Six orchard members got together on a beautiful sunny evening to take part in our annual wild flower survey. Armed with reference books and apps we surveyed the whole orchard.
We identified 57 species, up from 53 species last year. Some plants such as Deadly Nightshade, Camomile, Harebells, Alkanet, Herb Robert, Hop Trefoil, Red Campion Rosebay Willow Herb, Tufted Vetch, wild carrot and Woad were not spotted this year.
We are so pleased that our species numbers are up again and how diverse the Orchard environment is!
Lanchester Community Orchard 