The Vale Council were so pleased with our perennial bee beds last year, they have cleared an equal-sized space the other end of the same bed so we now have twice the area! A few weekends ago, 6 people planted 1060 bulbs in the new area! Watch out for a splendid display next Spring!
On 19th July the kiosk beds and the new Edible Abingdon beds in Abbey Gardens had two sets of visitors in one day! First came the 30th Abingdon Beaver Scouts on their end-of-term visit. They are a lively, interested bunch, and it turns out many of them already grow their own pumpkins, sunflowers and more. They […]
A stalwart band of people ranging in age from OAP to neonate, turned out on Sunday to help Lucille clear away the grass-mowings from the wildflower maze on Abbey Meadow. This is necessary to reduce the fertility of the soil, thus giving the wildflowers more chance to compete with the grass. Watch out for a […]
21 people gathered in the lovely surroundings of St Ethelwolds garden to hold our AGM. We accepted the accounts for 2015 – 2016, heard Cliff’s Review of the year, and brainstormed some possible ideas for the coming year. The minutes are available on request from carbon.cutters@gmail.com As the shadows lengthened we made our way to […]
The Autumn sunshine is still ripening tomatoes in the warm spot behind the kiosk on Abbey Meadow- and the sweet peas are looking beautiful too! Purple French beans still hang invitingly from the wigwams, the yellow courgettes are still producing, and the Pak Choi look splendid. There are even a few late strawberries!
25 people gathered in the Hearth at St Ethelwolds House to hear about ACC’s successful year. Linda presented the accounts, Cliff gave the chairman’s report, and Peter Lefort explained the wonderful “infographic” produced by CAG to give a visual representation of what we have achieved this year: you can see it here: ACC 2015 (1) After […]
Our own Edible Abingdon project on Abbey Meadow is starting to shape up, with herbs and peas already in – do take a look! The St Nicolas church local produce market has restarted with the freshest veg in town (chard picked 1 hour ago!), fruit, eggs and beautiful plants. They trade between 11am and 1pm […]
15 members of the Green Gym helped ACC members to rake the hay from the wildflower meadow at Caldecott School on Saturday, while families enjoyed the sunshine and kept them supplied with bacon sarnies! The meadow is looking lovely and fruitful.
The pollinator-friendly “bee-beds” are back in action by the public loos on Abbey Meadows – and we now have two NEW beds, between the ice-cream kiosk and the river, which have been planted with pollinator-friendly perennials. Do take a look! For the names of the flowers, go to our “Bee-friendly flowers” page.
