Green Appleton

Thank you to everyone who made our first Repair Cafe such a success - in particular to our wonderful band of repairers who gave up their time and expertise to mend all the items that people brought. We had a tremendous turnout, with people bringing things during the whole period we were open and consuming cups of tea and cake with enthusiasm.
And in response to everyone who asked us - yes, we are already planning the next one!
For the stats on what we achieved, and some photos of the day, have a look at the Repair Cafe page.

We are Green Appleton, a small environmental group in Appleton, Oxfordshire. We are officially a Community Action Group, and our aims are to:

Enhance local habitats
Maintain biodiversity
Encourage sustainable living
Work across generations

which can be summed up as 'Think globally, act locally for nature'.

So far we have:

Established a wildflower meadow in the south of the churchyard
Held Green Windmill days for local recycling
Planted hedgerows to make wildlife corridors
Planted trees as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy
Made 2 bug hotels
Pressed apples
Held a Big Fun Event in April 2023 and a Big Spring Day in April 2024
Held 2 Bio Blitzes

Our two most recent projects are what this website is all about. The first is a time-lapse project, where we are setting up photo stations in Besselsleigh Woods for people to take photos from and to upload them onto this website, so that they can be made into time-lapse videos. We have recently won National Lottery Funding for this.

We are also using iNaturalist to get everyone involved in recording the biodiversity of our area. People can take photos of flora and fauna, and use the app to identify them and place then on the map. It develops individual's knowledge as well as creating an overall picture of our environment.

Welcome to

Green Appleton