http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/ The Oxford Times /leisure/otgardening/ en-gb Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:28:09 +0100 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:28:09 +0100 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/resources/images/727338/?type=rsslogo http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/ http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/4469257.WildCRU_get_down_to_work/?ref=rss PETER BARRINGTON on conservation efforts by Oxford University scientists Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:30:00 +0100 4c746127f2315a11d7c6d68fb403adfb http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/4469267.Get_out_and_go_wild/?ref=rss Every fortnight your local Wildlife Trust gives you an expert insight into the wildlife around you and shares some tips on how to enjoy it. Tranquil, balmy summer days, with blue skies and fragrant air, are the prefect time to enjoy our local landscapes. HELEN WALSH, BBOWT writer, predicts a riot of colour in the countryside as our roadside verges and farmland edges brim with the wild flowers of yesteryear. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:30:00 +0100 ba934e8b3531a534075f502e79856155 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/4470577.Guerilla_gardening/?ref=rss VAL BOURNE on fearless nighttime efforts to brighten derelict plots Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:32:17 +0100 1a5fc2253b366bf2d0b38bb3d7a723b1 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/4458318.Thinking_big_for_our_wildlife/?ref=rss There is a revolution in the conservation world as work moves away from small pockets of nature and focuses on linking wildlife across the landscape. HELEN WALSH, of the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT), finds out how thinking big can help the smaller creatures of Oxfordshire Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:25:19 +0100 7a7eaf4b3722ad93347bf3f5160148fd http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/4458342.Delightful_astrantias/?ref=rss Val Bourne on the delights of astrantias — better-known as Hattie’s pincushion Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:30:05 +0100 535a734a9fce4c6d0c7383f0b72fbd6d http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/4458335.Birds_silent_as_breeding_season_ends/?ref=rss The breeding season is now over for many birds. Some of those surviving this period of extreme activity will have been successful in their efforts to produce more birds of their kind. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:28:21 +0100 67edfc6524dff4ab46f05f148ca90d5a http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/4445164.A_buzz_about_Shotover_Hill/?ref=rss ELIZABETH EDWARDS finds more bees and wasps around than we think Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:44:53 +0100 b22a6468560e30235ad467a3687eda15 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/4445210.Aquilegias_deserve_their_place/?ref=rss Val Bourne on the nectar-filled and early flowering aquilegia family Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:53:16 +0100 1e54ec59c14d5f5ffa3070e8d261b119 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/4445198.Get_close_up_to_beautiful_moths/?ref=rss Every fortnight your local Wildlife Trust gives you an expert insight into the wildlife around you and shares some tips on how to enjoy it. This week, Kath Tonge, Trainee Warden at Warburg Nature Reserve, goes on a moth hunt and shows us that there’s a lot more to these fluttering insects than meets the eye. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:50:59 +0100 b10ba13b8fb7a799749f25796fd13bac http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/otgardening/4430842.On_the_run_through_Bagley_Wood/?ref=rss SYLVIA VETTA previews a charity event in an unspoilt woodland Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:20:00 +0100 037b0c541d07449a82b3206ec67549a7