We have been very excited this winter to work with local groups in Wales designing some brand new community orchards. These are located in local parks close to the centre of Swansea and within the Morriston Hospital Site grounds (former Victorian gardens), together with an orchard in the garden of a sheltered housing block in […]
The joy to be gleaned in an orchard during lockdown
I am writing this at the start of our November COVID-19 lockdown in England. I try to remember what I did last time round, back in that beautiful spring time, when the unexpected closure of schools meant home-schooling my 5-year-old for a number of weeks, alongside balancing work and the uncertainty of the time. Our saviour was the daily walks and bike rides out […]
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 of what we do would be possible or have the same value without the involvement of our fantastic volunteers. From day one, our cider enterprise […]