Bridge Street Garden Banbury

19/06/2026

We’re really looking forward to another exciting Playday at People’s Park 🌿

We’ll be bringing a nature-inspired art activity to share, alongside lots of other stalls with activities, information and things to get involved in.

Come along and join us 💚🌿🐠 it should be a lovely day for all ages.

It's the original and the biggest Playday event of the year! 👊

See you at Peoples Park in Banbury on Wednesday 22nd July 🫶

There's no better way to start the Summer Holidays 👍

FREE Entrance & FREE Activities to ensure an Inclusion for ALL 🙏 Activities Oxfordshire Cherwell District Council Sanctuary Housing Banbury Town Council The Hill Banbury The Sunshine Centre Banbury Home-Start Banbury, Bicester & Chipping Norton Sunrise Multicultural Project Let's Play Project

19/06/2026

Making tomato trellises together at the community garden today using bamboo and willow 🌿🍅 Simple, practical and a lovely way to spend time together

19/06/2026

Please join us for our second session of Change Makers, a monthly gathering in the community garden with Lynne and Tamzin (Tee P*e). A chance to slow down, play and connect through creative activities.

Taking inspiration from the garden, we will create collaborative clay sculptures, gather textures into handmade zines, trace the shifting shadows of plants and paint to music.

Free, participant-led and welcoming to all ages and abilities. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

You’re welcome to bring your own lunch and stay for a relaxed picnic afterwards.

Look forward to seeing some of you there!

🗓️ Saturday 27th June
⏱️11 am- 1 pm
Free event

18/06/2026

We’re really looking forward to welcoming Issey Amoré back to the community garden soon 🌿

Take a look at the poster for all the details of this free event. No previous experience needed, just come along and have a go! 🧅🥑

17/06/2026

After the rain, the community garden is bursting with flowers, insects, colours and textures 🌱✨🐝💧
A lovely reminder of how much life is thriving in this little space 🪲

16/06/2026

A massive thank you to Windmill Orchards
for donating so many beautiful plants to Bridge Street Garden

These were all grown from seed and carefully nurtured by their team and we’re so grateful for such a generous donation.

The plants will directly benefit some of the community groups we work alongside over the coming months, helping more people connect with growing, nature and each other.

Thank you so much for your kindness and support 🌱

15/06/2026

The past few months have been a time of experimentation for the P*er-Led Food Growing Group.

Since March, participants have nurtured seedlings in preparation for Three Sisters growing: a historic Indigenous companion planting method where corn, beans and squash are grown together.

The group has grown tomatoes from seed, which are now thriving in their new bed, and transformed an old pallet into a vertical growing bed filled with strawberries, peas and companion-planted marigolds.

They have also begun building a living willow arch, with beans and peas planted and ready to begin climbing.

Elsewhere in the garden, potatoes planted in repurposed water butts are now beginning to flower. A sign that new potatoes are growing.

Alongside the growing projects, the group regularly enjoy on-site garden recipes including nettle pakoras, butternut squash soups and garden herb mocktails.

A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed their time and energy. It has been a valuable period of learning, sharing skills and trying out new ideas.

Anyone interested in getting involved is welcome to join! The group will meet on 21st and 26th June. Please see poster for details.

15/06/2026

Only four of us this morning but never underestimate how much can be achieved when we work together 💪🏽🌱

A big thank you to Greg for donating some beautiful corn and pumpkin seedlings, which are now planted and settling into the garden nicely. We also got stuck into plenty of other gardening jobs and made great progress together ✌🏽

12/06/2026

🐞🐌 Yesterday, to celebrate Great Big Green Week, the Elfins group from Banbury Woodcraft Folk visited Bridge Street Community Garden for a wonderful minibeast session facilitated by Hanna

The young people explored the garden in search of insects, snails and other fascinating creatures, learning about them with the help of resources Hanna kindly provided through Biodiversity Bloxham. Armed with magnifying glasses, they took a closer look at the minibeasts they found, helped create a bee hotel and even enjoyed a friendly snail race!

Please be reassured that all the animals were treated with care and returned safely to the garden afterwards.

A big thank you to Hanna, Biodiversity Bloxham, Woodcraft Folk leaders, and of course the young people themselves for bringing so much curiosity, enthusiasm and sense of wonder to the session 💚

Photos by Hanna and Tila 📸🌿🐝✨

Banbury Community Action Group
The Climate Coalition

11/06/2026

Recently harvested redcurrants will be enjoyed by the community at The Hill Banbury ❤️ Several redcurrant bushes, originally planted by The Hill Youth Club at Bridge Street Garden Banbury have produced a lovely crop this summer. The fruit has now been picked and will be shared among the group 🍇😊