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 time doing, especially when I’m working on CICO; the Crossfields Institute, level 3 Certificate in Community Orcharding. We developed CICO because we want to share our knowledge. We also want to encourage people to learn about orchards at a deeper level.
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Water blog – Keeping Urban Trees Healthy During Dry Times
Summer is well and truly upon us. Beating down on us here in London in fact. Parks, commons and verges the city over are parched; yellowed grass barely concealing the…
Community Mapping
How to grow your group, strengthen local connections, and see your area with new eyes I’m interested in how we look at issues of low turnout to orchard events creatively.…
Who Would have Thought an Orchard Could do This?
You’d think it was the fruit that got us out of bed in the morning. After all, we are on something of a mission to re-fruit the UK. But actually,…
Pruning Adventures, Tips and Tricks
As winter took a hold, and our trees went into dormancy, The Orchard Project devised a programme of pruning workshops in London and beyond. The aim of these workshops was to bring…
Preserving our Veteran Trees
It’s been a busy couple of months for the Celebration of Orchards restoration team in London, as winter is the time for pruning apple and pear trees, between leaf fall in…
Reflecting on a TOP year
Project Director of A Celebration of Orchards Project, Abby Cremin, talks about what life is like working at The Orchard Project.
Wise Trees Sleep Standing
We're taking stock of the year that was and preparing for winter work in the orchard.
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Pick up your litter & make leaf mould
While we celebrate a fruitful year with Apple Days, there is another important harvest to be getting on with - gathering leaves for making leaf mould.