We have appeared in a fair amount of regional and local media recently. You might have caught us on BBC Radio Cornwall last weekend following a visit from Matt Shepperd to the new community orchard in Redruth at Trenoweth Estate. Michelle from ROC along with local resident Shelley (who also volunteers at St Day Community Orchard)Continue reading “Recent local & regional media appearances”
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Redruth Orchard Project Update Summer 2023
Scything the landWe organised scything training for members of Redruth Orchard Project in June run by Kevin Austin and Tom Waters from Skyegrove Farm, alongside members of St Ives Community Orchard at their site. Everyone learnt about the benefits of scything in place of strimming or machine mowing within an orchard setting. Not only isContinue reading “Redruth Orchard Project Update Summer 2023”
Redruth Orchard Update
Redruth Community Orchard Project Update May 2023 Trenoweth Community Orchard, North Country, RedruthWe are two years on from when initial investigations started to find a site for a community orchard for the people of Redruth. It’s fantastic to know we now have 24 fruiting trees planted in the new space at Trenoweth Community Orchard; designed,Continue reading “Redruth Orchard Update”
‘Prederow a-dhann avalen’ Thoughts from under an apple tree
Thank you so much to Tony Phillips from Klass an Hay for writing this and sharing some Cornish language with us. We really enjoyed the Cornish language session at Tehidy Orchard BioBlitz last summer and were really glad he agreed to write some of this up for us here. To learn more Cornish language withContinue reading “‘Prederow a-dhann avalen’ Thoughts from under an apple tree”
Redruth Orchard Project
We are appealing for £2,000 from our community to contribute to our Redruth Orchard Project that seeks to: 1. Create a new Community Orchard/s2. Work with the local community to maintain & rejuvenate existing orchards and fruit trees.3. Share traditional orchard skills, provide more apple pressing opportunities using the new community apple press, and other apple relatedContinue reading “Redruth Orchard Project”
New Community Orchards
We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to gain land permissions to plant a new community orchard at North Country, Redruth. Redruth Town Council, Forests for Cornwall, Cornwall Council and Cormac have all helped get us to this point where we can actually get going! Hooray! Work has begun by a group of local peopleContinue reading “New Community Orchards”
Species & overall report of Tehidy Bioblitz
Read some excerpts below and follow the link to get the full report here:Tehidy Bioblitz 2022 – Event Report “A 24-hour BioBlitz event took place in Tehidy Country Park, running from midday on Friday 29 July to midday on Saturday 30 July 2022. The event was delivered jointly by Sally Luker and Derek Green fromContinue reading “Species & overall report of Tehidy Bioblitz”
Tehidy BioBlitz 2022
What a fantastic BioBlitz event at Tehidy Orchard and surrounding area! A massive shout out to Budding Nature CIC and the amazing team of volunteer experts who helped us record species and teach people (including me – I learnt lots!) how to search for and I.D. different creatures and plants. Over 100 people, around halfContinue reading “Tehidy BioBlitz 2022”
Join the BioBlitz at Tehidy Orchard
There’s been a 74% loss of traditional orchards across the South West which was home to the largest area of orchards at the beginning of the 20th century. Traditional orchards are well known as fantastically biodiverse spaces and home to rare species partly due to the combination of tree spacing, grass and meadow between fruitingContinue reading “Join the BioBlitz at Tehidy Orchard”
Summer pruning workshop at Kehelland Horticultural Trust
Why prune in Summer? Why in Winter? Have an overgrown espalier? – July and August is the time to prune espalier trees, when growth is starting to slow down. We will be working in the fantastic espalier orchards at Kehellend Horticultural Trust ‘s 16 acre site. Our aim will be to encourage fruit for nextContinue reading “Summer pruning workshop at Kehelland Horticultural Trust”