My work with trees hasn’t really involved fruit trees for food production. Mostly it has focused on safety or development, and having an abundance of...
The sounds of spring are calling!
As our gardens, orchards and hedges are filled with more bird songs there is a sense that Spring is almost here! The territorial songs are beginning...
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...
Nine fruitful years
At the turning of the year, I will step down as Chair of The Orchard Project. I’ve enjoyed nine years on the Board, the length...
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...
Meet the solitary bees
One of the joys of spending time outdoors in the warmer weather is spotting the insects also making the most of the sunshine, buzzing between...
Creating nourishing ecosystems for all
As we’ve covered in our blog on racial justice and orchards and in other blogs, one thing that’s really important to The Orchard Project is...
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:...
A woman’s place is in the orchard – the historical role of women in orcharding
Orchard mentor and CICO graduate, Cath Palgrave, tackles gender discrimination in fruit-growing by taking at look at the pivotal role women have played in orchards...
Tree guard reduction: freeing your fruit trees
This is an instructional blog about how our partner community groups can reduce their tree guard height, allowing the fruit trees to spread their limbs...
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