We know that spending time in an orchard improves our sense of wellbeing and we want to share this experience with as many people as possible. That’s why we’re running a series of community workshops to help more people connect with nature, thanks to a grant from the Rank Foundation. Working with community leaders in urban areas of high deprivation with poor access to nature, we’re bringing
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A fruitful partnership
innocent are helping us to plant and improve 60k square metres of orchards this year as part of the Big Rewild campaign. The campaign will include a series of community…
Farming the Future
Launching our new Food Forest partnership with the Soil Association and Shared Assets We’re delighted to announce an exciting new project piloting food forests around the UK. After securing significant…
Our orchard qualification lands in Scotland!
We are absolutely thrilled to be working with the National Lottery Heritage Fund to bring our heritage skills training programme in community orchard management, – known as CICO, to North…
Launching our 5-year strategic plan
The Orchard Project is the national charity for community orchards. Our vision is big and bold – in cities across the UK, we want everyone to be within easy reach…
An Orchard in Every Prison – Our new partnership with the Ministry of Justice
We’re delighted to be working with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in its efforts towards the nature recovery. The MoJ aims to have a well-maintained orchard in every prison across…
Quench your thirst with Hawkes and you’ll be donating to our orchard movement!
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.…
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…