Helping to shape Meadow Lane Playground - Session 1

Getting plants in the ground before the frost

Oxford

Location
Meadow Lane Playground
Meadow Lane
Oxford
OX4 1TJ
Date and time
18:00 - 19:30
Wednesday, 7th of October 2026
Who this task will support
Iffley Fields NaturEscape
This volunteer-run project is transforming the Meadow Lane playground into a nature-inspired play space for children, families and the wider community. Working in partnership with Oxford City Council and informed by local consultation, we’re enhancing the existing play area with natural features that support wildlife, encourage active outdoor play, and create welcoming spaces for all ages. Practical tasks include digging, moving soil, planting hedges and wildflowers, and cutting back old mesh fencing as we begin turning the newly opened area into forest-school play zones and wildlife-friendly habitat. This is our project website: https://www.iffleyfieldsnaturescape.co.uk/

We did quite a few sessions at Meadow Lane Playground over the spring and summer, helping to remove some dangerous metal fencing, building dens and generally tidying the place up.

The project has been awarded some funding and would like to plant some hardy plants as part of the next stage of their transformation of the space.

ALL HAND ON DECK

Please bring gardening gloves and a head torch. Tools will be provided.

Please meet at the Meadow Lane playground at 6pm so that we can make best use of the daylight. There will be a run after the task for those who would like to stretch their legs.

Who's going

  • Bethan Greenaway
  • Vicky Arnold
  • Katie Fellows

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Location
Meadow Lane Playground
Meadow Lane
Oxford
OX4 1TJ
Date and time
18:00 - 19:30
Wednesday, 7th of October 2026
Who this task will support
Iffley Fields NaturEscape
This volunteer-run project is transforming the Meadow Lane playground into a nature-inspired play space for children, families and the wider community. Working in partnership with Oxford City Council and informed by local consultation, we’re enhancing the existing play area with natural features that support wildlife, encourage active outdoor play, and create welcoming spaces for all ages. Practical tasks include digging, moving soil, planting hedges and wildflowers, and cutting back old mesh fencing as we begin turning the newly opened area into forest-school play zones and wildlife-friendly habitat. This is our project website: https://www.iffleyfieldsnaturescape.co.uk/

Meadow Lane Playground
Meadow Lane
Oxford
OX4 1TJ

Bethan Greenaway
Led by Bethan Greenaway

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