Wednesday, June 9, 2010

BBC Springwatch event at Aston Rowant Nature reserve
















Almost 2000 people visited Aston Rowant Nature reserve this Saturday and joined in all the fun. Natural England kindly lent us a fantastic tent, not for shelter but to provide valuable shade as the temperatures soared! Probably about 200 or more children visited Going Wild and made a fantastic selection of Tree People who apparently live hidden in the trees on the reserve. There were vampire monsters, ugly sister monsters, fabulous fairy princesses and terrifying zombie boggarts with sharp blackthorn fangs! Every tree person created had a different character and many told us stories of the adventures their creature had had in the woods!

We had a fantastic day, of imagination and creativity all inspired by the natural world. Best of all their tree people were made from natural materials gathered whilst on a walk, there was not a bit of plastic in sight and hours of entertainment came absolutely free!

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