Growing the future for heritage fruit

Welcome to the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

We’re the charity that’s here to make sure our local apple, pear, plum and cherry varieties survive and thrive across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

We maintain the East of England Fruit Collection; orchards growing every variety unique to the region, and we have trees of all of them available to buy.

    Discover our region’s heritage fruit varieties and all about planting and maintaining fruit trees, community and school orchards, events such as Apple Days and workshops, volunteering and membership.

We offer advice and guidance at all levels, from planting a single tree to large orchard projects for farmers, landowners and public bodies.

We’re open!

You can now place advance orders for our bare-root fruit trees for supply next winter

Advance orders from mid-July

All stock will be available for advance orders from mid-July. Order your bare-root fruit trees early for collection or delivery mid-Dec to mid-Mar