Last week we finished the paths at the Delph pond in Tullibody. There was so much constant wheelbarrowing involved that every so often when you stop with the barrow you get the feeling that your surroundings are still moving, ...
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Our first visit to Hopetoun
Last week we made our first visit to Hopetoun House in South Queensferry. We helped Peter and Fiona, the rangers, to cut back rhododendrons that were starting to grow over the path, and then burned them in a very big fire. We ...
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Goodbye and thank you, Fatima
It was a sad week last week as Fatima finished her internship with us here, made even sadder by her continually bursting into tears anytime someone mentioned her leaving. Fatima has been a great addition to the VO team always ...
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Fungi at Jupiter, it’s everywhere!!
Hi folks,Roy Watling (the very stately looking gentleman with the beard) from the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh was accompanied by two of BTCV's Natural Talent Apprentices on a fungi foray in Jupiter. The place is hooching ...
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Flanders Moss
Last Wednesday we were at Flanders Moss deconstructing an old footbridge and installing a shiny new one. Or at least that was the plan until the track barrow we were using got stuck down a ditch and took half the day to get ...
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