TOE has awarded the Friends of Headington Hill Park a grant of £6,565 for a project to permanently improve the entrances to the park.
Friends group volunteers alongside pupils from East Oxford Primary, Christ Church Cathedral School and students of Oxford Brookes University are joining to enrich biodiversity in Headington Hill Park. These volunteers will be busy: “Digging holes and planting where directed; planting in ready-made holes; carrying water in buckets; watering in; mulching; shifting debris to existing woodpile; sweeping, stacking empty pots and labels - and eating cake!”
The project aims to create lasting plant ecologies at four of the five park entrances. A range of herbaceous species will be planted which thrive in different climatic conditions thus creating flower beds which get their resilience from their diversity. The plants will create habitats for insects and other wildlife thereby further enhancing the biodiversity of the park.
Broad community engagement with this project will benefit the local community and visitors to the park as well as the students of all ages who will learn from their experience.