The 12th of January 2020 saw us plant The Orchard Project’s first community orchard of the planting season, and the first of the new decade! That marks around 420 new community orchards planted across the UK since the inception of the project back in 2009.
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A Sign of Things to Come? – Inspiration for Orchard Signage
The Orchard Project team is often asked, ‘what type of orchard signage is best?’. Recently in Edinburgh, community orchard groups set out to answer this question. Seeking ways to improve…
A Toast to our Trees!
As winter rolls around and our fruit trees fall dormant once again, we turn our focus to the Wassail tradition. And of course the Mulled Cider that accompanies it! Make…
Where do apples come from?
Harvest season is over and now we can eat, bake, preserve and generally enjoy the fruits of our collective labour. But when you take a bite of an apple do…
What does a resilient orchard look like?
Many of our orchards are surprisingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Not only is physical damage caused by, for example, late frosts or strong winds, but the stress…
Introducing the Velojuicer
Introducing the Velojuicer – a pedal powered apple pressing machine The Velojuicer is a brand new invention for making juice at community apple days. It is a new improved version…
Has your apple pie run dry? 10 alternatives to use up surplus apples
It’s September and the apples are in abundance! If you’re lucky (and skilled) enough to have a great crop of apples this year, but unsure what to do with them,…
“Underneath the brambles lay forgetten stories;” Why London’s Veteran Orchards deserve your Vote in the National Lottery Awards
Our Celebrations of Orchard project has been nominated in the National Lottery Awards for 2019 as one of their top 10 heritage projects for this year. We were shortlisted from…
London Orchard Polycultures: strength in diversity
Why we might want to plant more than apples, plums and pears in our community orchards The Orchard Project’s logo shows an apple, plum and pear because these are some…
From the Wort-yard to the Wildwood (part 2)
Part 1 of this blog explored the sensory excitement of foraging for your own food and discovering an array of delicious plants in the same way that our ancestors did,…