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20th March 2018

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…

27th November 2017

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…

11th September 2017

(I Know) What Orchard Mentors Did This Summer….

That complex rooty smell in the evening and that creeping park mist in the morning give us a hint that it might be time to admit the inevitable – autumn…

31st August 2017

Ernest Cook Trust school orchard project

Since the birth of the Orchard Project in 2009, we’ve sought to work with schools each year; primary, secondary and special schools. We believe that all children should have access…

24th August 2017

When should you pick Apples?

We’re noticing this year that people are picking apples much earlier than usual. Is that because the fruit is ready much earlier, or are people getting anxious and picking too…

31st July 2017

Certificate in Community Orcharding update

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.…

26th June 2017

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…

16th June 2017

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.…

6th April 2017

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,…