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Media coverage of long mead


Financial Times

On Saturday 9th July 2022, the Financial Times published an article about the restoration of Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, highlighting how Long Mead is supporting the establishment of a very rare and critical wildflower floodplain meadow habitat along the Thames and Cherwell Rivers.  

The Oxford Times

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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.

Ecover partnership


The high sheriff of oxfordshire

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In February 2022, along with the Nature Recovery Network, we won a Climate Action Hero award presented to us by the High Sheriff Climate Action Awards, read all about it here.

The duke of gloucester

In April 2022, The Duke of Gloucester visited Long Mead, where he planted the first Devil's-bit scabious back into Long Mead meadow.

Long MEad at Cop26

Long Mead and our neighbours at FAI FArms at Wytham feature in a documentary made by Oxford University's Nature-Based Solutions Initiative, screened at COP 26. 

Contact; Catriona Bass                               

EMAIL LONGMEAD.COUNTYWILDLIFESITE@GMAIL.COM

LONG MEAD FOUNDATION (Charity number 1196294): Email longmeadfoundation@gmail.com
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