Nick Malden
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Nov 27
November News
Apple Day This has become a special date in our village calendar. Seeing the delight, curiosity and buzz of so many people, families, and friends chatting and enjoying all the activities and produce on offer makes the weeks of preparation worthwhile. It was another joyous day with around 580 visitors, so including all our wonderful …
Sep 17
Apple Day and more…
Apple Day Sunday 1st October 2.00-4.30pmNow we have Apple Day – the orchard’s Big Day – to look forward to on Sunday 1 October (see poster below). Posters will shortly appear around the village. Thank you to everyone who has offered help, cakes or preserves. We would value a few more helpers to allow our lovely …
Apr 17
Orchard Flowering Herbaceous Plants
As you may know, a group of members have been surveying the wildlife of the orchard over the last two years starting with a wildflower survey in 2021 and 2022. We now have a comprehensive list of over 100 flowering herbaceous plants that flower through the different seasons in the orchard and our aim by …
Jan 05
Tree Group AGM and Talk – Thu 2nd March
Our AGM will take place on Thursday 2 March 2023 in the Wolvercote Baptist Church Hall at 19:30 hrs. Film maker Zuleika Kingdon and producer Jacqui Doughty will tell us about a tree planting project in Uganda ‘The Rwenzori Rainmakers’ which they are documenting. Their story is one of a community tackling the climate crisis by restoring degraded land, creating diverse habitats for trees …
Jan 03
Orchard Hedge Planted
As we promised we have now planted the new hedge saplings along the back fence in the Wolvercote Community Orchard, protected with some guards from “repurposed” from under the A34 to hopefully deter the badgers and rabbits who do like to dig! They are getting plenty of water at present but we are keeping watch …
Oct 10
Apple trees donated to Fairclose Farm
Our latest tree planting project was to donate six apple saplings of different varieties to Fairclose Farm which were planted on Sunday 9th October 2022. Each tree was planted inside the zigzag fencing giving it some extra protection from the sheep. We will be able to watch these grow as we walk past the orchard. …
Sep 19
Apple Day 2nd October
A fun afternoon for all the family to celebrate the humble Apple and Autumn harvest in the Wolvercote Community orchard. Lots of traditional games and crafts, apple tasting and sales of orchard fruit produce.
Aug 23
Orchard Closed
Reluctantly, we have had to close the Orchard from today (23rd August) to protect the crop for Apple Day in early October. Unfortunately, some of the trees have been stripped, and with the drought reducing the crop size we have decided to close earlier than normal. Members of the Tree Group are still welcome to …
Feb 16
Tree Group AGM Thurs 24 February 2022
Wolvercote Tree Group Notice of AGM Thurs 24 February 2022 The Wolvercote Tree Group Committee is calling an AGM for Thursday 24 February – please scroll down to read the formal notice and agenda. The main business will be to receive and approve the report from the Chair and Tree Group accounts (below) for the …
Jan 08
Aerial view of the Community Orchard
Here is a winter view of the orchard taken by Marcus Roberts using a drone. It may be possible to map in some detail using the original as it has a resolution accurate to 3cm!
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