Launching Many Voices
Oxford Poetry Library and The Children’s Allotment are excited to launch a anti-racist collection of children’s books The Many Voices Collection is a collection featuring Black characters, written by Black writers, or which centre an anti-racist message. These books form … Read More
Lantern Parade
On the 11th of November 2019, families gathered at The Children’s Allotment to take part in our first lantern parade, to celebrate the seasonal time of the growing darkness. Children brought home-made paper lanterns which were lit from within by … Read More
Celebrating our harvest
On the 6th of October 2019, we hosted a harvest event for families to celebrate the fruits of our labour. We grew loads of pumpkins in the summer and so made a huge pot of pumpkin soup. We also pressed … Read More
Our achievements so far
From the time we finally got the keys to The Children’s Allotment site in March 2018, we achieved so much! In our first year we held: 18 workdays to clear and renovate the site, which were each attended by volunteers … Read More
Watch our first work-day!
On our very first workday on The Children’s Allotment site on 25th March 2018, we had over 30 people lend a hand with loppers and forks. We started to cut our way through the bramble jungle that had grown over … Read More