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Guides & Advice

Not sure where to start?

If you’re new to community orchards and fruit growing, we have some helpful guides that will help you on your way.

Community mapping

How to grow your group, strengthen local connections, and see your area with new eyes   How can orchard groups raise awareness in the local…
HELPING BRITAIN BLOSSOM WEST DULWICH

Involving the community in your orchard

From Apple Days to sunny picnics to midwinter pruning parties – there are lots of ways to involve the local community in your new Community…

Grant fundraising for your community orchard

Need to find funding for your community orchard? This section is for community orchard groups. While it’s not intended to be a comprehensive guide, we…
Urban buds

Contamination issues

Our research suggests that tree fruit is a low-risk food to grow in urban areas but we have compiled a very useful factsheet with more…
Bethlem Royal Mental Hospital restored orchard

Restoration of old orchards

Since 2011 the Urban Orchard Project has been working with communities to restore old, neglected orchards through programmes of educational sessions on restoration pruning.
ladybird

Benefits of orchards and fruit growing

If you love orchards and the delicious fruit within them as much as we do, you may have never seriously asked yourself why we should…
Noble chafer beetle on blossom (iridescent green/black)

Why are orchards priority habitats?

Orchards are priority habitats under the UK’s Biodiversity Action Plan. So what is so special about them? Fruit trees are particularly good habitats for wildlife…

Planning and designing an orchard

Once your trees are in the ground, they may be there for another century so careful planning is needed!
containers

Growing fruit in containers

Whether we are short on space or good, clean soil to plant in, containers can be a great way to grow fruit.

Looking for more help with your orchard?

Check out our main Guides and Advice page, which includes season-by-season tips.

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