Awards and Competitions
2023
Oxford University, Vice Chancellor's Award for Environmental Sustainability: Christ Church Meadows Restoration (runner up)
2022
Oxford Preservation Trust Green Award: Thames Valley Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project and Long Mead Barn
High Sheriff of Oxfordshire's Climate Action Heroes Award: Thames Valley Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project and Eynsham's Nature Recovery Network
High Sheriff of Oxfordshire's Climate Action Heroes Award: Thames Valley Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project and Eynsham's Nature Recovery Network
2021
Floodplain Meadows Arts Competition: Four out of the twelve finalists of this international arts competition, organised by our partners at the Open University, were inspired by Long Mead's Art in the Meadow workshops, led by Eynsham's art guru Alice Walker. Alice was joint overall winner
2020
Ecover Fertilise the Future Competition Winners: Thames Valley Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project, Floodplain Meadows Partnership and BBOWT
2013
Bayer Face Biodiversity Award: Long Mead
Long Mead in the News
2023
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) transfers lease of Neyotts Meadow to Long Mead Foundation as part of their Thames Valley Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project. Read the article and watch the OCC's video
2022
Financial Times article on our work and the restoration of Christ Church Meadow, Oxford.
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Oxford Times article by Catriona Bass on why wildflower floodplain meadows are so important to 21st century society, and the responsibility we have to maintain, restore and create the this rare habitat and its network.
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Oxford Mail article marking The Duke of Gloucester's visit to Long Mead, where he planted the first Devil's-bit scabious propagated by our plant propagation and carefarming group into Long Mead meadow. Devil's-bit scabious was lost from Long Mead in the 1970s.
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2021
Long Mead and the Thames Valley Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project features in a documentary made by Oxford University's Nature-Based Solutions Initiative for COP 26.