On Sunday Greener Great Coxwell will be adding to the Environmental conversation at the National Trust Family Eco Summit in Coleshill. There is something for everyone from mud kitchens and children’s stories in the organic garden to thought provoking talks about our global food chains from Greenpeace. Ken Hirons will be presenting news of our Community Energy Project, Richard Benwell on Wildlife and Countryside Link and Rachel Wannerton will be helping us find our balance and connection to the earth to start off the day. We will also have fabulous coffee, cake, woodfired pizzas, music, puppet shows, ranger tours and the mill will be open and working. Welcome the new landlords of The Radnor in the beer tent.
What a great day that was yesterday! Days like that don't just happen, they have to be organised, and I would like to say a big thank you to all those who worked so hard to make it such a success. Thank you to those who decorated their tables so beautifully, it all added to fun. And weren't we lucky with the weather.
Very best wishes to everyone Betty Here's a final reminder for the details for Saturday, also if you need to park at the barn please use the field opposite, there will be signs to it.
I would like to say a big thank you to all the people who supported Art Weeks, this is the main Fundraising Event for the Village and it was good to have it back.
A massive thank you to those who worked in the Café and also to those people who provided food, cakes and gave donations to buy food. With all of your help this meant we kept our expenses down to under £100. This resulted in a net profit of £2425.25 which has been paid into the Community Fund. Best Wishes Pam Please let us know if you would like tickets for the Jubilee BBQ on Saturday the 4th June.
We must have final numbers by Thursday 26th May. Tickets from : Pam Rosemary Cottage 240233 Mandy Church Lees 240142 Pauline Oak House 243140 Tickets are now live and I have just ordered an awful lot of fizz so send me a message, give me a call and grab a ticket for a wonderful cause. All profits from ticket sales and the bar will go to Helen and Douglas House. Tickets are £18 each and early booking is advised. Dressing up is encouraged - the production has been set in post war 1940s so rollers at the ready ladies! Of course, anything goes and no matter the weather the show will go on.
Ainslie (Danes Cottage) Greener Great Coxwell plans to encourage and assist with the planting of 70 trees (one for each year of Her Majesty’s reign) in the parish.
We have been contacted by the Deputy Lieutenant Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Neil Sutherland. He told us that The Queen has asked that a very significant initiative is undertaken to mark her 70th (Platinum) Jubilee. She has requested that the Queen's Green Canopy project be rolled out to mark this occasion. (See: queensgreencanopy.org). The emphasis is on planting healthy trees in the correct location so that they will thrive. All projects are to be logged on the Queen's Green Canopy website. Ideally trees should have been planted between October 2021 and March 2022, but for various reasons I’ve only recently been able to start investigating potential sites and sources of trees and other assistance. I've recently contacted the Great Western Area Forest organisers at Swindon Borough Council and they have agreed to consider providing trees and stakes for the village. Once we have identified suitable locations they will visit the village and provide us with advice about location, recommended stage of growth of the trees and species to be used. Over the next few weeks we will finalise the potential sites for the trees and with liaise with them about planting this autumn. At that point we will enter the trees onto the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee tree initiative map as requested. If you want to get involved and plant trees: Please let me know your plans and the future location of the trees. I can then collate a list of trees and sites and respond to the Great Western Forest team with our intentions. If you’ve already recently planted trees in the parish: I'm also aware that last autumn a number of trees were planted by various landowners and householders within the parish. If that applies to you please follow the following instructions and register the trees. (I’ve just done it for three trees we planted here and it seems pretty straightforward. Let me know if you have any difficulties and I’ll try to help.)
Ian Mason, Greener Great Coxwell ([email protected]) Don’t forget to buy your tickets for the Jubilee Celebration on the 4th June.
Tickets are going fast. Mandy - Church Lees - 240142 Pam - Rosemary Cottage - 240233 Pauline - Oak House - 243140 Jane is taking orders now for tomatoes, courgettes, climbing beans and bedding plants. Please contact her on 01367 241367 to place your order.
Tomatoes: Gardeners Delight, Alicante, Sungold, Golden Sunrise, red cherry and Italian beefsteak. French Beans: Climbing and Dwarf Courgettes: Green, Yellow, Round Bedding: Petunia (Frenzy Mix) French Marigolds (Banana Mix) Verbena (Quartz Mix) Antirrhinum (Twinny Mix) Begonia (Non-Stop Mix) Geranium (Cabaret Mix) |
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