelaar has been awarded this Level IV Accreditation and thus belongs to the crème de la crème of arboreta around the world.
ArbNet is an interactive, collaborative, international community of arboreta. Through ArbNet, arboreta around the world collaborate to conserve trees and tree collections. The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program is the only global initiative to officially recognize arboreta based on a set of professional standards. There are 4 levels of accreditations, within which Level 4 is the highest level.
We are now part of the list of 39 Level 4 arboreta wordwide. Of these 39 arboreta, amongst others, 24 are located in the United States and 5 in Europe, with Arboretum Wespelaar and the Ghent University Botanical Garden being the only two in Belgium.
The decision was based on Arboretum Wespelaar’s strong collections documentation, education for botanical professionals and global conservation impact through advising and influencing the Global Trees Campaign. One of our strong points is our impressive collection of detailed scans and identification keys made by Jan De Langhe, dendrologist at the Ghent University Botanical Garden, in collaboration with Arboretum Wespelaar. They are available for everyone on our website.