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| September | |
| 23 | Abundance Apple Pressing | Sat 23rd Sep, 10am-12pm | Shipton-on-Cherwell Village Hall (OX5 1JP) – Join Kidlington Abundance as we celebrate the abundance of the natural world. Bring your surplus apples and pears*. Help chop, scrat, press and bottle the juice. If you don’t have any fruit – don’t worry! Just come and join in the fun. Everyone takes home some juice! *Fruit does not have to be in perfect condition (windfalls are fine) |
| 30 | Abundance Apple Pressing | Sat 30th Sep, 1pm-3pm | Kidlington Methodist Church (OX5 1JP) – Join Kidlington Abundance as we celebrate the abundance of the natural world. Bring your surplus apples and pears*. Help chop, scrat, press and bottle the juice. If you don’t have any fruit – don’t worry! Just come and join in the fun. Everyone takes home some juice! *Fruit does not have to be in perfect condition (windfalls are fine) |
| October | |
| 4 | Kidlington Gardening Society Talk | Weds 4th Sep, 7.30pm | Exeter Hall, small hall (OA5 1AB) – Guest speaker Johnny Amos will be talking on the topic of ‘Fragrant and Colourful Shrubs for Winter’. More info here! |
| 5 | KEG Meeting | Thurs 5th Oct, 1pm | Exeter Hall, small hall (OA5 1AB) – Join representatives of different local eco groups and enthusiasts to connect, communicate and collaborate. |
| 7 | St Mary’s Fields Work Party | Sat 7th Oct, 10am-12pm | St Mary’s carpark (OX52AZ) – Join the team of volunteers working on some Autumnal tasks to encourage nature. Also enjoy a well-earned slice of Julia or Rosie’s homemade cake at half time! |
| Ron Groves Play Park Community Gardening | Sat 7th Oct, 10-11.30am | (OX5 1HW)If you’re down the other end of Kidlington, you might like to join Harvest@Home as we tend to the planters in the playpark at Ron Groves, beautifying the place for the locals! | |
| 19 | Exeter Close Garden Day | Thursday 19th October, 10am-12pm | Exeter Close Playpark, OX5 1AB – All are very welcome to join us as Harvest@Home continues work on the beds in the playpark, turning them into a community herb and flower garden! |
| 21 | Park Hill Monthly Garden Open Day | Sat 21st Oct, 10am – 12pm| Park Hill Recreation Ground (OX5 2DA) – Come and muck in with other volunteers as we maintain and enrich this community green space and Harvest@Home project! |
Local Eco News
Some headlines since the last update…
St Mary’s Fields Conservation – If you’d gone down to the wood today – or, more accurately, at the beginning of September – you’re sure to have had a surprise. A digger was out chortling gently amongst the trees as part of the effort to clear paths – an early autumnal task for the St Mary’s Fields’ work party. The other (humanoid) volunteers made themselves busy with clearing back encroaching foliage, wood-chipping paths, and checking on how the slow worm hideouts are going.
Coronation Gardens – Some of you will have noticed that the rather wild patch of land at the entrance of Home Close has been claimed by Kidlington Parish Council with a view to transforming it into a Coronation Garden in celebration of King Charles’ crowning earlier this year. So far the ground has been cleared, a path laid, and the dry stone wall given a bit of encouragement! The plan is to lay some turf, plant some trees, and install some insect and bee-loving flowers such as lavender and rosemary at a date to be confirmed in October. If you’d be up for coming to help out watch this space.
If you have any local eco news or events to feed in to our next monthly digest please email: kidlingtonecogroup@gmail.com
Our next KEG meeting is on Thurs 5th Oct, 1pm @ Exeter Hall (in the small hall). All welcome!
Kidlington Eco Group 
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