The Orchard Project

Developing resilient communities with the skills to plant, care for and harvest fruit trees; helping us all to rediscover the pleasure of eating home-grown fruit.

The Orchard Project is bringing community orchards to cities and towns across the country.

We are re-fruiting the country, working in partnership with communities to plant, manage, restore and harvest from their own orchards. We rebuild orcharding skills, celebrate orchard heritage and contribute to a better, locally-led food system.

Crowdfund Success!

A massive ‘Thank You’ to everyone who supported our recent Crowdfunding campaign. We raised over £18,000 to keep our Community Cider Hub alive and fermenting!

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  • Read our 2017/2018 Annual Report Here

    December 3, 2018 - We’re proud of the impacts we had around the country last year. You can now read about what we achieved, who we’ve worked with and the impacts we’ve had in our new Annual Report for 2017/18. Click here to take a look.  

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  • Crowdfund Success!

    December 13, 2018 - On Monday 10th, our 35-day long Crowdfunding campaign finished. We raised a total of £18,180 (before adding Gift Aid), which exceeds our target amount of £17,500. Almost 300 people backed the campaign, and it was heart-warming to read their encouraging Read More

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    The orchard year: spring

    - Spring in the orchard is a lovely time. If the weather is good, the trees will wake from their dormant period and their buds will swell and open.