Trees and Nature Collaborate Oxfordshire

17/06/2026

🌸✨ Join us for a magical evening at the Long Mead Ancient Floodplain Wildflower Meadow!

On Wednesday, 24th June from 5.30-8.30 PM, Catriona Bass will take us on a tour of their plant nursery, where we will lend a hand to pot on some rare species

Catriona and Kevan will then lead us on a short walk through the stunning expanse of remarkable wildflowers.

📍 Location:Long Mead Local Wildlife Site, near Swinford Toll Bridge on the B4044.

📅 Limited spots, book your place ➡️
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/communityactiongroupsoxfordshire/2269141

12/06/2026

🌳 JOIN OUR NEXT ONLINE TREES COLLABORATE MEETING 🌳

This month we are looking forward to an update from Ruth Staples-Rolfe, Mend the Gap Programme Manager.

Mend the Gap is National Landscape programme that runs near the railway from Reading to Didcot, aiming to soften the impact of the gantries, installed by network rail in two protected landscapes.

Ruth will focus on the Mitigation planting that Mend the Gap is carrying out and some of the considerations and barriers faced during the project.

Tues 23rd June, 7.30 pm - email [email protected] for link

All welcome, please share widely.

01/06/2026

Find out how you can help nature in your area this at Rishinghurst and Sandhills Summer Fete.

🌼 Join a guided meadow walks
💜 Make a lavender bag
🦔 Help map local wildlife
🐸 Sign up for the frog and toad patrol

With Beautiful Barton (Oxford, Oxfordshire), Wild About Risinghurst and Sandhills Naturehood.

26/05/2026

This little one has been resting in our garden lately.

I've been topping up the water sources in the garden today.

Give nature a helping hand and pop a shallow bowl of water out for your garden visitors.

It's good to have some in different places - we have a dish on the ground for the mammals 🦌 and trays on the table for birds 🐦‍⬛ and cheeky squirrels 🐿️

22/05/2026

🌳 GARDEN TREE GIVEAWAY: SEND YOUR PHOTOS 🌳

Have you received a tree from us as part of the Oxfordshire Garden Tree Giveaway?

We would love to know how it's doing and receive a picture of it in leaf or flower. Also let us know the year you received it if possible.

Email your photos to [email protected]

Remember to keep watering your tree regularly for the first three years. They'll need roughly 50 litres per week over the summer! Rain water is best, but if using tap water leave it outside in a bucket for 24 hours beforehand for the chlorine to evaporate.

We expect to be running the giveaway again this year and will be offering single garden trees and hedgerow packs to applicants.

Find out more at: https://www.internationaltreefoundation.org/garden-tree-giveaway

06/05/2026

🌿 Looking Out for Nature: Citizen Science Workshop 🌿

Ever wondered how your nature sightings could help protect wildlife in Oxfordshire?

Join CPRE Oxfordshire in collaboration with Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre and Community Action Groups - CAG Oxfordshire, for a hands-on Citizen Science Workshop in Banbury where you’ll learn how to spot, record, and share wildlife data that actually supports real conservation work.

📍 Banbury Museum + Spiceball Park
📅 Saturday 16 May 2026
🕙 10am–2pm

What to expect:
🔎 Learn the basics of nature recording
📱 Discover easy tools & apps for logging wildlife
🌱 Head outdoors to put your skills into practice
🤝 Meet others who care about nature

No experience needed—just curiosity and a love of the outdoors.

🎟️ Book your place here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cpreoxfordshire/2111141

Let’s turn everyday nature spotting into something powerful for the environment 💚

Please share widely!

02/05/2026

Connect with nature this summer at Marston Forest Garden

Embrace the stillness and tranquility of the garden and enhance your wellbeing.

19 May and 23 June 6.30-7.30 pm. No need to book.

Court Farm Allotment, OX3 0PP

19/04/2026

🌳 APRIL TREES COLLABORATE MEETING 🌳

This month we will be joined by Emily Coulam, Nature and Greenspaces Officer from Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust - BBOWT

Emily will be sharing how the Reconnecting Bernwood, Otmoor and the Ray (RBOR) project is working with farmers to enhance the quality and extent of woodlands and hedgerows across the landscape.

ALL WELCOME, PLEASE SHARE WIDELY

19/04/2026

🦊 It's nearly time for this year's running from 24th to 27th April 🦋

A chance to get outside and notice the nature all around us ... and to take the next step and start recording it.

We can't protect what we don't know exists.

Last month we heard all about how to get involved in this citizen science campaign from Dr Julian Parfitt.

Watch the recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2KGjqMHkkfA

To find out more about the Oxfordshire (not just City) challenge and get involved, visit the Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre website: https://tverc.org/recorders/are-you-noticing-wildlife/city-nature-challenge

We're excited to announce the City Nature Challenge (CNC) from 24th to 27th April 2026, in Berkshire and Oxfordshire! Join us in documenting wildlife across both counties.

09/04/2026

Immerse yourself in the beauty and vibrancy of Marston Forest Garden in spring this Saturday evening.

This one-hour guided session is an opportunity to wander and wonder, relax, breathe and connect with Nature and the life all around.

After an introduction to the forest garden, they'll be some time to become present, followed by stillness or wandering to enjoy the plants, colours, scents and tastes of the Garden. There’ll also be space to share experience.

Sat 11 April 18-30-19.30, future dates in May and June
No need to book.