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A few pictures of the Lost & Found Mini Meadow in it’s 6th year, in celebration of #NationalMeadowsDay – 7th July 2018. Rich in biodiversity, we hope this example of a garden meadow will inspire more to plant wild flowers … Read More
We have launched our online shop with a limited edition set of Ecology Cards to help raise funds for pollinator research at the University of Sussex. Scientists based at Prof. Dave Goulson’s Lab have founded The Buzz Club, an exciting … Read More
In celebration of #NatonalMeadowsDay on July 1st we posted some images of the 5th year of flowering in the Lost & Found Meadow – we’ve just added to these with some late flowering knapweeds, field scabious and cranesbill. There is … Read More
2016 marks the 4th flowering of the Lost & Found mini meadow and some changes are needed. Knapweeds and Common Vetch now dominate so we need to cut earlier to encourage more diversity. So even though there are still lots of beautiful … Read More
A Collaboration with People Need Nature Artists and scientists may be predisposed to different ways of thinking but they often operate in similar ways: they research their subjects, experiment, problem solve and practice their chosen disciplines exhaustively in the pursuit … Read More
Exhibitions & Events May – June 2015 We’re Here Now! 2015 We’re Here Now! is BACK. Around 300 people came to the opening event at the Castle Quay Shopping Centre in Banbury. For a second year Martin Carrolchick and Neil Mabbs have taken over empty units and … Read More
Cycling may be the greenest form of transport but like most activities it attracts it’s share of junk products. One such is the cycle seat cover, made from plastic or nylon, and used to advertise every kind of brand – pizza, jeans, noodles, … Read More
Bees & Weeds cycle seat intervention project is under way! Beautiful fabric prints are being created, on organically produced calico, by art foundation students at Banbury & Bicester College using a range of printing and stitching techniques. This art-science illustration … Read More
Neil Mabb’s Wild Flower Poster of flowers that arrived in and around the Lost and Found Meadow this year – some of them not invited! They are being used as source material by Art students working on our research project Bees … Read More
Summer 2015 is the third year of flowering in the Lost & Found Garden Meadow and what a spectacular flowering it is, much more diversity than last year. This project is an experiment to determine how effective the introduction of small plots … Read More