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13th December 2019

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…
Mountains in Almaty, with wild apple trees in foreground

21st November 2019

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…
Chinese dogwood fruit

28th October 2019

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…

14th October 2019

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…

10th September 2019

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,…

8th August 2019

“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…
Strawberry tree fruit

1st July 2019

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…

19th June 2019

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,…

18th June 2019

From Wort-yards to the Wildwoods of Scotland (part 1)

Foraging with Mark Williams – bringing the wild alive in us by taste and discovery. A taste adventure.  At this time of year in the orchard we can see the fruits…
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