Time to Wassail
Celebrate the ancient tradition this January With 73% of the nation recognising they don’t know their neighbours very well, and less than half engaging in community activities, why not get involved...
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Birmingham Orchard Leader Training
Help Britain blossom by training to be an Orchard Leader in Birmingham. Contact Birmingham Project manager Rob on rob@theurbanorchardproject.org for more details and to register your interest.
View ArticleGlasgow, Free Community Orchard Design Course
TRAINING FULL Thanks to everyone for your interest, there are no more places remaining on this training. Keep an eye here on our website and on Facebook for more ways to get involved with community...
View ArticleKirkton Park, Bathgate Orchard Leader Training
Help Britain blossom by becoming an Orchard Leader in Scotland. Would you like to learn how to grow fruit, meet your neighbours and help to plant an orchard for the benefit of your local community? We...
View ArticleFife, Community Orchard Training
Are you in central Scotland and interested in learning more about community orchards? Come along to our free training day in Fife to learn new skills, share ideas and develop a seasonal calendar of...
View ArticleGreater Manchester Wassail
Helping Britain Blossom and the Friends of Longford Park (FOLP) will be planting a new orchard and holding a Wassail on Sunday 17th January in Longford Park, Stretford, Greater Manchester. The new...
View ArticleSeed & Tree Festival, Glasgow
Come along to our Seed & Tree Festival, co-hosted with Common Good Food, in Glasgow on Saturday 6th February. There will be a great afternoon of orchard activity including a wassailing song...
View ArticleA Midsummer Wassail in Greater Manchester
Join us in Rochdale for a mid-summer wassail and the launch of Helping Britain Blossom’s latest enterprise project for Greater Manchester. We’re working in partnership with Rochdale Rangers, local...
View ArticleGardeners’ World Live
If you’ve ever wondered how to plant or restore a community orchard now is your time to find out. Help is on hand at the Gardeners’ World Live show in Birmingham from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th...
View ArticleCelebrate Apple Day across Leeds
If you’re based in Leeds and the surrounding area you have no excuse not to get involved in some Apple Day activities this October. From apple juicing and cider making to longest peel competitions and...
View ArticleSalford Community Orchard Pie Contest
Saturday 22nd October, Ordsall Hall, Salford Slice up your apples, roll out the pastry and get your pie dishes at the ready! It’s time for the first ever Salford Community Orchard Pie Contest, in...
View ArticleSheldon Country Park, Birmingham Apple Day
Friends of Sheldon Country Park, rangers and students from Solihull College joined us to get stuck in with typical autumn orchard care activities at the Sheldon Country Park community orchard to get...
View ArticleAberfoyle Apple Day
Scotland’s heritage apple varieties will be ripe for tasting at the first ever Apple Day celebration at Aberfoyle Community Orchard near Stirling on Saturday 22nd October, 1-4pm. Traditional varieties...
View ArticleVilla Street Community Garden Apple Day
Apple pressing, tasting, peeling and even volcano making are just some of the activities involving apples that will be going on at a Hereford community garden and orchard on Tuesday 25th October in...
View ArticleDesigning a Community Orchard, Glasgow
Saturday 26th November 10am-4pm Calton Learning & Heritage Centre, 423 London Road, Glasgow, G40 1AG Join us for this free day of training and learn all about designing an urban community orchard....
View ArticleTree Dressing Day in Mayow Park Community Orchard
Head along to Sydenham’s Mayow Park Community Orchard on Sunday 4th December for a winter orchard celebration and dress a tree for Tree Dressing Day! Tree Dressing Day, initiated by Common Ground in...
View ArticleLeeds Orchards Live
We’re celebrating Leeds’ growing orcharding culture at Leeds Orchards Live on 14th January, this is the event for anyone interested in community orchards in Leeds or LS postcode areas. We’ve got £3000...
View ArticleJoin us for a Wassail in Stockport
Helping Britain Blossom, in Partnership with The Wildlife Trusts and Heaton Mersey Village Conservation Group presents The First Heaton Community Orchard Wassail. There will be lots of fun activities...
View ArticleSummer Orchard Day – Glasgow
Come and learn about the North Kelvin Meadow Orchard and how to care for the trees for maximum fruitfulness and health. Summer pruning, mulching, feeding and Q&A. Picnic and fun activities for...
View ArticleFree Guide to Celebrating Apple Day
Click Here to get your free downloadable interactive guide to Apple Day 2017 with ideas on fun activities you can do to celebrate British apple growing and community orchards in October. We have put...
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