Events

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

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 […]

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 […]

Wirral Pomona Society will be at the market with their press, so bring your apples and pears along, and containers or bottles, and take home your own freshly pressed juice. Support local farmers and award-winning artisan food producers at the market.   Free entry and parking

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 […]

Join us in our Walled Garden for our Apple Day Celebration on Sunday, 4th October from 11am to 3pm!   Celebrate the orchard at our annual apple day celebration! We have something for all ages: live folk music, beekeeping, green woodworking, garden tours, children’s activities, food & crafts market....rain or shine. We are ensuring that the […]

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 […]

This one day workshop is aimed at people who care for community orchards, especially those planted in the last 5 years. The emphasis will be on pruning and care of apple trees but can be applied to pear trees too. There will also be a focus on how to protect the trees and management of […]

This one day workshop is aimed at people who care for community orchards which have been planted in the last three years and require initial pruning.  The emphasis will be on the pruning and care of apple trees but can be applied to pear trees too. Formative pruning of new trees will also be demonstrated. […]

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 […]

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), […]

The Orchard, Brimstage Hall, Brimstage Road, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 6JA A guided walk round a traditional orchard, pick/taste heritage varieties of apple, pear and plum. Visitors can bring their own apples to crush in a reconstructed 18th century cider press, make juice or cider to take away. Information & advice given about planting, tree care, […]

Painswick Apple Day is taking place on 19th September as part of the Painswick Feast Day, From 11am to 4pm but apple pressing will probably stop around 2.45 for the Clypping parade and service. Full details are on their website here: http://www.painswickfeast.org/

HARTPURY ORCHARD CENTRE Home of the National Perry Pear Collection Blackwell’s End GL19 3DB   PERRY PEAR DISPLAY hopefully about 80 varieties depending on the crop! PLOUGHMANS + TEAS 12noon – 5pm Perry and cider for sale, books, leaflets, and orchard themed gifts. Come and enjoy an autumn afternoon in the countryside, with wonderful views. […]

Orchard and Hopyard Pavilion GOT stand will have books and juice for sale. Jim Chapman will have his usual Hartpury Orchard Centre stand with perry pear display and perry pear identification service (small fee please). All in the wonderful Orchard and Hopyard Pavilion.

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 […]

Celebrate all things apple at Audley End. With over 150 varieties of delicious apples in our organic kitchen garden, our expert gardeners will be on hand to share top tips, tours and demonstrations for green fingered fans. All this and music playing traditional tunes throughout the weekend makes this event the apple of everyone’s eye!

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 […]

Join us for a celebration of apples, pears, medlars , quinces and other orchard fruit in the gardens of the beautiful Grade 1 listed Ordsall Hall.   Event contact: horticulture@scll.co.uk  

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 […]

Display of hundreds of fruit varieties Fruit tasting and purchase Fruit trees can be ordered for delivery/collection from mid-November onwards Pruning demonstrations on request Apple display extends pretty much through to the end of the year. Advice and guidance on fruit trees and orchard planting available 7 days a week.   Free entry

Come and meet The Friends of Kenworthy Orchard and The Orchard Project team. Juice some apples on our fantastical machine PedalPedalSquishSquish and be entertained with Apple Themed Stories with professional storyteller Susie Oldfield. Free entry

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 […]

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 […]

Come and meet The Friends of Platt Fields Park and The Orchard Project team. Juice some apples on our fantastical machine PedalPedalSquishSquish and be entertained with Apple Themed Stories with professional storyteller Susie Oldfield.

How many ways can an apple nourish us?  Join us and find out on October 23rd as the museum celebrates Apple Day 2021!   We’ll be running an entire day of fun crafts, tours, and activities for visitors of all ages! You’ll be able to see live demonstrations of our apple press, and taste-test a tantalising variety of apples and freshly-squeezed juice. […]

Margam Park's Apple Day where TOP will be demonstrating juice-making with our brand new kit. We’ll be getting the public involved in making juice and will offer tastings. Plus we'll have a display of heritage apple varieties. Other activities on the day will include music and food plus family activities.

Come and meet The Friends of Rose Vale Park and The Orchard Project team. Juice some apples on our fantastical machine PedalPedalSquishSquish and be entertained with Apple Themed Stories with professional storyteller Susie Oldfield.

(Run in partnership with FarmEd) Fruit trees have been grafted for centuries around the world, yet the number of people with this skill in the UK is diminishing year after year. In this workshop, led by Orchard Architect and Nurseryman Andy Howard of the Heritage Fruit Tree Co., you will learn how to graft your own […]

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 […]

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 […]

Come and learn how to graft apple trees on this course under the tuition of Ben Raskin, a previous commercial fruit grower and an enthusiastic, effective and very knowledgeable teacher, now Head of Horticulture at The Soil Association. Please see this website for more details and to book. Cost £45, tea coffee and biscuits will […]

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 […]

Join FarmED's Orchard Designer Andy Howard to learn the theory, skills and practice of winter pruning for fruit trees such as apple and pear. On this workshop you'll discover the different methods and techniques used to shape fruit trees, control their size and influence their productivity. You'll also find out when and how to apply […]

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. […]

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 […]

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. […]

29 - 30 July 2022 (midday to midday) Join us for a 24-hour wildlife BioBlitz in/around Tehidy Orchard in Tehidy Country Park (parking available via North Cliffs – Rangers Office entrance). Meet experts to learn about the species that call Tehidy home. Learn about the importance of orchards and other habitats in supporting and improving […]

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 […]

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 […]

Come along to the Apple Day at Tring’s historic WWI smallholding orchard. Purchase heritage apples from Cam Valley Orchards and bring your unknown apples for expert ID by Anna Baldwin. Support local produce stalls, get involved with apple pressing, see fantastic craft stalls, including spinning, weaving, and wood turning. There will also be fruit tree […]

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 […]

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 […]

Come and join us and the Friends of Bedfords Park and Walled Garden for a celebration of all things Apple. Apple press and bottling. Freshly pressed juice from the walled garden's own orchards will be on sale. Bring your own apples to press - bring clean bottles or containers with you. Free orchard and fruit […]

Come to the Orchard and meet some of the “Orchardeers” caring for this 3 acre Traditional Orchard in Chipping Campden. After saving the orchard from development plans, The Campden Society and The Friends of Wolds End Orchard have been working together to conserve this beautiful corner of glorious Chipping Campden. We have 90 trees with […]

Woolley Firs has a wide range of top fruit from medlars, quince and heritage apples, including local varieties, to modern sweet, crisp and juicy eaters. Join us for apple day and taste our varieties, make some speciality juice and learn more about apples from our experts. This is the way to choose a variety to […]

Saturday 15 October 2022 - 11.00-16.00 It will be held at the Recreation Ground, Mackney Lane, Brightwell cum Sotwell OX10 0SQ. Highlights include Paul Chilton's giant display of over 100 varieties of apple and pear grown in the village, apple tasting, pressing and juicing, every variation of apple cakes, children's apple activities, chutneys, plus tours […]

Weekend rural events in and around Much Marcle Location: In and around Much Marcle, Herefordshire.  HR8 2LY will take you to Hellens Manor (Venue 7) Free entry to all nine venues. A small charge may apply to some special events, bookable in advance. A celebration of orchards, apples and cider in the Herefordshire parishes of […]