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Programme update
Tues 21st August: We are off on an away-day to see how other people grow things! Bring £5 cash, some nibbles and meet at the Bure Park Co-Op car park at 9:30am for car sharing to Evenley Wood Gardens. As … Continue reading
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New year brings new projects
2018 has got off to an exciting start: On 6th February we celebrated a new birth – Friends of Bicester North – as 15 people from Bicester Green Gym, 2 from Wyevale Garden Centre and 3 from Burley, converged on … Continue reading
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Christmas Greetings!
The 12 Days of Christmas – Green Gym Version! On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a bow saw in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas ………………., 2 pairs of gloves and … Continue reading
Amazing haul during spring clean
19/05/15: We revisited Jarvis Lane and the fields off it, and picked at least another 15 jumbo rubbish sacks! Interesting finds included an angle grinder (!!), a bicycle frame, a car number plate and a pair of safety boots. The … Continue reading
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Dry stone walls
17/11/14 – Hooray – the wall has been finished ! The churchyard is looking so much larger without all the ivy. They are also doing other work there with additional car parking and a revamped hall at the back. Well … Continue reading
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Hedge Laying
Over the autumn a couple of our members went to Warriner Farm, Bloxham, for a hedge laying course, then returned to work on the completion to the end of the row, along with others who had been on courses. It … Continue reading
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Latest on the Bure stream
AUTUMN 2015: Following another dry few months this summer (despite plenty of rain) it has finally refilled and started flowing again. This has become so regular it really does seem like the flow is being stopped further upstream by causes … Continue reading
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Find out about Bure Park’s past
Look at Slade Farm – from 1702 to today’s Bure Park…via the Work Sites page. Also new maps uploaded to most pages. Take a virtual tour now, then go out for real and see for yourself!
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Garden products now for sale!
ANNUALLY, AT NEW YEAR: Pea sticks, bean poles, fence/hedging stakes, and binding whips will be available at £5 a bundle once we have done the winter coppicing. Also woodchips available at £2 a bag. Just get in touch now to … Continue reading