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The Sprout Online

Again, there is no printed copy of The Sprout for June 2020.  Click on the image above to view the on-line version

The Sprout publication

The Sprout was one of the items that came up when the Parish Plan was considering practical ways of keeping the community informed. Jenny Barker, the founding editor, devised its unusual name, and it was first produced in October 2005 with strong support from Briony and Roy Newport, Bert Beuzeval, and Steve Elliott among others. In November 2010 Ag MacKeith took over as editor, and a fresh team picked up the advertising, finance and deliveries.

The Sprout is a strictly community project. It happens through the joint efforts of seven prime movers who deal with copy, layout, advertising and deliveries, backed by four directors and a four-person editorial team, and a score or more of willing pavement pounders who deliver it throughout the parish. It is financed entirely through local advertising, and has been recorded as a reason for moving to Botley!

If you’ve mislaid or recycled your copy already and want to read it again (or any back copies). Don’t forget that Botley Library has spare copies.

You can read some past copies on line (note that most of the adverts have been removed so the contents’ page numbers are incorrect):
February 2020 March 2020 April 2020 May 2020 June 2020
March 2019 April 2019
2018

Feb 2018 March 2018 April 2018 May 2018 June 2018 July 2018 Sept 2018 Oct 2018 Nov 2018
2017
Feb 2017 March 2017 April 2017 May 2017 June 2017 July 2017 Sept 2017 Oct 2017 Nov 2017 Dec 2017
2016
Dec 2016 Nov 2016 Oct 2016 Sept 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 Apr 2016 Mar 2016 Feb 2016
2015
Feb 2015 July 2015 Sept 2015 Oct 2015 Nov 2015 Dec 2015

The Sprout cover March 2012       The Sprout cover Summer 2012       The Sprout cover Christmas 2012

Extra photographs from recent editions

Here are a few additional photographs from major events in the past year that we couldn’t squeeze into the printed version of The Sprout. Click on the headers to reveal or hide them:

Hinksey Meadaow October 2016
2016.5.15 poplar leaf shade 2016.5.28 quaking grass 2016.6.10 selfheal
2016.6.14 amongst the flowers 2016.6.16 bedraggled bumblebee 2016.6.19 upside down weevil
2016.6.25 poss fleabane 2016.6.26 beetle lookout 2016.9.1 spider shadow
2016.9.10 hawthorn raindrop 2016.9.23 sunrise 2016.9.6 origami slug
Hedge Laying March 2015
Original State Removing the brush Cutting the Pleachers
 Cutting the Pleachers Inserting Binders  Completed Hedge
 Completed Hedge Even more photos can be seen on the Oxford Conservation Volunteers’ website
November 2014
Leading to West Way Attempting the wave Buttercups at Raleigh Park
Display of apples and pears Apple chopping Operating the press
….Views from the top of Seacourt Tower – March 2013 (link to photographs on Flickr website)

Here are some selected articles and series from past issues that might be of interest to you.

Do you remember...
Stories from Botley's past
Food Ideas
Riki's unusual ideas about what we eat