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’...
Which bloomin’ blossom is it? Our guide to blossom timing
Now is the time to relish the beautiful blossoms all around us in our parks, streets, orchards and gardens, just as our pollinators will be!...
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...
Six reasons to plant fruit trees
It’s tree planting season, and that means lots of people are donning their boots and braving the weather to plant whips and saplings. Increasing the...
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...
My mission: To inspire more people ‘to do their bit’
“Philanthropy is often seen as giving to benefit people who don’t have what you have, or to people overseas. The shift that happened for me...
Orchards against climate change: Nature-based Solutions
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can play an important role in tackling the climate crisis. It is currently something of a buzzword among environmentalists in fact. In...
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...
From Wort-yards to the Wildwoods of Scotland (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...
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