Long Mead Picnic and Plant Propagation
Come for a guided walk and picnic in Long Mead's ancient floodplain meadow at the height of it's summer glory and help us pot on the wildflowers that NRN's Plant Propagation Group have been nurturing for Eynsham's community meadows and other local meadows.
Programme
10.00am Introduction to Long Mead's extraordinary 1000-year-old floodplain hay meadow and the unique role is still plays in 21st century food production, water purification, carbon storage and flood mitigation.
10.20 to 1.00pm Learn about individual flower species as you sow and pot on flowers for planting out in Eynsham Playing Fields, Dovehouse Meadow, Fishponds, St Leonard's Churchyard and Peace Oak meadows in the autumn.
1.00pm to 1.20pm Guided meadow walk
1.20pm to 2.30pm Picnic in the meadow (bring your own)
Please make sure you register since, to protect the meadow which is still part of commercial agriculture, we need to limit numbers
Location:
Long Mead Wildlife Site
Oxford Road
Witney
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Select OX29 4BT