1970
HB Williams establishes the Eastwoodhill land as a trust, and after considerable work, a private members bill was put to Parliament. Bob Berry (from Hackfalls) begins cataloguing the collection at Eastwoodhill.
1975
The Eastwoodhill Trust Act (1975) was passed, and the Eastwoodhill Trust Board was formed.
1978
Eastwoodhill was awarded, ‘Arboretum Distinguished for Merit’ by the International Dendrology Society. The first such award by the IDS.