Finzean School Wood
BCT
manages the School Wood at Drumhead to provide an educational
resource for the pupils of Finzean Primary School and a site
that is also enjoyed by other members of the community.
BCT
works in cooperation with the School to encourage and assist
the continuing involvement of pupils with the Wood through tree
planting and a range of other environmental projects. In 2011,
BCT will be creating a 1000 metre path between the School and
the School Wood. This will enable pupils to reach the Wood
without going along the public road and so increase the
opportunities for the School to make use of the Wood.
The
School Wood covers 0.3 ha and has three parts, each with its
own distinctive character. There is the original area that was
planted by pupils in 1973 as part of the national initiative to
‘Plant a Tree in ‘73’. There is then the
area that was added when BCT first took over the management of
the site. This was mainly planted by pupils in 1999-2000 and
around one third of those pupils were children of the pupils
who had planted the trees over 25 years before in 1973!
A
particularly prominent project at the School Wood was the work
involved as part of the Wood being featured on the Beechgrove
Garden TV Programme in 2004. In 2007, an area across the road
from Finzean Church was added to the School Wood and then
planted with native tree species.
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Birse Community Trust 2010. All rights reserved.
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