Cath Palgrave is a proud graduate of our Certificate in Community Orchard Management, a six or twelve month, Level 3, fully comprehensive course. She shares her path from discovering the joys of orchards to assisting others in establishing community fruit growing projects. Find out why her involvement led her to sign up for our Membership scheme.
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Manchester’s Community Orchards Reap their Rewards
The 30th November saw Greater Manchester’s orchardists gather together in suspense, as we revealed the winners of the prestigious Community Orchard Awards. The shiny Golden Apples were lined up and…
Local Fox Cider and the 800 people involved!
People are at the heart of what we do at The Orchard Project. Whilst we all care deeply about community orchards, local food and the issue of food waste, none…
Our Crafty Fox: What makes Local Fox a Craft Cider?
We’ve all seen the word ‘craft’ on cider and ale labels, but what does it really mean? Here’s our chief Cider Maker, Rosa Fletcher, to unpick the question and explain…
London’s Historical Fruitscape: Discovering the rare and ancient Apple Varieties that go into our Cider
What do Bismarck, Lord Derby and Arthur W Barnes have in common? (Answer below the image…) …They are all heritage apple varieties that go into our…
How to Make Cider and be a Food Waste Hero!
Every year thousands of tonnes of apples go to waste in orchards and gardens. Too ugly for the supermarkets, the waste on the farms is even greater with an estimated…
How Might Rising Temperatures Affect Orchards?
If, like me, your brain seemingly ceases to function above 25C, it’s been a tough summer. And a tough one too for our community orchards out there, surviving in the…
Widening to Wakefield
For the last 3 years we have been working intensively in the Leeds area and helped 12 communities plant new community orchards. Practically every month we’ve also discovered a community…
Spring is finally here and the orchards of Leeds are starting to come to life
We’ve already had a couple of training sessions (formative and restorative pruning) and with grafting coming up (bench and top). Helping Britain Blossom are helping five orchards graft 400 trees…
National Tree Week
Earlier this month, I was on a trip to Ealing, West London to give some orchard management advice to an orchard group. On my travels I came across a great…