Today I took both the morning and afternoon shifts, and I was on my own, and the sunshine really came through for us, so we had a huge crowd through. I took eight tours through: from a group of one guy on his own to a large group of thirteen people travelling together. I'm pretty sure that I came through for all of them, but had to remember to stick to the script, or I'd tell a group the dragon story twice, or not at all about the forests. I'm pretty sure that I sold a few people on some short walks out amongst the Himalayan Cedars and the Cork Oak, or at least into driving out via Dairy Farmers Hill. Today was my best guiding yet: I'm really glad for that because it had kind of bored me this month. Now I only need to stay committed to learning more about the forests: I should start with at least a few of the forests that are within view of the Village Centre.
Good questions:
- How big is the Arboretum? (250 hectares (617 acres)
- Is there an orchardist specialist on staff to care for the harvestable forests, to ensure that they don't get and spread disease to agricultural areas? (Yes, the health of the trees is the responsibility of the wonderful
horticultural team - this includes managing crops and seed collection. Our
volunteers help them all the time in working bees and in preparing for
harvesting.)
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