notice of Annual General Meeting for BWGA
The AGM of the Bohemia Walled Garden Association
will be held on
Saturday 10th March 2012
starting at 10am to noon
at the North Star Inn
Clarence Road TN37 6SD
(off Bohemia Road)
The Agenda and other documents for the meeting will be available to download about 1 week before the meeting
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Summerfields Work Day
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FOOD WASTEFood waste has become a huge issue for us all. In the UK we throw away over 8 million tonnes of food and drink a year just from our homes – most of which would have been perfectly edible if only we’d managed it better.
Wasted good food costs families £50 a month – around £680 a year for families or £480 a year for the average household without children. It not just a waste of our money – it has serious environmental implications too. If we all stopped wasting this food the C02 impact would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 4 cars off our roads. Love Food Hate Waste aims to raise awareness of the issue and offer easy tips and ideas to help us all waste less and save money. Click HERE for the website | The Garden Philosophers
The Garden Philosophers Do you enjoy philosophical discussion and debates ? Click HERE for information about the Garden Philosophers Bohemia Village Voice Issue 81
The latest edition of the FREE Bohemia Village Voice for Bohemians is now available. Check out the 3 page story Bohemia Walled Garden -2 years on More details HERE Bees in the Bohemia Walled Garden
There is now a beehive located in the corner of the Bohemia Walled Garden.
RURAL REVOLUTION Read a METRO UK article by Andrew Williams. Click below: HERE Buzz Surrounding Bees Click HERE for more information about the bees. Click HERE BBC information regardings bees. |
Items of INTEREST IN SUMMERIELDS WOODS
Bohemia Walled Garden Association
View of the Bohemia Estate from the side of Bohemia House.
The Walled Garden at Bohemia was built in the mid 19th century as part of improvements to the Brisco Estate at a time when the gardens were laid out and the Roman Bath constructed.
During the 20th Century the estate was used by the Summerfields School from Oxford and it served as a public school for many famous boys up to the mid 1960s. Over the last ten years the site has been abandoned and allowed to become increasingly overgrown and derelict.
In 2008 the Bohemia Walled Garden Association (BWGA) was formed where membership of the association is free. The BWGA aims to arrest the dereliction and instigate replacement walls inareas where they have become damaged or lost over the years At the same time it aims create a new horticultural use for the community.
With active volunteer members much of the bramble and weeds covering the site have been removed during 2010 and a local primary school is now using the site bringing children to tend their plants.
Alongside the horticultural uses the cultural and arts opportunities afforded by the enclosed space in a Local Nature Reserve is recognised and the BWGA proposes to work with other organisations in order to deliver a destination within the wood that can accommodate the occasion arts event, film show.
The major project of replacing the fallen wall in the south east corner of the garden is still in need of funding. In November 2010 we failed to receive funding from the Peoples Millions BIG Lottery and it is now necessary to explore other organisations who might consider funding a replacement wall.
During the 20th Century the estate was used by the Summerfields School from Oxford and it served as a public school for many famous boys up to the mid 1960s. Over the last ten years the site has been abandoned and allowed to become increasingly overgrown and derelict.
In 2008 the Bohemia Walled Garden Association (BWGA) was formed where membership of the association is free. The BWGA aims to arrest the dereliction and instigate replacement walls inareas where they have become damaged or lost over the years At the same time it aims create a new horticultural use for the community.
With active volunteer members much of the bramble and weeds covering the site have been removed during 2010 and a local primary school is now using the site bringing children to tend their plants.
Alongside the horticultural uses the cultural and arts opportunities afforded by the enclosed space in a Local Nature Reserve is recognised and the BWGA proposes to work with other organisations in order to deliver a destination within the wood that can accommodate the occasion arts event, film show.
The major project of replacing the fallen wall in the south east corner of the garden is still in need of funding. In November 2010 we failed to receive funding from the Peoples Millions BIG Lottery and it is now necessary to explore other organisations who might consider funding a replacement wall.
