On Thursday 5th December, we attended the County Durham Together Awards on behalf of the Orchard Group. We were nominated in the Environment category by person unknown and believe it or not we won!! It was a great evening recognising the contribution of some very inspiring and humble people working in the voluntary and care sectors.
It also reflects what all of the Orchard members have achieved in the orchard over the last 14 years from the early vision and establishment, the stewardship of Lanchester Partnership and the enormous amount of hard graft that makes the orchard a success. Everyone’s efforts during our regular work sessions which maintain the orchard have allowed us to achieve so much environmentally and socially and have made the orchard a lovely place in which to meet and just be in. A huge thank to all Orchard members for all your hard work and friendship and to everyone who has supported the Orchard over the years- it’s humbling to be recognised in this way and thank you to our nominator.
After a very snowy start to Spring, the Orchard is just beginning to show signs of life emerging from the winter snow. A walk around the orchard showed that the moles were still very active.
Hopefully the weather will continue to improve and we will soon be posting about the apple blossom.
Lanchester Community Orchard 