June 2010
2 posts
University of the Trees, Oxford, 27 June 2010
Four of us met in the usual place – Jackdaw Lane, the entrance to Aston’s Eyot – on an idyllic, warm, sunny June evening. Two of us had not been to a UoT group for some months, two had been coming regularly. We greeted each other, waited to see if more people would arrive, then wandered onto Aston’s Eyot to look for a place to be with the trees. The undergrowth had taken over since I...
Astons Eyot 31/05/2010
We met in the morning at 11 am, the morning was cool and fresh, the air gentle and moist. 6 of us met the bottom of Jackdaw Lane just outside of Aston’s Eyot. We waited for others to arrive, and when we felt sure we were gathered we walked towards the trees. Some of us had not been here before, others had been here with the trees on different numbers of occasions. We did not have...
May 2010
20 posts
Map marking trees carrying University of the Trees felt tree-bands, which create a ‘field of awareness’ and make visible a third alternative university in the city: - University Of The Trees-Oxford.
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Astons Eyot - 02/05/10
A few of us gathered at the foot of Jackdaw’s Lane on a cool, but not-quite-raining afternoon. We entered Astons Eyot and headed south into an area of semi-mature plantation. Mostly ash, with cherry and poplar and alder amongst them, with hawthorn and elder low down. Closely grown, so tall and thin. A fair wind was causing sound and movement in the tops, drawing our attention to their...
Number 16, Harcourt Arboretum, Nuneham Courtenay
Astons Eyot - 11/04/10
The nettles here will be really tall by summer.
A field was created almost immediately, much wider this time, bands were not put up straight away. People who had been to previous meeting didn’t feel the same ‘effect’ when the bands were put up. This may be because we spent a while discussing before going to the trees. The bands were also put much higher than last time.
Sense...
April 2010
1 post
First UoT Oxford meeting - 21st March 2010
Astons Eyot – small island, mostly mud.
Emerging
Do we know what (space) we are looking for?
Although the space we seem to settle on does not match the idyllic image some people had in their minds, we seem to enter into collaboration with the space and trees. Deciding sensitively which bands to put the trees on and really working with the space, rather than imposing an idea onto it.
There...
March 2010
2 posts
