About us
East of England Fruit Collection
East of England Fruit Collection This unique orchard, at our West Raynham HQ in Norfolk, holds examples of around 270 varieties of apple, pear, plum and cherry varieties which come from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. It covers over 5 acres and is recognised as nationally and internationally important. Most of the...
Funders & Partners
EEAOP’s funding is generated through the sale of heritage fruit trees, from its educational programme, membership fees and general donations. It is supplemented by awards from various grant awarding bodies and corporate sponsorship, usually for specific projects. Recent and current funders include: Heritage Lottery Fund The HLF funded our three year ‘Orchards for Schools’ project...
What we do
EEAOP works in an advisory and educational role, promoting the planting of local orchard fruit varieties and the preservation of orchards in the east of England. We also provide training in orchard skills, a fruit identification service, undertake research into the region’s orchards and fruits and produce local variety fruit trees for sale. Since 2003...
Who we are
EEAOP is a registered charity and membership organisation. We promote the planting of local orchard fruit varieties and the preservation of orchards in the east of England. The region’s heritage includes around 270 varieties of apple, pear, plum and cherry and their orchard habitat. Since the 1960s we’ve lost over 60% of the orchard habitat...