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Rivers Orchard Apple Day

Name: Rivers Orchard Apple Day
Start: 2022-09-24T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2022-09-24T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Rivers Heritage Site and Orchard

September 24, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

A festival of fun for the whole family.

Feel free to bring a picnic.

Buy freshly picked apples on the day or
Help pick our crop and take home some of your favourites for free
Pickers can taste as many as they like of the wide range of apples growing at the historical Rivers site

Also:

Light refreshments
Apple pressing demonstrations
History displays of the Rivers Nursery
Fruit identification
Apple tasting
Children’s activities
Local honey sales

The team from fruitID will be in attendance throughout the day. You are invited to bring any apples or pears from your own trees to get them identified. Bring several representative fruits. Use these guidelines to help you select examples, and if possible you can fill the ID form out in advance.

All picking equipment is provided, but feel free to bring your own apple pickers if you have them – it may speed you up at busy times! Instruction and guidance is available from our team of keen volunteers.

After picking, all apples will be juiced for sale at local events. This is the main fundraising activity of the group, so please help support our local orchard!

Please do not park in the Rivers Hospital car park or access road.

Contact: rhso1725@gmail.com

Details

Date:: September 24, 2022
Time:: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Event Category:: Apple day events and orchard courses
Website:: http://www.rhso.co.uk/

Venue

: Rivers Heritage Site and Orchard
: The Crest
Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire CM21 0ES United Kingdom + Google Map
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