Elder Stubbs Charity has
pursued an organic environmental policy in respect of its
land-management, planting a 1,000 tree woodland of native species,
establishing a pond, a wetland area, a wildflower meadow, an osier bed,
a hazel coppice (in co-operation with the Oxfordshire Woodland Project)
and planting a “heritage orchard” of 45 varieties of English apples.
All of these projects it seeks to manage in an “organic” chemical free
manner. These projects are managed
and the work done by Phil Creme, Estate Manager, and a team of
loyal volunteers whose dedication and hard work have been critical to
the success of the site. We have been fortunate enough to win many
awards over recent
years both as a separate charity and with the Restore charity on site
with whom we have a close and mutually beneficial relationship.
Elder Stubbs also owns machinery
kept in secure lock-ups on site, which is used by the volunteer team
for maintenance tasks and is also available for use by allotment
holders by arrangement. There are toilets on site at the RESTORE
building and allotment holders can obtain keys for these from the
Estate Manager, again by arrangement.
We welcome close contact with
the many schools in the area and were fortunate in the year 2000 to be
awarded an
“artist in residence” by Southern Arts - Mr. Dave Gosling, a land
artist, who created two living willow sculptures
in our woodland with the children from S.S
Mary and John School and
East
Oxford School .