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Have you visited the new bird viewing area?

The workshop and wood sales team of volunteers have recently completed a new bird viewing and feeding area that is accessible to visitors seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year.

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There's more to forestry than just trees!

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Having to find a week’s work experience at the end of my first year of Sixth Form was a daunting thought, especially with no definite idea of my future career in mind.

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A week's worth of invaluable experience

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I chose to come to Westonbirt Arboretum as I hoped I would experience a wide range of jobs and gain a better knowledge of the wide world of work.

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Playing around with sticks

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We’ve finally stopped planning and started putting in our new play plans for Silk Wood.

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Great Experience

Over the past two weeks I have been volunteering here at Westonbirt Arboretum as part of my Applied Geography course at Bournemouth University.

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A Crazy Normal Day In Education

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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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