{"id":25608,"date":"2024-03-17T14:54:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T14:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?p=25608"},"modified":"2024-03-17T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T14:54:59","slug":"wilder-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?p=25608","title":{"rendered":"Wilder Churches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--rich-text paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-rich-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<h3>Wilder Churches is a partnership between BBOWT and the Diocese of Oxford aimed at anyone interested in managing churchyards with wildlife in mind.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Diocese of Oxford covers much the same boundary as BBOWT. There are over 800 churches, many with churchyards, cemeteries or gardens, hence they represent a wonderful opportunity for wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Churchyards are often the oldest enclosed piece of land in a parish and so many, having avoided ploughing, still support a rich variety of wildflowers and wildlife. These habitats often act as valuable stepping-stones for wildlife through urban or agricultural landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>Churchyards also hold a wealth of built heritage and local history and offer a tranquil space for peace and quiet reflection. The Diocese encourages churches to explore simple ways to enable their churchyards to be a haven for wildlife, heritage, and people.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thanks go to Robin who cares for our wildflower area&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilder Churches is a partnership between BBOWT and the Diocese of Oxford aimed at anyone interested in managing churchyards with wildlife in mind. &nbsp; The Diocese of Oxford covers much the same boundary as BBOWT. There are over 800 churches, many with churchyards, cemeteries or gardens, hence they represent a wonderful opportunity for wildlife. Churchyards&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25611,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25608\/revisions\/25611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}