Orchardshare
OrchardShare is a community group, run by volunteers who work to conserve and maintain orchards to supply locally grown apples around Bath, UK.
Apple Juice for Sale
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We have lots of our delicious local apple juice for sale, in 75cl bottles.
Happy customers buying our apple juice at Bear Flat Christmas market.
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AGM
We will be holding our AGM on Saturday 7th April at Dry Arch Growers, Holcombe Lane, Bathampton - see map. All those on our email list are welcome to come along. Bring along some sandwiches or food to share for lunch at 1pm. Meeting starts at 1.30. We will provide tea & coffee. It will help us if you can let us know if you're planning to come. Contact info@orchardshare.org.uk
News October 2017
This year we've been successful in gaining funds to help our work. Wessex Water's Conservation Foundation has just given us funds to buy some new tools. As we get more volunteers we need things like long-handled apple pickers in the autumn and loppers for pruning in the winter. The money will also contribute to volunteer expenses and help us to buy some new trees - many of the trees in our orchards are starting to age, so it's good to regularly plant young ones. This builds on the money that the Naturesave Trust gave us in last spring - we have some shiny new pruning saws and secateurs thanks to them.
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Volunteer WorkdaysCome along and help us look after our beautiful orchards. We'll show you what to do. At this time of year, the work is mainly pruning. We will be working at different orchards as required.
Potential working days will be Fridays and Saturdays until March 3rd. Exact dates will depend on weather. Likely dates/locations are: Friday 2nd Feb: Bathampton, 10am to 1pm Friday 9th Feb: Bathampton, 10am to 1pm Saturday 10th Feb: Wellow, 1pm to 4.30pm Friday 16th Feb: Bathampton, 10am to 1pm Check our posts on twitter or facebook for further details, or contact Tim: timjbaines@yahoo.co.uk or 07886 248147. Locations For Wellow, meet in Old Station car park, at the specified start time. The orchards is a few minutes walk from there. If you're coming for the first time and think you may be late, please phone Tim and let him know. For Northend, meet at Batheaston car park, at the specified start time, and we will car-share from there (the orchard is a few minutes drive away, and has very limited parking). If you're coming and think you may be late, please phone Tim and let him know. For Dry Arch (Bathampton), we are at Holcombe Lane, Bathampton - see map. What to Bring Bring strong footwear, and working gloves if you have them. We'll have a break in the middle of the work period, so bring something for a picnic lunch. We usually have tea/coffee (and sometimes cake!) available. We may be able to reimburse your travel expenses. Sessions may be cancelled if the weather is bad. Contact Tim if in doubt. |
Further information
For general enquiries, contact info@orchardshare.org.uk
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