East of England Apples & Orchards Project
@orchardsproject
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A UK charity which works to safeguard the apple, pear, plum and cherry varieties and orchard habitat of Beds, Cambs, Essex, Herts, Lincs, Norfolk and Suffolk.
East Anglia
Joined June 2015
Season's Greetings to all our supporters, followers and friends.
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Thanks to players of the People's Postcode Lottery a grant from the Postcode Places Trust means we can now attend more events and deliver more local variety fruit trees across the region. @PostcodeLottery
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Would Bagpuss bring something like this to Stamford Apple Day at the Arts Centre on Saturday 1st October?
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June 6th - and having been stored in a cool shed since October 2020 our Norfolk Beefing cookers are still perfectly OK. What a remarkable old variety this is !
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Just lining out customer orders. Thanks for helping us preserve our heritage orchard varieties. More at
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Listen, learn, and be inspired.
bbc.co.uk
Raymond Blanc spent decades growing an orchard. He explains to Dan Saladino why it matters
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Not super-sized cherries but blood red 'Norfolk Beefing' apples ripening in the East of England Fruit Collection.
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Live in Beds, Cambs, Essex, Herts, Lincs, Norfolk or Suffolk and missing Apple Days? Don't worry, you can always post us your unidentifed fruits for naming. Contact us for more details.
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time for some overdue haircuts in our fruit collection
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RT @ChrisGPackham: HS2 - AN IMPORTANT UPDATE . Following the High Courts decision to decline my application for a Judicial Review in April….
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Hovering humming bird-like, a Dark Edged Bee-fly enjoys our Laxton's Supreme plum blossom. @orchardsproject
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A busy afternoon sorting new season stock destined for local schools and community groups. For latest availability:
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Trowbridge Apple Festival won't take place in historic orchard for first time
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A class act as Astley School pupils finish their new orchard. That's over 400 schools orchards now completed, and counting.
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Busy times in the packing shed - just dispatched 350 fruit trees to 61 customers, of which 46 were local schools.
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Don't worry it was a four year old Warner's King apple tree. The ten foot high shelter belt didn't seem to work that day!
Please tell me that's not a Hambling Seedling :))
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Down, but not out - if summer gales become the norm we'll all have to start using stronger tree stakes in future
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Make sure you make it too on Sunday 16th October @GressenhallFW. @orchardsproject and much more.
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It's autumn, so seek out and support your local growers and visit a nearby apple day. You'll be amazed at what you might find.
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