When some diseased trees had to be felled at Oakwood House Nursery and Forest School in Edgerton, Huddersfield, the children watched the process with fascination and went on to investigate the importance of trees before helping to plant new ones.
‘The children were intrigued to see the men climbing around at the top of the trees like monkeys; it’s something you don’t normally get to see,’ says Samantha Warburton, training and management co-ordinator at the setting’s owner, Portland Nurseries.
‘The children use tools at nursery, but nothing like the large tools the tree surgeons were using. They were fascinated by the chainsaws, which had a particular sound which excited the children. We discussed how the tree surgeons were working and how they started from the top and cleared the tree limbs before felling the trees to stop the branches from causing damage.’
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