Orchard Table in the Village!

Sue and Lynn set up our orchard table and invited everyone to taste the different varieties of apple. Many of the apples and fruit we grow in the orchard are heritage varieties and can not be bought in shops. You can find more information and how to become a member of the Community Orchard by visiting the ‘Orchard’ page of our website.

A Productive Orchard!

The fruit and nuts have been ripening during the summer and are close to being picked. The apples need a few more weeks until our fruit picking and juicing day, but the windfall apples have been well sampled! The squirrels as usual are enjoying the nut crop but they have left some for us to pick!

Allotment BBQ June 2023

The Margery Flatts Allotment Association organised a Summer BBQ and invited Orchard Members along. A big thanks to Gill and Steve for organising this event. Despite the rather mixed weather we still managed to consume lots of delicious pizzas and marshmallows!

Wild Flower Survey June 2023

We usually complete a wild flower survey every year. Many thanks to everyone who joined in with the survey and here are their results…

We found 47 species of wildflowers up from 31 last year with a few extra grasses. Our best finds were Bittersweet, commonly known as Deadly Nightshade, and Self Heal.

Here are the different species of grasses we found: Yorkshire Fog, Perennial Rye grass, Meadow Foxtail, Cocks Foot, False Oat grass, Crested Dogs Tail, Sweet Vernal grass, Timothy, Creeping Bent grass.

Earth Hour 25th March 2023

At 8.30 pm all around the world on the 25th March, people switched off their lights for an hour to highlight the issues of climate change. Despite the very wet day, the rain stopped just in time for us to celebrate Earth Hour in the orchard. Well done to everyone who braved the weather to attend and to all our members who celebrated Earth Hour at home. Same time next year!