We’ve gathered some ideas from our popular Certificate in Community Orcharding Course to help get you started on making your garden or orchard more ‘wild’...
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...
Buzzing orchards: Apples, wildflowers, and the secret life of bugs
Picture an orchard: what do you see? Most likely, you’ll see fruit-laden trees. But what is growing below and between the trees? And what is...
A wee Scottish orchard odyssey
My job involves co-ordinating aftercare for our newly planted orchards. I recently went to Scotland to attend our Orchard Gathering in Glasgow and used it...
Juicing with schools
It’s the time of the year when our fruit trees look bountiful and we are looking forward to harvesting the fruit from our orchards, as...
The Gower Wassail
Recently on Gower there was a loud hullabaloo coming from down in the valley! You might have been forgiven for thinking that a riot was happening...
The magic of mistletoe
Mistletoe is a familiar Christmas feature, steeped in ancient folklore. An evergreen plant with forked branches and pairs of symmetrical leaves, mistletoe plants are either...
A little patch of nature
A spontaneous decision to try something completely different was a life-changing moment for Satu Fox. The 38-year-old attended our orchard open day with Lewisham Homes...
We are all apples
As a bit of a forest gardening eager beaver, I’ve been reading some back issues of Agroforestry News. One article from 2015 caught my eye:...
Diary of a CICO student
Our Certificate in Community Orcharding (CICO) is the UK’s first and only accredited course in community orchards. One of our committed students, Tamasin, has kindly...
Claybury orchard – a sanctuary for both wildlife and the mind
This is an orchard report from one of our CICO6 students – Daniel Strangleman. He was asked to gather information about Claybury orchard and produced...
The Mums who planted more than a seed to unite their local community
Meet Emma, Rachel and Janet: the mums with a mission! Along with other local mothers from Sale in South Manchester, they set out to improve...
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...
Inventive 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...
London’s Historical Fruitscape: Discovering the rare and ancient Apple Varieties that go into our Cider
What do Bismarck, Lord Derby and Arthur W Barnes have in common? (Answer below the image…) …They are all heritage apple varieties that go...
Orchard pruning in summer
Over the last two years we have been lucky enough to learn from two orchard experts the arts of Summer Pruning. Jim Arbury at RHS...
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