Art in the Meadow  - Open to all abilities – Art Competition!

July 18, 2021

Long Mead Wildlife Site
Oxford Road
Witney, Select OX29 4BT
United Kingdom

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Come and enjoy Long Mead’s Wild Flower Meadow at its most beautiful; a rich tapestry of flowers, grasses, butterflies and a host of other wildlife.

 Find out about floodplain meadows and their vital role in providing the food we eat, preventing floods and storing carbon. 

Catriona Bass and Kevan Martin, who have lived and worked there for the past twenty years, can tell you about the Thames Valley Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project, and their work to create a connected meadow network along the Thames with neighbouring landowners.

You can help them raise the profile of these vanishing habitats by entering the national meadow art competition, run by their partners The Floodplain Meadows Partnership.  

We will spend time sketching and colouring the meadow and flowers at first hand with guidance from Eynsham artist and tutor Alice Walker. 

Open to all artistic abilities from absolute beginners to experienced Picassos. Art materials provided (but you are welcome to bring your own). Ages 8-108. 

Places are limited please register on the NRN website. To encourage you all to become members and reduce the administration we are charging £11 for non-members. Membership is £10 and entitles you to free or discounted events going forward. (Long Mead and Alice are working pro bono).


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Speaker Alice Walker




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Alice Walker




Date and Time

Sun, July 18, 2021

8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
(GMT+0000) GMT

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Long Mead Wildlife Site

Oxford Road
Witney, Select OX29 4BT
United Kingdom

Long Mead Local Wildlife Site Oxford RoadSwinford OX29 4BT   This workshop will be held at Long Mead barn and in our species-rich floodplain hay meadow. Please travel by foot, bus or bike if you can. The S1 Bus stops at the Talbot Inn, just outside our gate. We are …

Long Mead Local Wildlife Site


Oxford Road
Swinford OX29 4BT



 


This workshop will be held at Long Mead barn and in our species-rich floodplain hay meadow. Please travel by foot, bus or bike if you can. The S1 Bus stops at the Talbot Inn, just outside our gate. We are between the Swinford Toll Bridge and the Talbot Inn (opposite the pub) recogniseable by the row of rusty birds on the gate and a thatch barn in the orchard.




If you need to travel by car please use the Eynsham Sports Pavillion car park (1 Oxford Rd, Eynsham, Witney OX29 4HG). It is marked with a green pointer on the map. It is 7 minutes walk from us.


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Long Mead Wildlife Site

Oxford Road
Witney, Select OX29 4BT
United Kingdom