Local Environment Groups Conference 2025
Date: 8th November, 2025
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Rose Hill Community Centre, Carole's Way, Oxford OX4 4HF
Secrets of the Soil: Digging Deep for Nature’s Recovery
Come and join this year’s Local Environment Groups Conference, Secrets of the Soil: Digging Deep for Nature’s Recovery hosted by Wild Oxfordshire. It will take place at Rose Hill Community Centre on Saturday 8th November, 09:30-16:30.
There are some exciting speakers confirmed already!
Speakers
- David Knight – Nature’s Ploughshare: How earthworms can rewild our soils
- Lesley Dunlop – Geology Of Oxfordshire – 200 million years of history
- Ivan Wright – ‘Miners and diggers’
- Jed Soleiman – Key takeaways from the experiments at FarmED that can be applied to your own garden
Optional visit to Oxford City Farm
Following the conference there will be an optional visit Oxford City Farm to hear about the history of farm, how they approach soil management and composting onsite, no dig, grass-lined swales for flood mitigation, hot composting in polytunnel and planned soil sampling through OxFarm2Fork.
Places for this optional visit are limited. Please email jessica@wildoxfordshire.org.uk if you are attending the conference and would like to book a spot on the visit to Oxford City Farm.
Agenda
09:30-10:00 Arrivals, tea and coffee
10:00-12:10 Welcome and speaker presentations
12:10-12:50 Catered lunch
12:50-14:40 Speaker presentations
14:40-14:55 Funding update and closing remarks
15:30-16:30 Optional visit to Oxford City Farm
