Ideas for our new programme are always welcome – please get in touch
Also see our Facebook page for photos and more details.
Note: we usually start whatever the weather – we have rarely cancelled! Except for when world circumstances force us to. Meeting times, 9:30-12.30
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- 7/5 10.30 AGM for FoBNS & BGG at Bicester North Station (room booked 10.30 until 12 noon)
- 30 – Gavray Meadows or the Fresh Direct side of Jarvis Lane – TBC
- 23 – St George’s Day so excuse for a walk or perhaps a litter pick to keep England tidy – SUGGESTIONS FOR WALKS PLEASE
- 16 – Nightingale pub, Langford Village – help with the kitchen garden planters.
- 9 – Due to absences, perhaps BNS again as that frees us from needing tools and giving lifts – OR Garth Park bowls bed and tool shed.
- 2 – Bure Park again to finish the wood chipping, improve the downhill drainage and other work? BRING BARROWS
- 26 – Bicester North Station
- 19 – Bure Park wood chipping
- 12 – Cancelled due to rain
- 5 – Burnehyll wood hedge planting
- 28 – Grebe Road garden
- 20 – Bicester North station
- 13 – Southwold school pond renovation
- 6 – Burnehyll woods, balancing pond entrance
- 30 – Continuing coppicing and woodchip laying, Bure Park
- 23 – making a path at the Grebe Road garden
- 16 – Coppicing in Bure park
- 9 – Bicester North station weeding and de-decorating
- 2 – Walk starting 11am from Bure Park woodchip pile
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- 26/12 – day off!
- 19/12 – Christmas lunch (and walk before hand?)
- 12/12 – Burnehyll wood off Vendee Drive for sapling planting
- 5/12 – Bicester North station and festive decorating
- 28/11 – Elmsbrook eco area for tree care and bulb planting
- 21/11 – Bure park tidy up of paths and stream
- 14/11 – Manston park and Glory Farm litter pick. Meet at back of Andover Close
- 7/11 – Final session at Longfields garden
- 31/10 OYAP, or Garth for general gardening
- 24/10 Jarvis Lane (Half term)
- THURSDAY 19/10 Chiltern Rail conference, PJP2 centre, 3 members to represent FoBNS
- 17/10 Bicester North station for woodchip laying?
- SUNDAY 15/10 Orchard Apple Day stall, plants etc from 12 noon
- 10/10 Gavray Meadows – field to be confirmed, for more pulling.
- 3/10 Longfields garden, hopefully the third and final session
- 26/9 Pick & prune Bure Park, meet at woodchip pile
- 19/9 Gavray Meadows thistle pulling
- 12/9 Burnehyll wood woodchip laying and hedge cutting
- 5/9 NEW Calvert Jubilee lake tree popping with BBOWT
- 29th August – NEW Calvert Jubilee lake tree popping with BBOWT
- 22nd August – Gavray Meadows thistle pulling
- 15th August – OYAP grounds maintenance
- 8th August – continuing the work from 1st August.
- 1st August – Bicester, near town centre for garden rescue. Contact us for details of meeting place.
- Thursday 27th July – Guided Walk with BBOWT, 10-11.30. please book your place with Bea or Gillian.
- 25th July – Bicester North Station, watering and weeding.
- 18th July – Bure Park for path trimming back & litter picking. Meet by the woodchip pile.
- 11th July – Garth Park walled garden. Clearing the ground, weeding and tool inventory.
- 4th July – meet at Bicester North Station, watering and weeding. New members very welcome.
- 27th June – New Venue. Work with BBOWT, working on thistle pulling. Meet at Bure Park coop at 9.00 for lift sharing, return at 1.00pm. Please book your place with Bea or Gillian.
- 20th June – Bure Park for path trimming back. Meet by the woodchip pile.
- 13th June – meet at Bicester North Station, watering and weeding.
- 6th June – Kingsmere pick and prune walkabout.
- 30th May – The main work party will be at Bicester North Station. A smaller group are meeting at Claypits allotment, near Bicester Town station to clear an allotment. Please email if you need more details about the allotment task.
- 23rd May – meet at Dunlin Court, Langford, near the Community Orchard. Litter picking and light pruning.
- 16th May – Tidying up the gardens at Bicester Community Support Centre (off Launton Rd, opposite the Garth)
- 9th May – meet at Garth Park and use the walled greenhouse garden for the GG AGM and any work as needed
- 2nd May – meet at Bicester North station for coronation decorating
- 25th April – meet at Bure Park shops and make your way down to the woodland area for path care, stream clearing and litter picking, bramble bashing.
- 18th April – meet at the Kingsmere local shops for tending tree whips, litter picking and more mature tree care.
- 11th April – meet at Bicester North station, inside our Platform 2 compound. Hopefully planting as well as weeding.
- 4th April – meet at car park at back of Andover Close, first left off Sunderland Drive. Litter picking. Wellies may be required.
- 1st April – Saturday Big Birthday Bash to celebrate 25 years of Green Gyms. Mega work party at Burnt Platt with Sonning Common, Abingdon, Chipping Norton green gyms, followed by pub lunch. Will need to car share at Bure Park for departure at 8:30am.
- 28th March – Friends of Bicester North Station AGM and work session
- 21st March – NEW – Pruning at the Bird Reserve by kind invitation – with some bird spotting at 9am. Car share at Bure Park for departure at 8:45am.
- 14th March – Garth walled garden to assist preparations for new raised beds. Park in the main Garth Park area, or at the tennis courts.
- 7th March – Langford Community Orchard, using hazel which they will have coppiced on Sunday 5th (at 10am, if you want to join in) to support the laid hedge. Only one section has been staked and bound so would be nice to do the rest. Park at Dunlin Court.
- Tues 28th February – hedging jobs and snowdrop planting. Meet 10am at the Eco School gate just beyond Gagle Brook School. Park on side roads.
- Tues 21st February – tree whip planting at Burnehyll woods. Meet 9:30am at Whitelands Farm sports car park. Cross carefully to the opposite side.
- Tues 14th February – litter pick down Jarvis Lane. Meet 10am at Homebase recycling bins. Will be more walking and lifting than usual.
- Tues 7th February – hedge laying course at Langford Orchard. Meet at 9:30am Dunlin Court. There will be general work to be done as well.
- Tues 31st January – St.Edburg’s school hedge whips care and walkabout
- Tues 24th January – trip to Ardley Viridor incinerator and recycling centre
- Tues 17th January – Bicester North Station
- Tues 10th January – CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
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- Tuesday 20th December, Christmas Meal. Please book your place in advance.
- Tuesday 13th December. Tree planting, St Edburgs School
- Tuesday 6th December: Bicester North Station.
- Tuesday 29th November: New Venue. Work with BBOWT at Upper Ray Reserve. Meet at Bure Park coop at 9.25 for lift sharing, return at 12.50. Please let Bea/Gillian know if you are coming.
- Tuesday 22nd November: Chesterton cycle path from M.Stoney/Vendee roundabout widening. Limited parking in Isis Avenue
- Tuesday 15th November: CANCELLED
- Tuesday 8th November: Bure park, meet by the wood chip pile.
- Tuesday 1st November: George Street Prune and Pick, meet at the end of George Street by the field & footpath to the school.
- Tuesday 25th October Bicester North Station. New Winter start time 10.00am
- Tuesday 18th October Community Garden OYAP.
- Tuesday 11th October Community Garden OYAP (next to the old St Edburgs School), bulb planting & work on new beds
- Tuesday 4th October: Bure Park, to top up the wood chip on the paths.
- Tuesday 27th September: Tidying up the gardens at Bicester Community Support Centre (off Launton Rd, opposite the Garth)
- Wednesday 21st September: Bicester North Station, work with volunteers from a local company to renovate the raised beds.
- Tuesday 20th September: No Meeting, as we have a session on Wednesday.
- Tuesday 13th September: Main session at Community Garden, OYAP. A couple of people may be needed at Garth Park to work with volunteers from a local company on repairs to some of the beds.
- Tuesday 6th September: Bure Park, to carry out a “Hedgerow health-check”. Meet by the woodchip pile at 9.30. Also Prune and Pick, if we finish the survey early.
- Tuesday 30th August A split work party with most going to Burnehyll sapling wood for tree care, alternate venue OYAP to tidy up the. grounds.
- Tuesday 23rd August Langford Village prune & pick. We will be meeting in Chaffinch Road (at the end nearer the Pavilion.)
- Tuesday 16th August. New venue: Bicester Community Support Centre, off Launton Rd, to tidy the garden area.
- Tuesday 9th August Trimming back along the cycle path. Meet at Vulcan View, off Skimmingdish Lane
- Tuesday 2nd August Bure Park, meet at the woodchip pile and start stream clearance. If possible, bring wellies and waterproof gloves just in case there ARE some wet bits.
- Tuesday 26th July Exploration walk round Gavray Meadows. Meet by the bottle banks in Gavray Drive.
- Tuesday 19th July. Bicester North station. Due to the hot weather we will finish early, at about 11.15
- Tuesday 12th July. Launton Grange care home. We may also work in the adjacent field
- Tuesday 5th July. Bure Park. Various tasks, meet by the woodchip pile.
- Tuesday 28th June. A split work party with most going to Burnehyll sapling wood for tree care – car park at Whitelands Farm Kingsmere then cross Vendee Drive with caution. Bring own gloves, trowel, secateurs, hammer. Alternate venue – Garth park greenhouse for poly tunnel erection. No tools required except maybe spanner or allen keys etc for making the frame.
- Tuesday 21st June OYAP community garden
- Tuesday 14th June Garth Park gardening
- Tuesday 7th June Split session Bicester North & Langford View Care home
- Tuesday 31st May – Bicester North station for Jubilee preparations
- Tues 24th May – Lower Langford Community Orchard, park in Sanderling Close
- Programme for February to April
- Tues 25th Jan – Bure Park – clean sign boards and other jobs
- Tues 18th Jan – Garth Park gardening
- Tues 11th Jan – Bicester Heritage walkabout – To be confirmed
- Tues 4th Jan – litter pick on Gavray Meadows
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