Water at Westonbirt

As with most planning applications extra pieces of information have been requested from us. We have been busy digging holes in a variety of locations and pouring in water to see how well the water drains in the ground at the Arboretum, in some areas the water drained quicker than could be filled!

The tanker which was planned to be used for both days left early to be MOT’ed which meant the final hole needed to be filled with buckets, wheelbarrows and any other containers which could carry water!

We are also expecting a ‘time team’ like dig to take place to assess if we have anything interesting in the proposed car park, we don’t expect to find anything but you never know.

The project team recently enjoyed a brief break from the grindstone in Silk Wood with Paul Hayden, who normally leads a 6-day Windsor chair making course at the Arboretum.

We had a lovely day making rolling pins, stools, candlesticks and garden dibbers and all left feeling proud of our achievements but also very achy!