Hedge-laying Workshop - Day Two

Feb. 22, 2026

Swinford Meadows
Oxford Road
Swinford OX29 4DU


Description

Part Two of our Hedge Laying workshop weekend where we'll be getting practical!
 
Come and learn how to lay a hedge with the Oxford Conversation Volunteers (OCV) as part of our Hedge in Time Project, an initiative inspired by local Farmer Robert Crocker that aims, over time, to connect up our villages with a network of hedgerow wildlife corridors.
 
OCV will be helping us to lay the hedges in Swinford Meadows across the river from Long Mead Wildlife Site. Oxford Preservation Trust has kindly leased Swinford Meadows to Long Mead Foundation and Nature Recovery Network for us to restore for our local wildlife. 
 
  • Saturday 21st Feb - Join OCV's hedge-laying training workshop & practical - 10am - 3pm. Please REGISTER.
  • Sunday 22nd Feb - Hedge Laying Day at Swinford Meadow - all welcome - 10am - 3pm
 
Past participants of our hedge-laying workshops are particularly encouraged to join in as, in line with our NRN mission, we are wanting to build, over time, our own local expert hedge-laying team. 
 
No experience needed.



Organizer

Nature Recovery Network


Date and Time

Sun, Feb. 22, 2026

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
(GMT+0000) GMT

Location

Swinford Meadows

Oxford Road
Swinford OX29 4DU

We'll meet at Long Mead barn at 10am but then be at Swinford Meadows across the river. Please travel by foot, bus or bike if you can. The E1 Bus stops at the Talbot Inn, just outside our gate and the S1 bus stops in Eynsham village, a 10 minute …

We'll meet at Long Mead barn at 10am but then be at Swinford Meadows across the river. Please travel by foot, bus or bike if you can. The E1 Bus stops at the Talbot Inn, just outside our gate and the S1 bus stops in Eynsham village, a 10 minute walk away. Long Mead Wildlife Site is located between the Swinford Toll Bridge and the Talbot Inn (opposite the pub) recognisable 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), which is seven minutes walk away. There is no parking on site.

Full Description

Location


View Larger Map

Swinford Meadows

Oxford Road
Swinford OX29 4DU