IMPORTANT - READ THIS FIRST!
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Follow the trail signed with black arrows
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Keep your feet on the path: don't trample plants
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Don't pick plants or toadstools. If you pick up anything, put it back.
A
Find
two trees nearby with different bark. Shut your eyes and feel the two
trunks. One is pine and one is beech – which is which?
Next stop: leafy rainbow
B 
How
many different leaf shapes can you see here? How many different leaf
colours?
Next stop: a smelly tree
C 
Gently
rub the needles of the tree nearest the post. Smell your fingers. Do you
like the smell? They are Douglas Fir leaves.
Next stop: dark spooky woods
D What
does it feel like under the trees here? Why?
Next stop: totem poles?
E
Look at and feel the three tall sculptures. What do
they remind you of?
Next stop: woodland folk
F How
many faces are watching you from the trees?
Next stop: mind the prickles!
G Carefully
feel the holly leaves. In summer, some of the leaves are soft. Where on
the branches are the soft leaves?
Next stop: huge leaves
H
Can you find a leaf on the ground
that is the same kind as on the Green Lady’s head? Find the biggest one
you can.
Next stop: all ears
I
Take a seat on the
bench. Close your eyes. What can you hear? How many different birds? Any
insects? People working in the wood? Anything else?
Next stop: a favourite spring flower
J
If the bluebells are in
flower, get down close and smell them (without treading on them!) Do you
like the smell? In early spring, spot the grass-like leaves of the
bluebells. In summer and autumn, look for their dead flower stalks.
Next stop: a green carpet
K
Several different kinds of
moss grow here. Feel how soft they are – but don’t pick any!
Next stop: all ready for Christmas
L Can you spot any very small
Christmas trees, planted last winter? Be careful not to tread on them!
Next stop: mirror mirror
M
Crouch down next to the pond
– be careful not to fall in! What reflections can you see in the water?
Can you see anything living in and around the pond?
Next stop: squidgy tree
NIf you can, take a detour
downhill to the tree numbered 8, a giant redwood tree. Press its
red-brown bark. What does it feel like?
On the way back to the yard, find piles of wood stacked up for firewood.
Does the wood smell nice? Or stinky?
Is there any fungus on the logs? What does it feel like?
This trail finishes at the end of the track, where you reach the barn
and tea garden. You can go straight on past the tea garden to the
paddock to see….
How many sheep are in the paddock today?
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