Today we launch a new chapter in our journey to plant and preserve community orchards across our urban landscapes. Our cider team has changed its food-waste reduction mission this year. Through a new partnership with well-established, carbon-negative cidery, Hawkes, the apple donation scheme we previously ran in London, is now able to expand nationally. On top of that, you’ll be able to donate
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Celebrating a fruitful partnership with Heineken UK
Our fantastic partnership with Heineken UK began in 2014. It has been instrumental in allowing us to expand the scope of our services to many regions of the UK and…
CICO has expanded to Wales!
Since 2017, we’ve been running our highly popular accredited course, the Level 3 Certificate in Community Orcharding (CICO). For the first time, the course has expanded to Wales! This is really…
Our orchard movement grows strong in Swansea
At the end of June, just ten months after expanding our mission into South Wales, we held our first Orchard Gathering! The event, held at Margam Country Park, was attended…
We’re part of #TreeActionManchester a £1,000,000 green strategy for the borough of Manchester
During the pandemic we’ve partnered with Manchester Council (HERE) to deliver four new community orchards as a year-long engagement programme of training and events programmes for local residents and new…
Weekend courses are back!
Exciting news! – Our popular two-day weekend courses are making a return. Coming soon to a community orchard near you… soil health, fruit tree aftercare, biodiversity boosting and mu(l)ch more!…
Could urban food forests be the future for orchards? – Launching our new Forest Gardening course
Over the last two years, a new direction has quietly been germinating at The Orchard Project. Scratching our heads, we’ve grappled long and hard over how best to adapt our…
A silver lining: orchard course provides a “lifeline” during the pandemic
In August 2020, 17 new students gathered in London’s Valentine Park for their first training session of our Certificate in Community Orcharding (CICO) course. Unknowingly, this was the one of…
We are recruiting!
We are recruiting for a paid intern role to help us deliver our training programme. This is a great opportunity to join The Orchard Project’s team, working to improve and…
Fantastic funding awards to round up a TOP year
It has been a challenging year for everyone, but there have been many successes and highlights among team Orchard Project too. We’re delighted to end the year with some good…