Weeding and Clearing the Polytunnel!

Make a gardening space more accessible

Oxford

Location
Richard Benson Hall
276 Cowley Rd
Oxford
OX4 1UR
Date and time
18:00 - 19:30
Wednesday, 19th of August 2026
Who this task will support
The Children's Allotment
A group of local parents and volunteers creating an inclusive outdoor education space for the local community. On the site of a disused old plant nursery in the East Ward Allotments on Cricket Road, they are bringing to life their vision for a new kind of 'Nursery' and children's allotment, trying out a new model that can provide affordable, cooperative childcare, outdoor learning and sustainable food-growing for children and families, all primarily outdoors year round.

We return to The Children’s Allotment!!

In the early days of Goodgym Oxford we did a lot of work getting the Children’s Allotment up and running, and now they have asked for our help again!

We will be weeding and clearing of a raised allotment bed, and help to move objects out of the polytunnel.

This bed will be used by a local person who doesn't have their own growing space! And clearing the items will help us keep the path safe and accessible.

Bring your gardening gloves if you have them, tools will be provided.

Meeting points Runner meet at Richard Benson Hall at 6pm for a short jog to the allotment. Non-runners meet at the Children’s Allotment on Cricket Road at 6:15. What3words: ///nurses.skills.softly

Who's going

  • Bethan Greenaway
  • Vicky Arnold

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Location
Richard Benson Hall
276 Cowley Rd
Oxford
OX4 1UR
Date and time
18:00 - 19:30
Wednesday, 19th of August 2026
Who this task will support
The Children's Allotment
A group of local parents and volunteers creating an inclusive outdoor education space for the local community. On the site of a disused old plant nursery in the East Ward Allotments on Cricket Road, they are bringing to life their vision for a new kind of 'Nursery' and children's allotment, trying out a new model that can provide affordable, cooperative childcare, outdoor learning and sustainable food-growing for children and families, all primarily outdoors year round.
Options are available to run between 3km and 5km in total

Remember that we run to and from the task, so you'll only be running for half this distance in one go.

This is a standard GoodGym group run. If you can't run for more than 15mins without stopping or you're worried about any aspect of the session, contact us.

Ideal for beginners

Richard Benson Hall
276 Cowley Rd
Oxford
OX4 1UR

Bethan Greenaway
Led by Bethan Greenaway

Fresh air is magic. Skin is waterproof.

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