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.
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We Won a Tree Oscar!
July 19, 2017 - We won a Tree Oscar! The 2017 London Tree and Woodland Awards named our project with local volunteers to restore 100-year-old Dick Turpin orchard in Newbury Park, Ilford, Best Community Tree Award!
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Craft Cider Labelling – Saturday
August 10, 2017 - Come and join in with the labelling of our 2016 vintage cider. Saturday 19th August, 10am - 5pm Our cider has been fermenting and maturing for 8 months and is now ready to be labelled and begin it’s journey to Read More
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Certificate in Community Orcharding update
July 31, 2017 - What nicer thing is there to keep on learning about than trees, especially those that give you something to eat? And how lovely to also share that learning with others. Luckily for me, that’s what I spend most of my Read More
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Things to look out for when planning an orchard
- Once your trees are in the ground, they may be there for another century so careful planning is needed!