Saturday 19^th – 27^th June  2021

We are pleased to report that this year’s festival will be going ahead, and although some of our events may be in slightly different forms and venues to comply with government Covid-19 regulations, we are doing our best to ensure that there will be plenty on offer for all age groups. The theme is ‘Colour’

We are busy putting the pieces of the jigsaw together at the moment, but you can check out the programme so far here.

Don’t forget to enter the Colour Trail to brighten up our streets for the summer. You can enter by emailing colourtrail@wolvercote.org before1st June.

We are planning to turn Wolvercote, Wytham, Five Mile Drive, Linkside, Lakeside and Cutteslowe into a Blaze of Colour. We invite all residents and organisations to join the Colour Trail using our front gardens, hedges, fences, balconies, windows and boats for the duration of the Festival 18-27 June 2021. Decorate with flowers, craft and all your favourite things in a colour theme. We will produce a map to include all who sign up by June 1st by emailing colourtrail@wolvercote.org.

Then during the Festival, you can walk the trail with friends and family. If you need ideas how about some bunting, scarecrows, glass painting your front window, gnomes, kites, windsocks, chalk drawings on the pavement, lanterns, fairy or goblin gardens, pom-poms, yarn bombing, lego towers …let your imagination loose! Choose one colour or the whole rainbow! There will be lots more festival events to enjoy so keep your eye on the website at https://wolvercote.org/festival/ where you will find a summary of events.

Bring the children to the Village Hall on Saturdays through April to plant seeds. Bring an empty egg box and take home 2 sunflowers, 2 Nasturtiums, 2 beans. This event is free and is happening from 11 to noon each Saturday in April

Wolvercote Horticultural Society.

During the recent periods of lockdown and restricted travel, many of us have been getting better acquainted with our local landscapes, and some marvellous photographs have been produced. Drawing on this fund of creativity and talent, the Wolvercote Tree Group invite you to submit your favourite photographs of local trees focusing on those in the immediate area of Wolvercote and Wytham, with a view to producing a 2022 calendar featuring the best submissions.

To submit a photograph for consideration, upload an image to your Instagram account using #wolvercotetrees #month (e.g. #jan) and your name. If you don’t have an Instagram account, send the image to wolvercotetreegroup@gmail.com. We will upload it for you. Pictures will be selected by an invited panel for the 2022 calendar which will be sold to raise funds for the work of the Tree Group.

Please be aware that selected photographs must be high-resolution, and should be taken in a landscape format. To produce the calendar in good time for sale at the end of 2021, the deadline for submissions will be the end of October (TBC). So, if you have pictures from last November and December 2020 you would like to submit, please do so now!

We look forward to seeing your photographs celebrating the wonderful countryside we live in. Any questions or queries, please email wolvercotetreegroup@gmail.com

Every March, Oxford City Council organises Oxclean and supply all the necessary materials to hold a major litter pick. And every year the Wolvercote Tree Group and the Commoners join forces to give the village a good going over. This, for reasons we all know about, they will not be holding the event.

However, as we all now out having extra walks, it might be a good time to have a  go ourselves. The council are unable to supply the necessary equipment (litter pickers and plastic bags) however there will be 4 pickers available for collection at 39 Meadow Prospect (you’ll need your own plastic bags). So how about the next time you go on one of your walks popping along collection your pickers from Meadow Prospect and having a go at a bit of litter picking yourself? Although it’s normally only the village covered, how about having a go at Godstow Road between Wolvercote and Wytham as well, which is always a mess of lager cans and MacDonald’s remains.

WOLVERCOTE AND WYTHAM MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL

Annual General Meeting

Thursday 14^th January 2021

At 7.30pm via zoom. Open to all residents of Wolvercote and Wytham

At this meeting:

We will be looking back at the festival 2020 virtual events;

Looking forward to festival 2021 with hope for a real celebration;

Deciding a theme this new year and listening to your thoughts and ideas on events;

Being mindful of keeping safe and our carbon footprint;

Taking stock of our financial position;

Bidding a sad farewell to our present Chair and members standing down from the committee;

Electing a new Chair, committee officers and members who are up for renewal or replacement;

Welcoming new members to the committee;

Planning our next committee meeting

If you are interested in joining us at this meeting please contact John Winterbottom (jwinterbottom8@googlemail.com) who will send you a zoom link

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thanks to Dr Alison McDonald for completing a virtual walk planned for this years midsummer festival. Pixey Mead is a very special flood meadow and this film by Emily Malden shows why. Use the settings on the video (bottom right) to play in the highest resolution your broadband can manage.

Broadcast on Saturday 20^st June 2020. Click below to view again.