Make sure the first half-term Sunday is free for the region’s biggest Apple Day. A family favourite and chance to celebrate all things apple: * Apple tasting: over 2 dozen delicious, locally-grown heritage varieties to try and buy * Apple identification: bring 2-3 apples with leaf and stalk for our apple experts from East of England Apples and Orchards Project to identify  * Apple cultivation: expert advice on what to grow, how to plant and prune for a bumper crop…

The ever popular Apple Day returns to Bromham Mill on Sunday 20th October. There will be a range of fun and traditional activities to celebrate all things apple related. On site there will be a vast selection of food and drink on offer and lots of fun-filled activities for the whole family to enjoy. We also invite you to visit our real cider bar, try some succulent hog roast and even purchase a traditional Bedfordshire Clanger.

  Get ready for this year’s Apple Day at Roots and Shoots. Celebrating 20 years of fun packed activities for all ages, brilliant crafts and art stalls as well as food and cakes. But most important of all, viewing over 100 varieties of apples from the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale Farm, Kent and from the Usk Valley, Wales. Apple displays this year from Somerset (c.40 varieties), Brogdale (c.50 varieties) and Wales (about 15 varieties) Exhibition: Origins and evolution of…

Visit Frome’s community orchard and celebrate Apple Day and all things applely with: 🍏 Tours of the orchard 🍏 Apple pressing (bring any surplus apples you have to give them a squish) 🍏Apple crafts 🍏 Gurning competition for those that know how to use their face to best effect 🍏 Face painting 🍏 Outdoor gym sessions And new for this year, a Talks Tent featuring: 🍎 10:00 Judy Duffus – Preserves and Honey 🍎11:00 Pavla Kiselova – Foraging, followed by…

Have a go at apple pressing (bring your own apples if you like and a container for the juice) & apple bobbing. Try some delicious apple-based desserts made by volunteers. Learn how to prune young fruit trees and see how you can get involved in the community orchard throughout the year. Parking available on the green outside the Whipsnade Tree Cathedral   Free entry! Apple-based desserts available for a donation towards the orchard

It is Apple Season – so we are holding our Fourth Apple Day with lots of lovely apple crafts and activities.  On arrival at Clovelly you will see apple pressing by Gatcombe valley outside the Visitor Centre, so please do bring a bag of apples.  Watch them being pressed and taste the fresh juice.  Or if you wish, you can bring more for pasteurisation and bottling for which there will be a charge (£1.90 per 75 cl bottle). Crafts and…

Keeping the core emphasis on apples, orchards and wildlife, this is a popular, free, family event, with apples and pears on display and for sale, including many unusual local varieties. The Orchards Live Cider, Apple and Craft competition and Produce Show is free for all to enter (in advance). Juices and ciders for sale and tasting, food stalls and children’s activities. Food stalls, children’s activities and a produce show which is free to enter. Orchards Live has its own display…

      The Huntingfield Apple Day will include Apple and apple juice tasting Apple pressing Apple peeling races Cooking competitions Tombola Tours of the orchard Raffle and refreshments   Fruit display and identification: A representative from Orchards East will be attending with a display of traditional Suffolk fruits and will also be on hand to identify visitors own but unnamed fruits.    

The Northern Fruit Group will be on hand to offer expert advice on fruit growing and identification, so bring your homegrown apples along if you’re not sure which variety they are, we will be able to let you know.

One of Orchards Live’s longest-running and most popular courses, aimed at those keen to have a go at cider & juice production at home. The day will cover equipment and techniques for juicing, production and storage of cider & juice, combining both theory and practice, with Dave Dann as the speaker. Non-Members: £14.00 Members: £12.00 Join Now Click Here Pre-Booking Only (Please do not turn up on the day without being booked)

This course covers the process of initial orchard planning, along with the selection and planting of fruit trees. There will also be discussions and advice on community aspects of the subject matter. 9.30am-5pm Stanmer Park, Brighton BN1 9PZ Cost: £35-£175 (depending on income) Course tutors: Bryn Thomas, Peter May See website for full details. ***NOTE bookings can only be made via our website: brightonpermaculture.org.uk/courses/fruitorchards/plantingorchard

7 December 2019 – Jeacock’s Orchard, Cow Lane, Tring, HP23 5NS. 1000-1530. Tutor Anna Baldwin This one-day workshop is aimed at those with an interest in caring for older fruit trees. The emphasis will be on the pruning and care of aged apple trees which have already received some restorative pruning.  This workshop is ideal for anyone who has attended a previous course on restorative pruning or for those who have trees that had some restorative pruning work carried out…

Old, overgrown, neglected or unproductive trees, or those producing small unhealthy fruit can be improved with careful pruning. Overgrown trees are also at risk of damage in high winds. If you’d like your old trees to be in better condition, then this course is for you – the ever-popular and most longstanding of the OL courses. Some clear classroom education followed by a demonstration and then lots of hands on pruning practice. With Jane Schofield & Tattwa Gyani Non-Members: £14.00…

Join our Orchard team for a day to learn how and why we prune fruit trees in Winter The day will include an introductory talk and tour of the Orchard, followed by expert tuition in pruning and an opportunity to get hands-on with helping to prune Acorn Bank’s apple collection under the supervision of our Orchard team. Teas, coffees and a 2 course lunch will be provided by our tearoom. Please wear sturdy footwear and warm weatherproof clothing. Saturday 7th…

  Saturday 11-Jan-20, from 10.30am to 4.00pm (including lunchtime) Join MSOG’s Andy Howard for a day’s training course, to learn the theory, skills and practice of Winter Pruning for fruit trees such as apple and pear. Discover the different methods and techniques used to shape fruit trees, control their size and influence their productivity. Find out when and how to apply these to suit different circumstances and how to prune pip fruit like apples and pears and stone fruit like…

Saturday 11-Jan-20, from 2.00PM to 4.00pm (2 hours) Donkey Lane Community Orchard, off Keens Lane, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4PF Bring the family and join Greening Chinnor for their first Wassail at the historic Donkey Lane Community Orchard. This delightful 19th century orchard is being restored for community use, education and enjoyment. Help wish good health for the orchard, wealth for the community and a bountiful fruit harvest for 2020. Bring musical instruments, pans and spoons, whistles or anything noisy! Help…

Wassailing event at the Orchard and Bird Hide, White Lady Road, Plymstock starting at 2pm until 4pm. Tree Blessing with Toast, A History of Wassailling Talk, Green Man Wassailing Procession “Old Town 12” Morris Dancers. Bring along torches, lamps, some form of instrument such as a tambourine, recorder or two sticks which can be knocked together. Fancy dress can be worn but not essential. Refreshments available: Apple themed cakes, drinks & cider with small charge. No need to book. Everyone…

Friday 17 January 2020 at 4pm at the orchard. Free community event. We will be joined by “Wild Oats” Morris dancers at The Globe Inn for dancing, also cheese and bread. Please bring along any percussion instruments and battery torches. Spiced cider donated by Westons Cider.

All are welcome to Wassail. Toast the orchard for a fruitful harvest. Bring ribbons, clouties & shining things to dress the trees. Make merry with Pigsty Morris. Bristol Folk Singers raise their voices. Homemade cakes and mulled Orchard juice for sale. Apple trees for sale. To find the Orchard (nearest postcode BS7 8JP) walk down the lane beside 22 Kings Drive (between Bishop Road and Kellaway Avenue), turn left and it’s the first gate on the right. OR take the…

Activities: Join MSOG’s Andy Howard for a hands-on training course to learn the theory, skills and practice of creating new fruit trees via grafting. Find out about the different methods and techniques. Practice these to create two new fruit trees to take home, using your choice of rootstocks and scionwood from Andy’s extensive collection of traditional, heritage and rare fruit trees. Price: £50 for MSOG members. £60 for non-members, who will receive free MSOG membership to 31-Mar-21. Free refreshments will…

Activities: Bring the family and join us for our traditional New Year celebration, to wish good health for the orchards, wealth for the local community and a bountiful fruit harvest for 2020. Bring your musical instruments, pans and spoons, whistles or anything noisy! Help us make a jolly din to chase away pesky spirits as we process round the fruit trees, then fete the decorated ‘King and Queen of the Orchard’ and sing the traditional Wassail songs. Enjoy refreshments and…

Join the ranger team in the ancient tradition of wassailing. Help bless the next crop of apples. All details can be found on the website and tickets have to be booked online.    

Special gathering of pipe, tabor, hurdy-gurdy and other players (as part of The Taborers Society weekend). Special thanks to Rob and Gillian Guest for this music. A Traditional Winter Festival. Hot Food Bar: cider and perry. Wrap up warm, bring a torch, and come and enjoy an evening with the traditional customs of toasting the orchards, wassailing the trees, pouring cider on their roots, with food and singing in the open shed afterwards! Charge for food and drink but free…

Join Andy Howard, experienced fruit tree pruner and owner of the Heritage Fruit Tree Company, for a day’s training course to learn the theory and practice of winter pruning on site in Warwickshire. This Course will take place at George Browning: Feldon Forest Farm, at Frankton, Rugby, Warks, CV23 9PD. George has an orchard with a variety of younger and older trees, in varying states of pruning need with different types, including tip bearers, so you will be to be…

Pruning workshop. Thursday 6 February 2020 10.00am-1.00pm Please book with Dave/Helen at Days Cottage directly. http://dayscottage.co.uk/courses

Pruning workshop. Sunday 9 February 2020 10.00am-1.00pm Please book with Dave/Helen at Days Cottage directly. http://dayscottage.co.uk/courses

Woughton Orchards, off Newport Road, Woughton on the Green, Milton Keynes, MK6 3BD Join us for various maintenance activities, picnics, and general outdoors enjoyment in the orchards. Bring a picnic. Also bring work gloves, pruning shears and pruning saws if you have them. FREE! Donations welcomed towards refreshments Contact: Email Claire at: MSOGChairman@yahoo.com to find out more and confirm attendance

Come and learn how to graft apple trees on this course under the tuition of Ben Raskin, then try and graft your own to take home. Full Details at www.winterbournebarn.org.uk Please contact Robert Beetham for booking on 01179574921 or robert.beetham@phonecoop.coop

Hands on morning in the orchard learning the art of pruning apple trees with the ranger team. Part theory, part practical. Tools provided. Booking essential. This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue. Email:  lydfordgorge@nationaltrust.org.uk  

Spring maintenance with the Cotswold Tree Wardens. Tuesday 17 March 2020. Contact: twgcotswold@yahoo.co.uk. http://www.cotswoldtreewardengroup.org.uk/

Grafting workshop. Thursday 19 March 2020 10.00am-1.00pm Please book with Dave/Helen at Days Cottage directly. http://dayscottage.co.uk/courses

Saturday 25-Apr-20, from 2.00pm onwards, for as long as you want! Venue: Woughton Orchards, off Newport Road, Woughton on the Green, Milton Keynes, MK6 3BD Pack a picnic, spread out a blanket in the Old Cider Orchard and enjoy a lazy lunch outdoors, under the apple blossom. Throw a Frisbee, bob an apple, read a book, chat with friends, make a den with your kids, throw the ball for a dog, sketch the scenery, play a guitar – whatever you…

We will be running a plum and related fruits pruning course on Saturday 6th June near Meshaw. We expect there are many of you who have not dared tackle your crowded and tangled plum trees, for fear of doing the wrong thing! Here is your chance to get it right. Location: Near Meshaw Members £6 Non-Members £7 The course will be led by Judith Lister who has many years experience of pruning. It will run from 10.30 until 1 pm,…

EVENT CANCELLED    The Burghley House Preservation Trust have kindly agreed to host Stamford Community Orchard Group’s Alternative Apple Day. Walled garden tours The history of the walled garden The local varieties of apples Botanical illustrations of local fruit trees Some tips and techniques of fruit tree management Sales of SCOG cards and publications   This will be the first formal chance for visitors to see the recently restored walled garden which is one of the oldest and largest in the country. There…

Outside Oliver Cromwell’s House, Ely, on Saturday October 17th 2020, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm, visit and celebrate 20 years of Apple Day! Come and browse our gift shop (there may be a hidden apple inside) and meet Watergull Orchards selling apples and apple juice. Alongside all the fun, we’ve our longest peel competition, guess the apples in the basket, and of course – find the GOLDEN APPLE – All our competitions are FOC, and you could be in with…

You bring the picnic, we’ll bring the entertainment, all while the grown-ups crack on with some wider park green-space restoration works. ABOUT THIS EVENT Come down to Rose Vale Park, Heald Green for an afternoon picnic and storytelling with Susie Oldfield. Hosted by The Orchard Project. Or get stuck in with The Friends of Rosevale Park team as they tackle some clearance works in the woodland area and have a general spruce-up of the park. We’re taking bookings of four…

Please come along to help us press our local fruit harvest. If you have surplus apples or pears, please bring them along. Come and help chop, scrat and press our apples, and have some free juice on us.    

Open to all. We welcome everyone, especially Longney locals, Longney schoolchildren and GOT members/families and volunteers. Browse the progress made with the mature and young orchards of Gloucestershire varieties and display boards. Juice, cider and perry for sale! BBQ but bring a picnic lunch and something to sit on (we have limited benches and chairs), suitable footwear (ground is uneven). There is a composting loo and running cold water. Please bring your own handsanitizer. Sunday 12th September 2021 at 12-4pm…

Apple identification and expert fruit advice with top RHS fruit judge and grower Gerry Edwards. We will feature a display of apple and crab apples, plus apples trees and fruits for sale. We’ll be joined by members of the Mid-Shire Orchard Group who will be demonstrating apple pressing and chatting about community orchards local to Milton Keynes. We’ll have our charity of the year, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust on hand, plus on the Sunday we are hosting The…

Free hands-on community event celebrating apples and orchards and the part they play in our heritage and culture. Come and help us chop the apples to press into delicious fresh juice. If you have a glut, bring your spare apples to the Apple Amnesty and swap them for a glass of juice. Live music will keep your foot tapping while you enjoy a drink of juice or cider from CAMRA and some good food. Have your mystery apples identified. You’ll…

Celebrating 100 years of St Laurence Orchard, which was planted by soldiers returning from WWI, we will be enjoying apple picking and pressing, music, BBQ, cakes, stalls, orchard tours, interactive art and much more. Suitable for all the family, Southend Apple Day is organised by local mental health and wellbeing Trust Links, who maintain the Orchard with and on behalf of the community. Join us to embrace all things apple! Location map: Click here ·         Free admission ·         Kid Friendly More…

TadApple Day is on Sunday October 17th 10am to 3pm at The Barn on St Joseph’s Street, Tadcaster (opposite the John Smith’s Brewery gates) LS24 9HA It is a free event, run by local volunteers from Tadcrafters CIC to encourage community co-operation and for people to bring along lots of apples to turn into them into juice using our press. Altenatively, you can just pop along for a taste of scrummy fresh juice. If you want to take some apple…

Covid restrictions permitting, Dave Kaspar and Helen Brent-Smith hope to have their usual Apple Day on Sunday 17th October 2021. Times tbc. www.dayscottage.co.uk or check the GOT website nearer the time. Normally (post pandemic), they run a rolling programme of Pruning, Grafting and Bud-Grafting workshops at their Orchard & Rural Skills Centre at Brookthorpe, south of Gloucester, home to their juice, cider, perry and fruit tree business, also home to extensive orchards and a Museum Orchard of Gloucestershire apple varieties.

Activities: Bring your scionwood to share and swap with others, or offer or acquire for a small donation. This event will feature hundreds of rare, local and heritage apple, pear, plum and cherry varieties. They can be grafted on the day (as a paid service) onto purchased rootstocks of choice, or be taken home for grafting to make new fruit trees. This is a really great way to obtain and distribute rare and unusual varieties of fruit tree for gardens,…

Saturday 12th February 10.30- 4.00 Join MSOG’s Andy Howard for a day’s training course, to learn the theory, skills and practice of winter pruning for fruit trees such as apple and pear. Discover the different methods and techniques used to shape fruit trees, control their size and influence their productivity. Find out when and how to apply these to suit different circumstances and different types of top fruit. Learn the difference between winter and summer pruning and when and how to prune pip…

Join MSOG’s Andy Howard for a day’s training course, to learn the theory, skills and practice of winter pruning for fruit trees such as apple, pear, quince and medlar. Discover the different methods and techniques used to shape fruit trees, control their size and influence their productivity. Find out when and how to apply these to suit different circumstances and different types of top fruit. Learn the difference between winter and summer pruning and when and how to prune pip…

The Countryside Restoration Trust are welcoming Hidden Herefordshire to their Orchards at Awnell’s Farm as a location for a morning looking at all aspects of Traditional Orchards. Local orchard enthusiast James Bisset will lead you through a walk and talk on the history and management of Orchards and why this is such an important habitat. You’ll be introduced to recording this Habitat type and some of the wide and varied biodiversity that Traditional Orchards support. Please BYO refreshments (a short…

Join MSOG’s Andy Howard for a day’s training course, to learn the theory, skills and practice of summer pruning for fruit trees including apple, pear, quince, medlar, plum, gages, damsons and cherries.  How summer pruning maximises your fruit growth. Why we summer prune cordons espaliers, step overs and how to do it. Discover the different methods and techniques used to shape fruit trees, control their size and influence their productivity specifically for fruit. Find out when and how to apply these…

Learn the history of budding and why. When and how to collect and store bud wood. Different types of rootstocks and reasons for selection. Different methods of summer budding and their pros and cons. Best tools to use. The best methods for sealing the graft. Plant aftercare and how to make sure your graft takes. £65 for MSOG members. £75 for non-members, who will receive free MSOG membership to 31st March 2023. Free refreshments will be provided, but please bring your…

Apple Day at Easton Lodge Garden is going ahead. The East of England Apple and Orchard Project and PTES will be with us to provide orchard and fruit-growing advice, show the wide range of apples grown in the region and help visitors identify any apples they bring with them. Uttlesford Beekeepers will be showing a hive in action, and selling produce. Children’s activities and apple juicing.  Gates open at 11.00am until 5pm (last entry 4pm). Adult Entry – £4.50 Children…

Learn all the skills you need to help identify the fruit you maybe growing. What parts make up an apple? How to categorise which shape it is? The difference between cavities and basins et al. How to identify other top fruit or not! Books to utilise. On line help and support. Tricks and unique identification traits. The Long Term I.D. “ Forensic pomology!” £65 for MSOG members. £75 for non-members, who will receive free MSOG membership to 31st March 2023.…

The annual Apple Day is happening again this year and will be in the Market Place from 9.00am to 3.30pm. A community event intended to celebrate the harvest, make the most of apples grown in Newbury’s gardens and have fun making apple juice. Town Crier to Ring in Newbury Apple Day – at 10.30am the Newbury Town Crier will be in Newbury Market Place inviting people to take part in Newbury Apple Day. Children and adults are all welcome to…