Peace Oak Association News Wassailing 2024 14 JanEvil spirits dispelled and a good apple harvest were guaranteed after a splendid evening of song and drink. Apple Day and Green Festival 18 Oct 2023The event in conjunction with Green TEA and Nature Recovery saw over a hundred and fifty people visit the Peace Oak. Craft Club 22 Apr 2023Details of the first sessions have been published and booking is now open. Seen today 10 Apr 2023Slow worms being roused from their slumbers Crafty Developments 5 May 2021Craft Club is being set up Fenced in 10 Jan 2021In keeping with Covid times we have been spending some time locking in the pond Well funded 22 Dec 2020Funding received for the well. Work Party 7 Sep 2020Meeting every first Saturday of the month Well 6 Sep 2020Well digging Artful Bodgers 21 Aug 2020Green woodworking workshop on 15 August Dowsing 10 Jul 2020Dowsing workshop Reptile Survey 10 Jun 2020As part of the Nature Recovery Project the Peace Oak is undertaking a reptile survey Pond progress & willow bed made 9 Mar 2020Work party on the 7th March made progress on many fronts. Bird Boxes Bashed 29 Feb 2020To celebrate the leap day we created bird boxes. Talking of Hedgehogs 22 Feb 2020A report on the Hedgehog Talk The pond has started 11 Feb 2020The first phase of the pond creation has come to an end. Wassailing 2020 13 Jan 2020Another year, another wassailing Peace Oak Centenary 5 Oct 2019A celebration of the Peace Oak Official Opening 2018 22 Sep 2018In 2018 we had our official opening with the ribbon cut by Frankie Wastie Planting Wastie Apple Trees 2 Apr 2018In March Frank and Martin Wastie planted 18 varieties of apple in the new Peace Oak Orchard. Wassailing in the Peace Oak Orchard 2 Feb 2018Peace Oak members enjoy an ancient ceremony, to bring fertility and growth to the newly planted apple and fruit trees!
Wassailing in the Peace Oak Orchard 2 Feb 2018 Peace Oak members enjoy an ancient ceremony, to bring fertility and growth to the newly planted apple and fruit trees! The ceremony involved making a lot of noise, the singing of songs by the Eynsham Morris and drinking mulled apple cider around a bonfire! Lots of fun for all ages!
GalleryClick to enlargePreparing the cider for sprinkling on the new apple treesAround the fireSue Raikes and Sarah Couch enjoying the brew!