Community
Community orchards are not just about growing fruit, they’re also about the people they bring together to care for them and share in the harvests.
If you’d like to find out more about how you can get involved with what we do, improve your skills, or learn about the amazing individuals who make up our orcharding community, then read on…
*New* Lesson Plans
We’ve just launched our new school resources to mark Outdoor Classroom Day – creative, curriculum-linked lesson plans to make taking the classroom outside much easier.
Upcoming events
Dollis Valley Community Harvest Day
Saturday 17 October 2026
The Rainbow Centre, Priory Grove, EN5 2BE
Get involved!
We’ve helped communities create or restore over 640 orchards since we started in 2009. Find one near you by clicking on the map.
These orchards are also included on the People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) map, which has details of many more community orchards across the UK.
Spotlight on: Clase Primary School
Clase Primary School in Wales had several fruit trees in desperate need of some TLC after being on the receiving end of too many wayward footballs!
You can read more inspiring Stories from our amazing community.
Keen to improve your orchard skills?
We run popular courses in both community orcharding and forest gardening. Our graduates have set up community orchards, gained employment in the horticultural sector and much more. You could be next!
Nature Friendly Grounds Toolkit
Find out more about how to go about creating and maintaining orchard habitats on university, college and school grounds.
This toolkit forms part of a pilot project organised by Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS UK).
Advice on starting out
Our London Project Manager Lewis McNeill recently presented an online workshop about how to set up a community orchard, which is available to watch for free.
Love what we do?
If you would like to help more people in cities across the UK to plant and care for their own community orchards, why not consider a one-off gift or monthly donation? Every donation, big or small, will go towards creating fruitful communities!
