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Orchards Under Threat
Orchards under threat Orchards are disappearing from the eastern counties for several reasons:replacement with other crops - as fruit growing becomes uneconomicredevelopment for housing and industry – affecting both young and old commercial orchards, older traditional orchards and also garden orchardsneglect and abandonment If you are concerned that an orchard or a prominent fruit tree,...
Orchard wildlife
Orchards are very good for wildlife, but some are better than others. You can take action to manage your orchard for the benefit of wildlife, as well as being a source of fruits to eat and a place to enjoy.The worst orchards for wildlife and biodiversity generally are modern commercial ones, where the trees are...
Growing fruit trees
Informative and easy-to-follow, our free guides will help you with every aspect of growing orchard fruit successfully. Click on a title to view and download. Planting fruit trees Planting and caring for apple and pear trees Planting and caring for plum and cherry trees
Useful Links
General Interest The British Beekeeping Association www.bbka.org.uk This is the UK’s largest membership organisation dedicated to promoting honeybees and bee related products. Common Ground www.commonground.org The charity which launched National Apple Day in 1990 and which continues to champion local distinctiveness, diversity and many aspects of our cultural heritage. A publisher of numerous helpful apple and orchard related...
School Resources
Orchards are a fantastic teaching resource for schools, offering outdoor learning across the curriculum, enhancing school grounds and increasing biodiversity.We’ve been supplying orchard tree packs to schools for many years, often with external funding enabling us to provide these resources for free. In Norfolk we have a business sponsor supporting our Orchards for Schools scheme,...