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A Cool Christmas

It's been so cold in our office this week, that you might be forgiven for asking "What does a Climate Change Officer actually do?" Well my role is all about interpretation and communication.

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Jam For Timesheets

Timesheets have been rather a big preoccupation for me recently, it’s been like drawing blood from a stone to get my Steering Group members to tell me how much time they’ve been spending on Westonbirt Project business.

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All in The Christmas Spirit

The last couple of weeks have found me in a rubbish skip; tracking down a 5 foot blue fairy and trying to eject Father Christmas as a trespasser.

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A Crazy Normal Day In Education

Posted in: Blog Learning

It’s not often you can fit 28 children into one puddle, but it has been that sort of week here in education.

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I Am The Project Director

This is my first blog as Project Director, so in time honoured Blind Date fashion I thought I’d tell you what my name is and ‘whur’ I come from (as my in laws are from Liverpool, I reckon I’m allowed to make Scouse jokes…).

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What's Happening In Propagation

Posted in: Blog Propagation

I’ve been out walking around the arboretum over the last few weeks, finding just the right location for 270 different specimens of trees and shrubs.

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Change In The Events Department

Posted in: Blog Events

Here in the Events department Autumn is a time of change and re-organising.

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Readers' Comments: An alternative view of climate change

Posted in: Blog

Issue 74 states on page 24 that the climate is warming and man is directly responsible. Nonsense!...

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The Westonbirt Project blog

The Westonbirt Project is an ambitious plan to take Westonbirt into the future.

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