Daily Info, Oxford Events: Gardens

Tue 7th Sep — Gardens Listings

Arboretum Explorer Backpacks

Borrow a backpack to help you explore our site, free with entry.
www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/Harcourt/obg-harcourt-intro.html / email: postmaster@obg.ox.ac.uk / Tel. 01865 343501
Entry: adult £3.50, child free
Harcourt Arboretum, Nuneham Courtenay OX44 9PX; Email: postmaster@obg.ox.ac.uk; Tel. 01865 343501; Fax: 01865 341828.

Wed 8th Sep — Gardens Listings

Arboretum Explorer Backpacks

Thu 9th Sep — Gardens Listings

Arboretum Explorer Backpacks

Fri 10th Sep — Gardens Listings

Arboretum Explorer Backpacks

Sat 11th Sep — Gardens Listings

Arboretum Explorer Backpacks

Oxford Open Doors: Open Garden Barracks Lane Community Garden

The garden takes part in Oxford's annual Open Doors event.
www.oxfordopendoors.org.uk/
11.00am-5.00pm
Barracks Lane Community Garden (www.barrackslanegarden.org.uk), Barracks Lane, off Glanville Road, Oxford; Email: barrackslanegarden@yahoo.co.uk; Tel. 01865 249450.

Open Doors Oxford Preservation Trust in association with Oxford University

A celebration of the city's secrets. Visit some of Oxford’s oldest and newest buildings, climb church towers or go down dark tunnels. Venues offering special tours include the Ashmolean, The Regal and the Centre for Islamic Studies.
www.oxfordopendoors.org.uk/
Barracks Lane Community Garden (www.barrackslanegarden.org.uk), Barracks Lane, off Glanville Road, Oxford; Email: barrackslanegarden@yahoo.co.uk; Tel. 01865 249450.
2007: The Open Doors, such as the well chamber gate at the top of the mound, and Open Minds weekend is blessed with fine weather... read more

Planting Day

In preparation for spring, weeding and planting spring bulbs and other wildflowers. No prior skills needed. Tools provided.
email: ruthconway@abelian.net / Tel. 01865 723085
10am - 4.30pm
St Mary and St John Church (www.achurchnearyou.com/venue.php?V=87), corner of Cowley Road and Leopold Street.

Garden Open Barracks Lane Community Garden

Lovely community garden open to all from Easter to autumn.
www.barrackslanegarden.org.uk / email: barrackslanegarden@yahoo.co.uk
11am - 5pm. Free.
Barracks Lane Community Garden (www.barrackslanegarden.org.uk), Barracks Lane, off Glanville Road, Oxford; Email: barrackslanegarden@yahoo.co.uk; Tel. 01865 249450.

Fleet Meadow Autumn Fair Restore

Workshops, stalls, live music, kids activities, food, animals, plants.
http://restore.org.uk / email: fleet.meadow@restore.org.uk / Tel. 01235 817215
11am - 4pm, free
Restore at Fleet Meadow, Sandringham Road, Didcot, OX11 8TP

Sun 12th Sep — Gardens Listings

Arboretum Explorer Backpacks

Magic Greenhouse

Come and help build a Magic Greenhouse from bamboo canes.
12pm, free just drop in & help
Plot 16, Lenthall Road Allotment, Rose Hill, Oxford

Oxford Open Doors: Open Garden Barracks Lane Community Garden

Open Doors Oxford Preservation Trust in association with Oxford University

Garden Open Barracks Lane Community Garden

Mon 13th Sep — Gardens Listings

Arboretum Explorer Backpacks

Websites for garden-lovers....

The Eden Project. Vast greenhouse set in Cornish quarry, housing tropical rainforest.

The Living Rainforest, Hampstead Norreys, Nr Newbury, Berkshire. An educational charity providing a genuine,seasonally varied rainforest experience.

The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Restoration of famous Cornish Victorian garden.

The Kew Gardens website has information about Kew, the services it offers and a facility for asking them questions.

The Museum of Garden History. Articles on the website about aspects of garden history eg. The John Tradescants, as well as information about the museum itself in London.

The Royal Horticultural Society's website: www.rhs.org.uk. An excellent website for serious gardeners. The plant finder contains over 70,000 plants, and the listings of stockists and of gardens is very extensive.

www.gardenpicture.com contains a collection of 5000 photographs of plants, flowers and gardens.

The Friends of the Botanic Gardens in Oxford have their own website, should you share their special interest in the oldest British botanic garden.

There are various gardens, not usually open to the public, that allow visitors only a couple of times a year - more details available at www.ngs.org.uk

A somewhat eccentric site devoted to enthusiasm for old lawnmowers is at www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk

There's instant gardening (plus some useful tips) at the BBC gardening pages.

The flower and plant association with tips on which houseplants are good for your health, and how to make your cut flowers last longer is at www.flowers.org.uk

If your gardening aims are a little more exotic, consider a visit to Growing Citrus UK, whose website will advise you on all aspects of establishing your own vitamin C factory.

Even more tropical are the products of www.jungleseeds.co.uk, who will sell you seeds of anything from Eucalyptus trees to Pink Bananas.

Try www.sarracenia.com for all your carniverous plant questions, and The Postcode Plants Database to search by postcode for plants that grow near you.

Less about gardens than the buildings within them, Images of England offers 15,000 pictures of this country's listed buildings. www.greatbuildings.com provides a similar service spanning the entire globe, including interactive 3-D models and heaps of useful information.

If you would like to find out about how you can be nice to hedgehogs and other wee garden beasties go to the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Plant a tree at Future Forests and help stop global warming.