Goodbye to Rachel - This month we say goodbye to Rachel, our Project Coordinator for the last two years. Rachel says: "I've had a wonderful time over the last two years helping the garden develop and meeting all the visitors. The garden has come on such a long way and I am grateful to all those who have supported the project. Here are some of my favourite photos from the last two years at Stonehill"
Hello to Naomi - We are lucky enough to welcome Naomi to the team as Fundraiser for Stonehill. Naomi says: "I'm so excited about the project and the potential for it, I can't wait to get going". You will catch Naomi at the garden on some Wednesdays.
Supporting the garden - All support to the garden is appreciated, and that doesn't have to be always attending and gardening on Wednesdays. Our produce is sold for donations from the garden on Wednesdays, we always welcome unwanted garden tools or plants and seeds, and if you can help spread the word about Stonehill, take a leaflet or like us on Facebook. We are a Charity which relies on donations and grant funding to stay open, and any support is welcome. We look forward to hearing from you.
Polytunnel update - Polytunnel number two has recently become a tropical forest garden, planted on one of our courses, incorporating plants such as Medlar, Quince and Almond trees, among others. The planting will be interspersed with tropical annuals such as aubergines, tomatoes and chillies. Please feel free to visit any Wednesday.
Support - There are many ways in which you can support us, both at the garden and away from it, get in touch if you would like to get involved.
Our produce is sold every Wednesday from the garden - we're there between 10am - 4pm.
The long-empty house by the pedestrian crossing on the Drayton Road is the subject of a planning application to the Vale of White Horse District Council. A developer proposes to demolish it and build a three storey property, divided into 8 flats, with 11 parking spaces. You can see full details on the Vale’s Planning Register website. Search for P18/V3012/FUL
CHILDREN'S COLOURING COMPETITION - Thank you to all the budding artists who sent in their entries - we had lots of super pictures and each design was a masterpiece which made selecting a winner very hard. Our independent judge finally chose one from each category and the winners were Alice from Masefield for the under 6’s who won some gel colouring pens and Imogen of Tithe Farm for the 6 and over category who won a modelling box.
Two years ago, a resident of Medlicott Drive had life-saving surgery on his oesophagus. The success of this operation was due to the great skill of the surgeon Mr Bruno Sgromo, and to the fact that there was an Intensive Care Bed available for him at the Churchill. Our resident has circulated an appeal from the Oxfordshire Oesophageal and Stomach Organisation - great efforts are being made to raise enough money to fund another Intensive Care Bed for the Churchill and, to that end, Mr Sgromo is running two marathons. If you would like to contribute please look at :
Burglary - The Abingdon neighbourhood team are undertaking crime prevention activity and utilising Automatic Number-plate Recognition (ANPR) systems to disrupt offenders. All reports of burglary are investigated.
