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ENGLAND

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BEDFORDSHIRE

Saturday 17th October,  The Luton Hoo Walled Garden, Luton Hoo Estate, Luton LU1 3TQ.  An exciting gala celebrating the pumpkin and the apple featuring a huge display of apples.  As well as a huge variety of apples on display from the East of England Orchard Project there will be apple tasting and apple trees for sale. The Bedfordshire County Archive will be putting on an exhibition entitled “Apples in the Archives”. Stallholders will offer an array of pumpkins and apple related goods and visitors will be able to watch local country craftsmen, beekeepers, basket makers and wood turners. Children’s activities include story reading, apple printing, pumpkin decorating and a pumpkin and apple shy.  £4 admission. events@lhwg.org.uk  (01582 721443)

Sunday October 18th Bromham Water Mill & Gallery, Bromham MK43 8LP (3 miles west  of Bedford signposted off the A428 Bedford-Northampton Road). 11.00 - 4.00 EEAOP's full displays plus EEAOP Fruit Identification team. Bedfordshire County Council, 01234 824330 Adult £5.00 children free

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BERKSHIRE

Sunday October 11th   Cross Lanes Fruit Farm, Mapledurham. Reading RG4 7UW. Orchard Open Day 10.00am-5.00pm. A day out with a difference, come and try lots of different apples all bursting with flavour, crisp and juicy. Cross Lanes Fruit Farm grow sixty different varieties of apples, plums and pears. Most of these will be on display with twenty or more varieties for sampling. Taste the difference – all apples grown for full flavour - contrast the pippins, russets, grieves, blenheims and more.  See how the delicious freshly pressed apple juice is made and compare the juices of different apples. Take the opportunity to find out about the work that goes into producing the apples by joining one of the guided walks at 11.00am or 12.30pm and 2.00pm or 3.30pm.  Problems with pest and disease or with your pruning? Displays in the barn will answer your questions. Many surprising stories about apples will be there too. Bees are essential for apple growing and the beekeepers will be keen to share the secrets of the bees with you. There are apple games for the children, apple peelers to try - who can get the longest piece of peel - and delicious apple pies, cakes, jams and jellies to buy. Cider, eggs and plants on sale too. Try your hand at the conkers. The Goring, Woodcote and District Lions will be there running the annual Conker Challenge to raise funds to support Lions charitable activities in the local community.The Farm Shop, selling Cross Lanes apples and pears, juices and honey, will be open all day. Lunchtime barbeque, then teas and apple cake.Entrance and car parking are FREE. info Gill Franklin on 0118 972 3167 apples@crosslanesfruitfarm.co.uk   www.crosslanesfruitfarm.co.uk. The Farm shop is open every Wednesday to Sunday from 10.00am to 6.00pm until the apples run out in January!

Saturday October 17th  Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5EX   2-4pm More info: www.reading.ac.uk/merl Alison Hilton 0118 378 8660 merlevents@reading.ac.uk

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October visit your local Dobbies Garden World in Shinfield to indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. www.dobbies.com11am – 3pm

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BRISTOL

See GLOUCESTERSHIRE and SOMERSET

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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October Buckingham Garden Centre & Nurseries, Tingewick Road, Buckingham MK19 4AE. 10.00-4.00. Identication of Varieties of apple by Mid Shires Orchard Group, fruit and gardening experts, selection of apples for sale, display of 80 varieties of cookers, eaters and crab apples. Apple trees to buy and order, cookery demos, BBONT Wildlife Trust, RSPB. Fruit Identification competition, Apple Treasure Trail. 01280 827910   chris@buckingham-nurseries   wwwhedging.co.uk

16 - 18 OCTOBER LEY HILL BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CIDER & PERRY FESTIVAL. Once again there will be a significant festival up at Ley Hill, supporting Common Ground’s Apple Day and the CAMRA Cider & Perry Month. Between The Crown and The Swan there will be more than 30 ciders and perrys, over a dozen on draft.  The pubs will be providing matching food:  cheeses, sausages, meals and desserts with apple ingredients, typically Bramley.  On Saturday and Sunday there will be entertainment from local acoustic bands. On Sunday, Millwhites will be milling and pressing local apples to produce ‘Ley Hill Cider’.  This is a fascinating process and worth the visiteven if you don’t drink cider. Responsible drinkers can get to Ley Hill on the number 4 bus from High Wycombe via Amersham and Chesham.   The service is half-hourly until early evening; unfortunately there is no Sunday service. Brian Kilbey, Chesham:  e-mail bk1@waitrose.com   Tel. 01494 7876351

Saturday October 17th  Home Cottage Farm, Bangors Road South, Iver Heath, 11- 4pm. Family day out with numerous stalls for local charities, producers and traders – from toffee apples to bric-a-brac and crafts. Lots of children’s activities and events for all ages to watch & take part - dog agility, ferret racing, archery; treasure hunt, face-painting & craft making plus refreshment tents & a BBQ.  Entry will be £2 per car or £1 per family of pedestrians. (07870 338712)  appleday.iverheath@googlemail.com

Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th October Wolverton Apple Week-end in Wolverton, Milton Keynes Farmers Market on Saturday 17th Town Hall Car Park, Corner Creed Street & Stratford Road From 9.00am – 1.00pm Discover heritage apple varieties, Apple facts & recipes, Apple Tree wishes & children's activities. The Community Orchard Sunday 18th (rear Western Road Backway, opp. junc Anson Road) MK12 5AY Free family event from 2-5pm. Apple based refreshments served from our Victorian railway carriage – donations appreciated. Ernie Thomas & his Old Fashioned organ, Punch & Judy, face painting, making crab apple creatures,  Stalls, Get down low and play "Apple Limbo" or pin the maggot on the apple. Games, tree dressing with Apple Tree wishes, quizzes, apple facts and join in the National Longest Peel competition. Bring your own (big) apple & peeler if you like. There will also be peelers available. Further info : email Denise dilett@btinternet.com or phone 01908 316749

Sunday 18th October Collings Hanger Farm (Wren Davis Ltd), 100 Wycombe Road, Prestwood, Great Missenden, Bucks.  HP16 0HP.2-4pm FREE event. Come and celebrate the English Apple on an organic farm in the beautiful Chiltern Hills. There will be apple identification with an expert; Apple varieties on show; Apple produce for sale; A walk around the Organic Orchard; Apple games and activities; Longest apple peel competition; Local produce for sale; Apple based refreshments including our famous “Steam Baked Apples” cooked to perfection in our steam engine.The chance to meet the cattle that live on the farm. Virginia Deradour 07769746323 / 01494 867234 oremail deradour@waitrose.com

Wednesday 21st October pubs in and around Chesham will be promoting cider and apples – especially the Bramley as 2009 is the bicentenary of the Bramley apple.  In Chesham there will be free apple desserts from The Misty Moon (apple pie with every pint of real cider), The Queens Head, The Waggon & Horses and The Wild Rover (after 2pm).  Out-of- town The Black Horse (Chesham Vale), The Crown and The Swan (Ley Hill) plus The Rose & Crown (Hawridge) will feature ‘apples as ingredients’ on their menus. In Chesham there will be baskets of eating apples on the bar at The Cock Tavern, The Jolly Sportsman, The Nash Arms and The Queens Head. Brian Kilbey, Chesham:  e-mail bk1@waitrose.com   Tel. 01494 7876351

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October visit your local Dobbies Garden World in Fenny Stratford to indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. www.dobbies.com11am – 3pm

Saturday November 7th Hughenden Manor  NT 11am -4pm

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CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Saturday 19 September 10-4.00 Willock Farm Orchards, Rummers Lane, Wisbech St Mary, PE13 4UB. East of England stand with advice about apples and orchards, Identification. Apples and juice for sale, RSPB & how to help birds. Fen recycling and how to reduce foodwaste. Apple cakes, orchard walks, pick your own. 70 acres of old orchards, grassland and woodland to explore. David or Sam Wheatley 01945 419035 dkowheatley@aol.com

Sat 3 October Wandlebury Ring, Gog Magog Hills, Babraham, Cambridge  CB22  3AE    10:00-15:30 Celebrating Orchards: a day to enjoy apples and pears, other fruits and woodland things - pruning demonstrations in our traditional orchard, bee-keeping display, produce sale, apple identification and activities for children and more  £2.00 per adult, members £1.00, children free. Carolin Göhler 01223 243830 or ceo@cambridgeppf.org   Please note that the Cambridge Preservation Society has changed its name (... after 80 Years) to Cambridge Past, Present & Future.

October 10th, Burwash Manor, New Road, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7EY – an organic farm that also hosts 15 independent shops and tea-rooms 10am onward. £1 per adult, children under 12 free. EEAOP's full displays plus experts from EEAOP can identify your apples, Jack will juice them for you (bring as many apples as you want along with empty bottles!) and introduce you to varieties you might never have heard of. There will also be fairground rides, food stalls, falconry displays, Shepreth Zoo bringing along some creepy-crawlies, demonstrations of cooking with apples, Punch and Judy, donkey rides, face painting, children's activities, live music and dancers. From 9am to 1pm, you can see vintage ploughing matches and hedge-laying competitions. And all day, you can walk our ‘wild walks’footpaths to see what you can find! Profits to the Sick Children's Trust. Kathryn Brown 07791 905 306 info@burwashmanor.com www.burwashmanor.com

Friday 16th and Saturday 17th October Wisbech Market Place yearly celebration of the 'Apple' in the town centre.There'll be lots of lovely tasty Applely things to buy and FREE Applely items for visitors. Challenge your leg muscles on the Smoothie Bike- here's your chance to pedal to make your very own smoothie. Scrumptious apple pies for sale made with the very best locally sourced apples by Marshland Womens Institute, Toffee & Chocolate apples too! Visit the stall and enter a great, free competition to receive TWO tickets to a sausage and cider event at Wisbech Council Chambers. Bring along grown cooking apple to our stall on the Saturday before 1pm to be weighed. At 1pm the heaviest cooking apple will win an Apple Themed Hamper which has be donated by Julian Graves Ltd in the Horsefair. Other companies that have kindly donated to Apple Day are: Stream Foods in Walsoken and Del Monte Ltd.Plus, Apple Expert Dick Sanders has agreed to come along to the stall on the Friday between 10 am and 1pm. He'll do some demos on grafting and have samples of pests and diseases. If you want some help to identify any apple-bring them along with you. Historic Apple picking photos from the Lilian Ream collection and collect a free updated recipe leaflet with delicious applely treats to cook from around the world. Appleby media design and marketing: 07785913211

Saturday 17th October 10am - 4pm Palace Green, Ely CB7 4EW. EEAOP's full displays plus EEAOP Fruit Identification team. East Cambridgeshire District Council 01353 662062 Free entry

Sunday 18th Oct 12noon – 4pm Haslingfield School, PTA Adult £1, children 50p, family £2.50

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CHESHIRE

Wirral Wildlife (local group of Cheshire Wildlife Trust) are holding 2 Apple Days: -

Saturday  October 3rd at Brimstage Hall, Brimstage, Wirral 2-4pm

Sunday October 4th at Eastham Country Park, Eastham, Wirral 2-4pm. 20 varieties of locally grown apples to taste and juice making using our traditional wooden press. Children can make an appley badge and take part in the 'Longest Apple Peel' competition. Linda Higginbottom, Hon Publicity Officer, Wirral Wildlife Group www.wirralwildlife.co.uk

Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate NT 11.00 - 4.00 orchard trail, human fruit machine, displays, tasings, apple and juice stall, restaurant apple menu.

Sunday October 11th. 1pm – 4pm.  Bickley Hall Farm, Nr Malpas, SY14 8EF – Cheshire Wildlife Trust are celebrating autumn this year by holding a festival at Bickley Hall Farm. Activities will include: Apple pressing and tasting with chutneys and apples for sale;  longest apple peel competition;  Orchard. A chance to look around Bickley reinstated orchard: ‘Food for free’ activity. Looking at nature’s harvest:  Autumn artwork: Birds and nature trails.   Contact: Sharon Speck or Jen Taylor. Tel 01948 820728 or email giving a contact telephone number watchevents@cheshirewt.cix.co.uk

Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th October     Grounds of Reaseheath College, Nantwich, CW5 6DF (01270 613 169) www.raseheath.ac.uk/whatson/index.html

Sunday October 18th  Tatton Park NT, Knutsford WA16 6QN 11- 4pm. A scrumptious Sunday in the gardens to celebrate the wonderful apple. Join in games and children’s activities in the kitchen gardens. Taste delicious varieties from Tatton’s historic orchards and enjoy free 1 hour talks on pruning, training and caring for your own apple trees. Apple goods on sale in the shops and restaurant. (01625 374400).

Sunday October 18th   Walled Garden of Norton Priory Museum & Gardens, Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn WA7 1SX. Celebrate autumn with this fantastic event in the Walled Garden this year. With tours, games, arts and crafts and plant sales, there is something for everyone! 1-4pm Entry charges apply. (Jct 11 off M56, take A558 and follow brown signs). (01928 569895) www,nortonpriory.org

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CORNWALL

Saturday 26 September Cotehele House & Garden, NT, St Dominic, Saltash. Come and enjoy our Apple weekend, tour our orchards, fun for all. Apple pressing, recipes and much more...Normal admission charges.           Cotehele  (01579 351346) cotehele@nationaltrust.org.uk

3-4 October Trelissick Garden. NT 300 varieties on display, some to buy. Experts, tasings,cider pressing, games.

Saturday October 10th Kehelland Village Apple Day.  Daytime activities from 11am until 5pm – Apple exhibition, games and customs, tree dressing with Haylestorm samba band, apple refreshments and barbecue, apple produce and tastings, craftspeople - workshops, demos, displays and sales, shire drawn plough, horse and carriage rides, miniature traction engines, model boats and more! Daytime admission price £1 adults, children FREE. Evening Celebrations until 11.pm with barbecue, bar serving ciders and other local brews, Celidh with Poggles Wood and, headlining, Cornwall’s finest now nationally acclaimed 3 Daft Monkeys. Tickets £6 adult, £4 child, £16 family. This is a disabled friendly event. For information or bookings Tel: (01209) 710887. Sally Pyner, Events Co-ordinator, Kehelland Horticultural Centre, Kehelland  TR14 0DD   sally@sillysalmon.eclipse.co.uk   Mobile: 07773 287 307

Friday 16 October at Penzance's Farmers' Market, in the car park at the top of Causewayhead, Penzance. 9am to around 2pm. Yvonne Bristow,Acting Market Manager, Penzance Farmers' Market 01736 786470; 01736 788202 (office).

Saturday  31st October Church Rooms, Church Lane, Lostwithiel, Cornwall PL22 0DA  Cider Renaissance: the first Lostwithiel cider festival celebrating local cider making. A whole lot of cider [& juice] pressed into one day.12 noon ~ 9pm. Back to the future 12.00 – 2.00 (£2.00*) Learn about Cornwall’s cider making heritage with talks and discussions from local experts with tips for the future - full range of ciders available for purchasing and tasting, including Dr Andrew Ormerod (Eden Project, economic botany research) - ‘potential for orchards in Cornwall for cider and juice’.  2.00-4.30 (£3.50*) Tasting & conversation:  full range of craft and main stream ciders available with producers on hand to answer questions. Bring apples for free pressing. *Entitles day entry. 4.30 – 9.00 (£5) Cider celebration Cider, food from Bellamama and live music from Blue Knives. www.myspace.com/blueknives No Alcohol served to under 18s (ID may be  required) Please drink responsibly, respect our neighbours. For more information www.skyfieldcomms.co.uk/ciderfestival09/ or call 01208 871175

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CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND

September 28th Monday – Friday 2nd October  Sizergh Castle, Cumbria, National Trust. Identification of apples on Tuesday and Thursday. Walks, displays, ID, juicing.

Saturday 3rd October Wordsworth House, Cockermouth. Taste some of Cumberland and Westmorland's apples - Keswick and Carlisle Codlins, apple games, baking, juicing, competitions.

Saturday 3rd October Orchard Barn, 32 Briery Bank, Arnside  admission .50p, children free. Orchard walks, apple identification, cakes and jams, cookery demonstrations, story-telling, children’s games and much more... 10am - 4pm Organised by the Arnside and Silverdale AONB Partnership Barbara Henneberry, Administrator, Arnside/Silverdale AONB, Old Station Building, Arnside LA5 0HG    01524 761034 www.arnsidesilverdaleaonb.org.uk    www.visitbittern.co.uk

Saturday October 17 &  Sunday 18th Beetham Nurseries,  Pool Darkin Lane, Beetham CLA7 7AP    Meet Hilary Wilson ‘The Apple Lady’ on Saturday 17th October. Hilary’s  interest in apples, which began when she was a child, led her to research and source varieties suitable for the wet and cold conditions in this area, she is also an expert in the skill of grafting. Hilary will be on hand to chat and answer your questions. She enjoys helping people to identify their apples. Attractions to include: Wide selection of apple trees including some unusual varieties;  Enjoy apple tasting and delicious home made ‘fruity food’ in our Tea Room. Expert advice on pollination, pruning, pests and diseases & tree selection; we will have many other types of fruit trees including: Peaches, Pears, Plums, Kiwis and Cherries. And on Sunday 18th October the Kendal Beekeepers’ Association have agreed to join us for the day. They were founded in 1945 and have about 40 members, all of whom are members of the British Beekeepers’ Association. They will bring along a glass observation hive with real bees, information on attracting bees into your garden, and a beehive containing photographs so people can see inside ‘safely’, and perhaps even honey to sell. There has been a recent decline in bee populations in the UK and since without bees there would be no apples, Kendal Beekeepers’ will illustrate that beekeeping is not just an interesting hobby but that insect pollination of plants is vital for human and environmental survival. (015395 63630)  www.beethamnurseries.co.uk

Sunday October  18th   Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill, NT, Temple Sowerby, Penrith, CA10 1SP  Apple surgeries, identification and pruning demonstrations with the Northern Fruit Group, apple tasting and sales. Cookery demonstrations with Annette Gibbons. Apple games including bobbing, bowling and the longest peel competition. Penrith beekeepers, The Westmorland Damson Association. Family  workshops including besom making, forest crafts and music making. Local food producers market. Craft demonstrations and stalls. Entertainment from Crook Morris, Punch and Judy, the Froddle Crook mummers, The Eden valley storytellers and the Lakeland fiddlers. archery with the Eagle Bowmen. Plus much more!  11am-4.30pm   017683 61893 acornbank@nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk  admission: Adult £5, Child £3, Family £14, including National Trust members

24 and 25th October. Whitehaven Garden Centre, Meadow Road, Whitehaven. We are putting on a display of many different apple varieties, including many local varieties. Stuart Murfitt, a founding member of The Northern Fruit Group, is organising this, our first Apple Day celebration,  and will be on hand for apple identification, tips and information on anything to do with apples or fruit in general. There will be picture boards giving information on apples and showing apple problems as well as fruit trees for sale. Nicky Murfitt  Whitehaven Garden Centre whitehavengdnctr@tiscali.co.uk

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DERBYSHIRE

Sunday October 11  Calke Abbey NT, Ticknall, Derby DE73 7LE. Join us in the gardens for a celebration of the English apple and orchards. One of the most popular family autumn events with tasting, puzzles and apple advice. 11-4 Normal admission charges. (01332 863822). calkeabbey@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday 17th October 1.00 – 5 p.m. SCARTHIN  BOOKS, The Promenade   overlooking CROMFORD DAM, Cromford, with Beano’s & Matlock Greenpeace Invite you to another Picturesque and Productive Apple Day. In The Ruin if wet. BRING  BOXES OF SURPLUS WINDFALLS (and a chopping board and knife), to be crushed for juice or cyder. Rick Allen’s AMAZING Beam Press will once again be competing for your produce. Entertainment by Ripley Morris and others. Local Fruit for Sale. Scarthin Books Tel. 01629 823272     email  clare@scarthinbooks.com      

Friday 23 & Saturday 24 October Swadlincote Outdoor Market 10 – 4pm.   Come and try lots of different apple varieties and have a go at juice making.  Admission free, no need to book. 01283 535039 Amanda Bell  rosliston@south-derbys.gov.uk www.roslistonforestrycentre.co.uk

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October visit your local Dobbies Garden World Barlborough Links, Chesterfield to indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. www.dobbies.com11am – 3pm

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DEVON

3 October Parke Estate, Bovey Tracey NT help collect apples and press for juice 11.00 - 3.00

3 October Guildhall Square Tavistock. Tamar and Tavey Apple Group - bring your apples to press. 10.00 - 3.00

Thursday October 8 Orchards Live Apple Roadshow, Chulmleigh Town Hall. 7.30 – 9.30 Informal occasion for orchard and garden owners to talk with experts on what to varieties to choose, taste the fruit, juice and ciders made with these varieties. Mysteries of rootstocks, grafting, disease responses, pollination explained… briefly. Light refreshments. £2.50 members £5 on the door. Jane Schofield Hon Sec Orchards Live jane@blackdog.ukf.net

Saturday 10th October  - The Church Hall, Bere Ferrers on the Bere Peninsula between the Tamar & Tavy Rivers -  Organised by the Tavy & Tamar Apple Group. Proceeds will go to various local projects, including the purchase of an apple press. In this Bramley bicentenary year, the Group are pleased to announce that the Apple Fest will be opened at 1.30pm by Celia Steven, the great-granddaughter of Henry Merryweather, the man who first cultivated Bramley apple trees commercially at his father’s nursery in Nottinghamshire. Celia has set up a very successful orchard educational project in Buckland Monachorum. Guest experts, demonstrations and a chance for visitors to bring along their apples and turn them into juice (don’t forget to bring a clean container to take the juice home in!). Where else can you buy a toffee apple made from local apples, olde tyme sweets and apple products such as cakes, pies, sauces - and Devon apples? ‘All about Bees  in the Orchard’ with Ross & Suzy Dyteran, apple advice, pruning demonstration by Charles Stanisland within the adjacent Community Orchard or take a tour of this invigorated very old orchard which has lots of new trees, buy a toffee apple, allow children to participate in apple games and you in a limerick competition; enter Common Ground's Longest Peel Competition; view the world famous Bere Apple Pie Competition judged by celebrated chef Peter Gorton from the Hall of Plenty hotel; apples for sale; participate in some old rural crafts, watch a grafting demonstration, purchase some apple and pear trees supplied by a well established local nursery, buy apple juice from local professional producer, bring your apples and see it juiced in one of two brand new presses and take home the results in your containers, meet fellow apple growers and chat over a cup of tea. ADMISSION FREE! 1.30pm-5pm. Trains to and from Bere Ferrers station on the picturesque Tamar Valley Line. The village community shop and café will be open in the Church Hall from 10am until noon; the Olde Plough Inn is just down the road for lunch, so why not make it a day out in pleasant surroundings! Commercial sellers are welcome and a limited number of stalls are available for hire. Contact Brian Lamb, Greystone Cottage, Bere Ferrers, Devon PL20 7JX, Tel: 01822 841309 E-MAIL Briankay1@tiscali.co.uk

Saturday October 10-Sunday October 11  North Perrott Farm Shop Apple and Craft weekend

Saturday October 10 - October 21st (not Fridays) Knightshayes Court, Bolham, Tiverton EX16 7RQ a culinary celebration of apples, with recipe leaflets to take home NT 12.00 - 2.30 booking not needed. Lesley Taylor 01884 259416

Sunday October 11  10 -5pm   RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington N. Devon EX38 8PH.     Terrace Marquee. A great day out for all the family. Rosemoor’s Apple Day is organised in conjunction with Thornhayes Nursery and the South West Area Fruit Group. With fantastic apple displays, cookery demonstrations, apple recipes, apple tastings, planting and cultivation tips and children’s activities and trails, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Exhibition of apple illustrations by Rosie Sanders from her book English Apples. Normal Garden entry. (01805 624067)   rosemooradmin@rhs.org.uk  www.rhs.org.uk

Saturday 17th October, 10-5.00  Musbury Village Hall, Musbury, near Axminster (on A358 between Axminster and Seaton)  Display of apple varieties; Apple, Apple Juice and Cider tasting; identification (1.00-5.00) by David Squirrel; Apple Pie competition; Apple Pressing; Apple games; Longest Peel Competition.      Media Contact: Ken Couldridge  (01297 552427 or 07949541578). Mike Lock (Musbury Village Show), Glen Fern, Whitford Road, Musbury, Axminster, EX13 7AP. TEL: 01297 551556    mike@glenfern.eclipse.co.uk           

Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th October Eggesford Gardens, Eggesford, Chulmleigh EX18 7QU.  A great weekend to celebrate the English apple. Apple displays – many old and unusual varieties. Apple, cider, liqueur, wine and cheese tasting. Homemade cakes, preserves, biscuits, chocolates and sweets. Apple pressing and lots more. enquiries@eggesfordgardens.com (01769 580250).

Sunday 18th October 10-2 Matthews Hall, Fore St, Topsham.  We will be pressing apples and pears in return for a donation to raise money for Stallcombe House and the Matthews Hall Renovation Fund.  We would also like to develop a Topsham Apple Tree census and map out were trees are.  We also have a team of volunteers who will pick your apples and pears if need be. The Apple Day is part of the Slow Food market at Topsham. More info: Alastair Mumford, 01392 877219 alastairm@kickindustries.co.uk           

Sunday 18 October - Cockington Court & Country Park, Cockington, Torquay TQ2 6XA Apple Day Food & Crafts Festival. Visit our food, drink and crafts marquees; watch as we press apples on the Victorian press and collect freshly pressed juice to take home; take part in children's activities and enjoy entertainment and music throughout the day - a great family day out. 10am - 4pm. Adults £3.50, children free.  (01803 606035) www.countryside-trust.org.uk

Sunday 18 October 11am-4.30pm, Killerton House NT. Celebrate the English apple and enjoy the splendour of autumn colour in Killerton’s garden. Apples for sale, cider-making and tasting, children’s activities – including giant snakes & ladders to play – and an orchard walk. Normal admission charges apply, free to NT members.

Wednesday October 21st APPLE DAY at River Cottage Canteen, Trinity Square, Axminster To celebrate Apple Day we will have lots of apple experts in the Store signing their books and answering any of your appley questions! Apple Lunch and talks…Sue Clifford & Angela King from Common Ground with “The Apple Source Book”, “Apple Games and Customs” and “Community Orchards Handbook”, James Crowden and his award winning book “Ciderland” and Liz Copas with “A Somerset Pomona”. Pam ‘the Jam’ Corbin our River Cottage preserving expert and author of the “Preserves Handbook” will be in the Store in the morning with some of her apple recipes for you to sample. James will also be around in the morning, from 10am, to answer your questions.For more details and to book tickets for the lunch please call us on  01297 631715

Saturday October 24th  Otterton Mill, Otterton, Nr Budleigh Salterton.  11am-4pm     Our ever-popular annual fair, featuring a BBQ of game meats, cookery demonstrations, food stalls from artisan producers, bushcraft, apple bobbing, and our traditional apple pressing with Gordon Hill of Bowhayes Farm. Bring along your apples for crushing into juice (please bring containers). Seasonal fare is also on offer in the restaurant and shop. (01395 568521)

October 24-25th Woodhuish Farm, Kingswear, Dartmouth TQ6 0EF centered round the newly restored Cider Mill we will be celebrating the fruitful harvest and farming crafts. Costumed storyteller Steve Manning will be exploring what it would have been like on the farm a hundred years ago. There will be regular cider making demonstrations and opportunities for people to have a go at pole-lathing, log hewing, and spinning; sheep dog displays, children’s craft activities and farm sausages and burgers on the barbeque.  We are encouraging everyone to bring a bag of their windfall apples to crush and make into juice! £3 Advance booking is essential National Trust, East & South Devon Countryside, The Stables, Saltram House, Plymouth PL7 1UH sarah.baker@nationaltrust.org.uk 01752 346585

Thursday 29 October Thornhayes Nursery, St Andrews Wood, Dulford, Collumpton. To celebrate Apple Day, participants will be sampling and analysing a range of raw and cooked apple varieties with Kevin Croucher,  2-4pm. Cost £11.75.  01884 266746 www.thornhayes-nursery.co.uk

Sunday 1st November Pannier Market, South Molton 10.30 – 2.00. Orchards Live displays, questions answered. OL members invited to drive in and sell apples and apple products but must book space with Jeanne Nightingale 01837 83288. Games entertainments, surprises, drinks, hot food.

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DORSET

Sunday 4th October Broad Oak Community Orchard, New Road, Broad Oak, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2HF 3:30 – 15:30     free.  Apple identifier -  Robin Small, refreshments, Apple peeling, Apple juggler, Cider making demonstration, Cider tasting by Weston’s cider, Music by Tatty  Bogle, Apple Cake competition,  raffle,  Dorset Wildlife Trust goods.  200-300 people expected. Free bus from the centre of Sturminster Newton.   Joy Wallis, Dorset Wildlife Trust, 01305 217974

Saturday 10 October Bridport Community Orchard behind St Mary's Church South Street. Bridport Community Orchard Group/Symondsbury Apple Project 11.00 - 3.00. Display of varieties, apple variety identification, juice, cider, juicing, games. Kim Squirrel 01308 420602, Jill Lloyd 01308 458480 jill.lloyd@virgin.net

Saturday 17 October Burton’s Community Orchard, Shillingstone 12.00 – 4.00. Ploughman’s lunches and cider oor juice frm noon. Apple cake Competition, cakes then sold to raise funds. Also children’s cake competition. Games and stalls. Photo comp. £1 entrance, children free (u 15). Jenny Whitlock 01258 860019

Sunday 18th October Donkey Field Community Orchard, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, 2pm. [The next working party is 11am-1pm, Sunday 4th October to prepare the orchard for Apple Day]. kateofarrell [at] letterboxes.org

Sunday 18 October Quiet Corner Farm, Henstridge, BA8 0RA. Orchard walks, tree nursery, butterfly man, apple juicing demos, children’s games, teas, quiz, Shetland ponies. Bring your own picnic.  1.00 – 4.00.  Tuesdays and Thursdays come and make your own apple juice, bring sweet and sharp apples, 15 or more clean wine bottles with screw tops and picnic lunch. £1.10 for a bottle of pasteurised juice or £1.50 if you use Quiet Corner apples. Allow two hours, apron and wellies advisable. Other times by arrangement. Patricia Thompson 01963 363045

Thursday 22nd October. 9am to 7pm Milton Abbey School, Blandford Forum ADMISSION: NOT OPEN, school only. Rural school – 240 pupils aged 14 to 18.  The Hospitality catering department (running a BTEC National Certification in Hospitality) have been challenged by the Art department to a cooking competition. The Hospitality team will be catering students, the Art invitation team will be adults and pupils chosen by the teacher Mr. John Hinchcliffe. Each team will produce an apple tart and an apple cake to be judged by outside, independent judges. A bottle of bubbly to the winners!  30 students and staff involved.

October 24th Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester 1 mile east of Dorchester on A35. 10am-4pm. Horticultural students have researched the cultivation of a range of fruit and vegetables. Their colourful harvest will be displayed and sold at the end of the day. Farmers' Market. Competitions, prizes, plants, demonstrations, cider, fruit, cakes, jams, chutney, oils and vinegars, cheeses and more. Take part in painting pots, candle making, make your own apple animal. Rediscovering lost varieties... . Advice and identifiction by Royal Horticultural Society experts so bring along your unknown apples.  Apple Day has enabled the rediscovery of varieties thought to have become extinct. The Profit apple was rediscovered at Kingston Maurward, Dorset in 2001.    Admission adults £2, children free. 10.00 - 4.00. Visit the gardens in beautiful autumn colours (£2 extra).   Contact Ruth Whitty on 01305 215183 for more information.

Sunday 25th October Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Rd, Poole, BH15 1UG as part of Bite the Lighthouse - ScreenBites amongst the 13 hour celebration 11.00 > of feature films and food, documentaries and demonstration cooking, music and farmers market  :  Sue Clifford, Director of Common Ground – originators of Apple Day – will be giving an illustrated talk about Orchards and Apple Day at 2.30.  www.screenbites.co.uk 01963 32525

Thursday 29th October Mill House Cider Museum, Owermoigne, nr Dorchester DT2 8HZ. A day of Traditional Cider Making. Apples will be crushed and pressed using the antique equipment - a chance for people to see the traditional way of making cider in the flesh. There will also be demonstrations of how cider can be made at home using simple everyday items, as well as games, face painting, folk songs, hot mulled cider and Dorset Apple cake on sale. (01305 852220) contact@millhousecider.com

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DURHAM

Sunday 24th October Clayport Library, Millennium Place, Durham DH1 1WA Apple Fest @ Clayport Library Taste some local English apples grown around the county-bring some of yours to share 10-3.30pm Longest peel competition-win a composting bin courtesy of Durham County Council. Guided walk to Old Durham Gardens with David Butler, Meet Clayport Library 10.30am (please book). Sample some delicious apple dishes and swap your favourite apple recipes  11-2pm. Appley songs rhymes and crafts  2.15pm (drop in). Apples in the archives, nurseries and other interesting facts .Talk by Jennifer Gill 2pm (please book). Durham Co Co 0191 386 4003 Anita.Thompson@durham.gov.uk

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ESSEX

Sat 26th & Sun 27th 11.00am - 5.00pm Audley End Walled Kitchen Garden near Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4JF. "Bountiful Harvest" event 0870 333 1183 English Heritage entrance fee. EEAOP's full displays plus EEAOP Fruit Identification team

Sun 11 Oct 2009 Apple Day at Copped Hall, Epping CM16 5HS.  It is a way of celebrating the variety and richness of orchard fruits in linking particular apples with their place of origin and hopefully ensuring that they are not lost. Come and join in the fun, play some traditional games, help with the juicing EEAOP's full displays plus EEAOP Fruit Identification team. There will be a display of over 50 varieties, and you can taste before you buy some of the delicious different apples that will be on sale. There will also be refreshments, sales, cakes, lunches, bar, trees to buy, and more.  11:00 to 16:00. (01992 571657) www.coppedhalltrust.org.uk     

Saturday 17th October  Apple Day in The Big Garden, High Woods Country Park, Visitor Centre, Turner Road, Colchester CO4 5JR. Taste the unique apple varieties from Essex. There will be samples of apples and cakes to try. Which ones will be your favourites? Then try your hand crushing apples with our home made crusher, make apple prints and enter the longest peel competition. 12.00-3.00.  (01206 853588) countryside@colchester.gov.uk

Saturday 17th Oct 10am – 4pm Waltham Abbey Garden Orchard, Lee Valley Park Authority ‘King Harold’s Day’ Vicki Sage vsage@leevalleypark.org

Friday, 23 October, 8pm – 11pm Hawkwell Village Hall, Main Road, Hawkwell SS5 4EH South East Essex Organic Gardeners are celebrating Apple Day with a ceilidh on and local band ‘GARLIC SPREAD’ with caller SIBBY . Ticket - £11 (adult); £5 (child under 14), which includes delicious Ploughman’s Supper and glass of Apple Juice. Vegan option available by prior request. Bring your own drink – raffle Carole Shorney SE Essex Organic Gardeners 19 Folly Lane, Hockley, Essex SS5 4SE Tel: 01702 201914 caroleshorney@hotmail.com       http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/seeog/

Saturday 24 &  Sunday 25 October  RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Westerns Approach, Rattendon, Chelmsford CM3 8AT Taste of Autumn : fruit and vegetable displays, advice desk, food stalls, cookery demo, music, childrens activities. Normal garden admission

24 – 31st October Crapes Fruit Farm, Rectory Road, Aldham, Colchester CO6 3RR Display and sales of the seasons varieties from the hundreds of apple varieties grown. 01206 212375 andrew.tann1@virgin.net Time to order boxes for mailing for Christmas and thereafter.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Sunday 11 October Winterbourne Medieval Barn, Church Road, Winterbourne BS36 1SD 14th century Barn - come and press your own fruit. www.winterbournebarn.co.uk

 

Wednesday 21st October South Gloucestershire Council Canteen at Kingswood Civic Centre is laying on a special Apple Day menu.  The menu includes Roast Pork with mint apple jelly with new potatoes, Chicken in apple sauce, Red Pepper and apple curry, served with rice and roasted vegetables.  For dessert there’s apple sponge and custard, apple scone and cream or the great traditional baked apple.  The meals will be prepared with British apples.  A two course meal costs just £2.50. During the lunch there will be an opportunity to find out about the Council’s new Orchard Project that aims to Identify, care for and celebrate our traditional and community orchards.  There will also be a chance to view local photographer Neil Phillips beautiful images of West Country orchards. Find out more about orchards in South Gloucestershire by visiting www.southglos.gov.uk/orchards John Morris, Environmental Projects and Partnerships Officer, Planning, Transportation and Strategic Environment Department.  South Gloucestershire Council. Kingswood BS15 9TR

Saturday October 24th        Gloucester Folk Museum, 99-103 Westgate Street, Gloucester GL1 2PG. See live demonstrations of the horse-powered cider mill, cider press and cider-making equipment. Sample cake and apple juice and bring the children for some fun. (01452 396868).

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October visit your local Dobbies Garden World in Siddington to indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. www.dobbies.com11am – 3pm

APPLE DAY Listings below compiled by the Gloucestershire Orchard Group who cannot be responsible for accuracy of information.

www.gloucestershireorchardgroup.org.uk info@gloucestershireorchardgroup.org.uk Ann Smith 01452 855677 add events to www.gloucestershireorchardgroup.org.uk/community

Saturday 10 October 2009 Leonard Stanley Apple Day between 12 noon and 4pm at Church Farm. MAKE delicious apple juice to take home (free of charge even if you don’t bring any apples!) EAT the best Hog Roast for miles around DRINK mouth watering Mulled Juice SHOP for local produce in the barn LISTEN to live music JOIN IN the free fun! David Newton, by my home e-mail, cole-newton@tiscali.co.uk or home telephone 01453 792172.

Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 October 2009 Dean Heritage Museum in Soudley (Camp Mill) are not holding an Apple Day this year;  instead GOG will be at the Autumn Foray Days on October 10th and 11th. So come along to see our display of Gloucestershire apples, get your friends to join GOG, buy some locally grown apples and talk about orchard stuff like grafting, pruning and Noble Chafers, and of course baffle us with your own apples/pears. You can go out into the Forest on a Foray at 2pm for autumn fruits etc Chris and Derek Foster (thanks to them for time on behalf of GOG). www.deanheritagemuseum.com 01594 822170.

Sunday 11 October 2009 Orchard Harvest Day, Winterbourne Barn, Bristol. 10.30am to 3.30pm.This is part of South Gloucestershire Food Festival and will build on our previous successful years, with plenty of activities for all to enjoy. Celebrate the richness and variety of English Fruit at this 14th century historic barn. There’s fun for all the family, including displays, refreshments of all kinds to keep you warm, food stalls, Rustic Rocket BBQ and fruity games. You can press your own apples and sample local cider, beer and other local produce. Winterbourne Medieval Barn Trust, Church Road, Winterbourne BS36 1SD www.winterbournebarn.co.uk

Neil Phillips photographer: throughout the day vivid images of orchards are to be projected onto the interior walls of the historic and atmospheric barn. More details on Website www.orchardeye.com Neil Phillips Photography, Bristol and the South West 07885 214291                                 www.neilphillipsphotography.co.uk

NB Ongoing project here: Graham White (Mr. Fruit) continues to log sites of Frampton Magnum plums around Frampton Cotterell, Winterbourne and Coalpit Heath. He has asked owners he has visited whether they would care to donate plums. The plan is that he will pick the fruit and transport to a local commercial processing firm for conversion into jam, coulis and chutney. The product is therefore preserved and has added value; the proceeds will go to the Winterbourne Medieval Barn Trust http://www.winterbournebarn.co.uk/index.html  The object is to locally publicise the fruit culture heritage and put fruit back into the agricultural landscape. Several businesses with sustainable interests are keen to use the product, although large scale production is unlikely. Graham White (Mr. Fruit, Fruit Tree Care)    01454 778065     Mob: 07894 165026     mrfruit@btinternet.com

Sunday 11 October 2009 Otter Cottage, Downend, Horsley, Stroud Horsley Orchard Project 10am-4pm - an apple pressing day with their large press (& a smaller one too!). Bring your own apples, or just come along with a chopping board and knife/bottles for the juice!  01453 834672 Liz Lancashire.

Saturday 17 October 2009 Stroud Farmers Market. 9am - 2pm With a special exhibition from Days Cottage (GOG chairman Dave Kaspar & Helen Brent-Smith) of 50 varieties of traditional Gloucestershire apples to see, feel, smell and taste. Bring along your windfalls and a bottle to make juice in our mini-apple press. Learn all about local apple varieties and have free tasters of freshly pressed apple juice.  Dave may be able to identify your fruit, if time.

Saturday 17 October 2009 Stroud Valleys Project Apple Day Come along and celebrate our apple heritage at Holywell Orchard in Cam, near Dursley. 1pm - 4pm  Did your know that over 6,000 different varieties of apple used to be grown in the UK, and that Stroud and Dursley have their own type of apple? We will have an apple press on site juicing some of the apples from Holywell Orchard, and you can bring your own apples (and plastic bottles) to make your own juice.  Apple tasting & longest peel competition. Free event, donations always appreciated. www.stroudvalleysproject.org  01453 753358

Saturday 17 October 2009 Dyrham Park Perry Pear Day 11am-4pm.  National Trust, Dyrham Park, Dyrham SN14 8ER Jim Chapman’s large perry pear display and history.  Bring your own samples for comparison (please note this in informal identification only). The National Trust is celebrating its Perry Cider from its own Pear Orchard. Come along for tastings and tips on growing your own pears and other soft and top fruit. Guided walks and produce for sale in the restaurant.  National Trust charges apply. www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 October 2009 Snowshill Manor National Trust Snowshill, nr Broadway WR12 7JU (11-5.30 with last entry 5pm). Celebrate all things apple-related; displays of many varieties, old and new, plus a juicing machine in action. Taste apples, juices and delicious home-cooked apple recipes in our restaurant. Meet the team of local apple experts. Buy apples, juice and cider. Apple activities for children.Normal admission charges Apply, booking not needed. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-snowshillmanor    01386 852410

Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 October 2009 Westbury Court Garden Apple Days NT 10am-4.30pm. A chance to try and buy apples and other fruit grown at Westbury Court and other National Trust gardens. Taste and buy apples from Roman to Edwardian times. This year we will have an apple/pear crush and press available for members of the public to use free of charge to produce juice from their surplus fruit. Fruit should be pre washed and juice containers brought. Normal admission charges apply Booking not needed. Assistance dogs only. The amount of fruit on sale depends on this years growing conditions. Childrens Apple Quiz sheets available at £1.00 each.  www.nationaltrust.org.uk Jerry Green, gardener-in-charge.  01452 760461.

Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 October 2009 Highfield Nurseries, Whitminster Apple Weekend. We have had many requests to plant up a fruit garden to display as many of the tree shapes and rootstocks as possible to show just how easy it is to fit fruit trees into even the smallest space. We have done this in previous years and is very popular as visitors can see just how easy it is to grow fruit at home.  All our Fruit Experts will be on hand both days to give detailed advice on planting and growing fruit of all types.  We will have several competitions ongoing over the weekend:  'Pumpkin Carving for Children' and 'Name that Apple' . Our restaurant, as always, will be offering a wide range of home cooked food, once again with an 'Apple' theme.  We are planning food tasting of items that can be purchased in our Food Hall which are all from local suppliers. 01452 741444/740266.

Sunday 18 October 2009 OPEN DAY FOR NEW GOG ORCHARD & RURAL SKILLS CENTRE at DAYS COTTAGE, BROOKTHORPE, NEAR GLOUCESTER This is not now an official opening but all are welcome! 10am – 4pm by invitation of chairman Dave Kaspar and Helen Brent-Smith at Days Cottage, Upton Lane, Brookthorpe, Gloucester, GL4 0UT. 01452 855677. No charge. Just turn up. Parking: room for about 20 cars at Days Cottage (one way system now in operation) and more at Brentlands Farm (GOG signs should be up), plus on grass if dry. This is the home of the new museum orchard of Gloucestershire varieties of apple, the new Orchard & Rural Skills Centre, their award winning organic juice, cider & perry business (Days Cottage Apple Juice) and orchards (both young and old).  There will be tours & juice & apples for sale.  Bring your own apples for juicing in their portable press and their commercial press (their staff will be there to operate this).  Can bring own containers to collect juice, but Dave/Helen will have some. Bring apples for informal identification. Bring own picnic and something to sit on, plus umbrellas if wet.  There is limited shelter. Composting toilet (with own stained glass window!!). GOG library should be there, weather permitting. Maximum of two carrier bags full of apples for juicing per household please! 

Sunday 18 October 2009 Oxenhall Apple Day 12 noon – 4.30pm at the Parish Hall. Light refreshments all day, soup lunch & apple teas, apple sales – locally grown apples, apple juice, display of apples, Gloucestershire & national varieties – Gloucestershire Orchard Group, display of wildlife in orchards – Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT), local history display, big draw – apple themed art for children – GWT, poultry park - collection of rare breeds of poultry with poultry, arks & equipment for sale,  Elaine Shears 01452 790259

Sunday 18 October 2009 Horfield Organic Community Orchard, Bristol 2-4pm. Find out about the orchard, how to grow healthy organic fruit, taste many of our different varieties, apple juice and other products on sale, wander & wonder at our 100 trees, displays from other orchards, apple trees on sale. Entry via lane opposite 23 Kings Drive, Bishopston. Donations on gate please. Children welcome, but must be supervised. NO DOGS  www.avonorganicgroup.org.uk 0117 9248124

Sunday 18 October 2009 Fishponds Community Orchard (formerly Thingwall Park Community Orchard) Bristol. 2-4pm Tastings, juicing, apple cakes, games. Charles Farina charlesfarina@blueyonder.co.uk  0117 9655553 and Irene Blessitt iblessitt@hotmail.com  0117 9658429

Sunday 18 October 2009 Grimsbury Farm, Warmley, South Glos The (South Gloucestershire/Neil Phillips) Orchard Group announce the Launch of "The Scrumping Project " and will be doing the first pressing of cider apples today. The idea of the project is to make an artisan/craft cider using traditional practices and only using apples that would otherwise go to waste, i.e. from unused and forgotten orchards on the Region. This year is a trial year for the group, collecting a smaller amount of apples, from various orchards and scattered cider apple trees that we have discovered. If all goes to plan and we make a decent cider the project will be opened up to the wider community for next year. More details can be found athttp://theorchardgroup.wordpress.com/    and http://www.orchardeye.com 

Monday 19 October to Sunday 1 November 2009 Painswick Rococo Garden Harvest Festival 11am-5pm Whilst we display the harvested produce from the Kitchen Garden with details of their history and use, during the last week of October our Harvest Festival gets into full swing. Try out recipes, enter competitions, see a display of apples and even get a chance to produce your own juice. The Bothy is turned into an oasis of fruit and vegetables. www.rococogarden.org.uk   01452 813204info@rococogarden.org.uk Chris Hitchcock, Head Gardener

Wednesday 21 October 2009 Bristol Farmers Market Apple Day.  With Dave Kaspar & Helen Brent-Smith of Days Cottage Apple Juice/Gloucestershire Orchard Group.  Gloucestershire apple displays, juicing, tastings.  Dave may be able to identify your apples, informally.

Thursday 22 October 2009 Cotswold Tree Wardens Apple Day at Northleach.  Bicentenary of the Bramley Apple.  Ploughmans Supper plus apple pie and more.  Ann Jones for more info 01285 655558 annoftrees@yahoo.co.uk

Friday 23 October 2009 Gloucester Farmers Market Apple Day.  Juicing, Gloucestershire apple display and more!  Gerb & Clare Gerbrands (01453 840265) and Elaine Shears (01452 790259).

Saturday 24 October 2009 Folk Museum Apple Day, Westgate Street, Gloucester (see above info on Art Exhibition). Display of Gloucestershire apples (from the Gloucestershire Orchard Group).Live demonstration of the horse-powered cider mill, cider press and cider-making equipment. Sample cake and apple juice and bring the children for some fun. 01452 396868. Free Admissions, Free Activities.

Sunday 25 October 2009 Noon – 5pm, Avon Wildlife Trust, Willsbridge Valley Local Nature Reserve, Willsbridge BS30 6EX. Willsbridge Hill. A crop of fruity activities to celebrate Apple Day.  Orchard games, display of traditional varieties, apple pressing, apple tasting, longest peel competition. www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk

Sunday 1 November 2009 Westley Farm, Chalford, Stroud GL6 8HP. juicing with Andrew Charters (mobile press) and Hege & Julian Usbourne   From 10am-4pm. Open to all. Bring your apples to be washed, crushed and pressed. Bring own containers or buy from us at minimal cost. Pasteuriser available. Also: Home brew expert to advise on cider making. Local cider/perry maker selling goods. Local sausage BBQ. Teas, loos, parking. Farm walks, see our orchard. www.westleyfarm.co.uk/apples.htm 01285 760262 or email info@westleyfarm.co.uk for further information.

Saturday 7 November 2009 RHS Amateur Fruit Juicing and Cider Making at Pershore/Warwickshire College (Avonbank, near Pershore). 10am-4pm. This practical workshop will introduce the participants to the delights of making juice from their own fruit. The course will also include guidance to the production of cider, as well as non-alcoholic drinks. £45.00 (includes light lunch). For tickets and further info, www.warkscol.ac.uk 01386 554609 rhs@warkscol.ac.uk

Thursday 19 November 2009 The Pavilion, Horsley: Red Mason Bees talk by Jessica & Carlo. 7.30-8.00pm (tbc).  There will be a light supper with this. Tickets  (£3) will be on sale in the Horsley Community shop or contact Heather on 01453 833699  fevslater@gmail.com

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HAMPSHIRE & THE ISLE OF WIGHT

Saturday 26 September 10.30am - 12.30pm the Community Room, Cobbett Road Library, Cobbett Road, Southampton SO18 1HL. Bring your spare apples to swap or share. Tea, coffee, apple juice, recipes, books, children's activities, longest peel contest. Contact Rose  renicole@googlemail.com Friends of Cobbett Road Library. Try coming by public transport, there's a frequent bus service and Bitterne Railway station is nearby.

Saturday October 10th 2009  Minstead Village Green, Shop and the “Trusty Servant” pub.  Minstead, Nr Lyndhurst, Hants, SO43 7FX. If wet in Minstead Village Hall  11am – 4pm . Expert identification of your apple varieties, apple pressing demonstrations, press your own apples (bring a container). Apple art and apple games for the whole family to enjoy, Teas and apple cakes, Apple cookery demonstration,  Apple juice tasting, Local transition group stall,  Plus a few surprises! Event managed by Minstead Study Centre. Isabel Yeo or Jane Pownall.  023 8081 3437 jane.pownall@hants.gov.uk

Sunday 11th October. Blackmoor Estate - this hugely popular free local event is a rare opportunity for fruit enthusiasts to taste a wide variety of the old and new apple and pear varieties grown at Blackmoor. Apple 'doctors' will be on hand to identify mystery apples and apple ailments, we will be giving nursery tours and as usual there will be a range of other attractions including: rural craft fair and demonstrations; community fete; local produce stalls; horse and cart rides; cakes and teas; Morris dancing; and Blackmoor cider! A free event. 10.00am-5.00pm  Blackmoor Farm Shop, Blackmoor Estate, GU33 6BS www.blackmoorestate.co.uk

Saturday 17th October Durley Memorial Hall, Durley Street, Durley The Fruitwise Heritage Apples annual Apple Day event 10.30-15.00. demonstration of heritage apple varieties, sales of apples and fresh pressed unpasteurised fruit juice (freezes well, stores in fridge 3 days, or make your own apple wine or cider!) please bring own containers (I will have a few re-used 2 litre soft drinks bottles). I will attempt to identify apple varieties-success not guaranteed! Other local produce and arts stalls. Admission free, parking available. Contact steveappleseed@hotmail.co.uk see my videos on pruning, grafting and apple varieties, search Youtube on Fruitwise.

Sunday 18th Oct Royal Victoria Country Park, Southampton  from 10am - 12pm The orchard was planted 15 years ago with 60 apple trees all different varieties. Last year all the trees were pruned and paths cut.  Michele Meek, Park Gardener, 02380 455157

Saturday 24th October Damerham Village Hall, Damerham, Nr Fordingbridge SP6 3HB 12 - 4pm. Adults - £1.00.  Children - Free.  Locally grown apples for sale by Frutiwise. Apple tasting. Apple display. Apple recipes. Apple identification. Apple games for all the family. Longest peel competition. Apple juicing (bring along your own apples and container and take home your own apple juice). Bees keepers display. Autumn hedgrows display. Seasonal lunch, tea and cakes. Plant stall.   

Saturday 24th October The Vyne NT. Organic orchard with hogs; apple tasting, demonstrations, art and family activities.

Saturday 31st October Holybourne Theatre, London Road, Holybourne, Near Alton, £3 adults, £2 Children    Celebrating the autumn harvest - Pampered Chef cookery demonstrations using seasonal produce; Blackmoor Farm Shop selling apples and pears; piglets, lambs & chicks; Soup in a Bun; Dylan’s Ice Cream; Hampshire Honey – try on our beekeeper’s suit!; Usborne Books & MCFE Toys; Spring Cottage Farm Poultry; Farm & Country Supplies; Make Do & Mend (40's inspired goods); Tamara Taylor Designs (Jewellery); Rose Claire Jewellery; WRAP: Love Food, Hate Waste; Phoenix Cards; Hawk & Ferret; Spinning & wool craft; Fundraising for Breakthrough Breast Cancer & Epilepsy Bereaved – guess the weight of the piglets & turkey, hook a duck, apple bobbing, apple pressing, bulb planting, craft table; Refreshments & Produce Stall. Mill Cottage Farm Experience sarah_and_tom_main@mcfe.org.uk            www.mcfe.org.uk 01420 86206 Sarah & Tom Main 0776 115 8174 (Sarah) / 0771 458 2508 (Tom)

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HEREFORDSHIRE

September 26-27  Berrington Hall NT, Nr Leominster. Nick Winney (01568 610593) Berrington@nationaltrust.org.uk

Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th October  The Big Apple celebrations in Parishes of the Marcle Ridge Aylton, Little Marcle, Much Marcle, Munsley, Pixley, Putley and Woolhope Visit local cider and perry makers for demonstrations, tastings and sales at Gregg's Pit Cider & Perry, Lyne Down and Westons. Events and displays on in the Church, the Memorial Hall, Awnells Farm, Hellens and others.The Great Barn at Hellens Manor HR8 2LY, Much Marcle Memorial Hall HR8 2LY, Gregg’s Pit Orchard HR8 2NL and other activities and venues. www.bigapple.org.uk

Saturday October 17th Leominster Apple Fair, Lion Ballroom, Broad Street. Marcher Apple Network present. Felicity Norman (01568 780886)

 Saturday, 17th October. Tenbury Apple Fest. Marcher Apple network present. Details from Bernard Morgan. Tel. 07979 830724.

Saturday 17th October 2009     at Colwall Cricket Club ground, Stowe Lane Colwall, Herefordshire, WR13 6EH the Colwall Village Garden project is holding it’s annual Apple Day at : the group consists of two organisations in partnership, about to make a big lottery fund application to enable formation of a community orchard surrounding new allotment spaces. 11.00:   Decorate your wheelbarrows with an orchard theme (prize for best one), load them up with spare apples and meet us on Colwall Green outside the School for a procession to the Cricket Ground - led by the wonderful Outdoor Capering Crew. 11:30:  Morning:          Performance by Outdoor Capering Crew, Apple juicing*, Apple games; Lunchtime:      Pig roast, cakes and bar; Afternoon:       Performance by Outdoor Capering Crew, Apple juicing, Apple games;                    Fruit Identification with John Edgeley from pershore college. Note: parking at the Village Hall info@colwallvillagegarden.org          www.colwallvillagegarden.org

Saturday 17- Sunday 18th  October Cider Museum,  21 Ryelands Street, Hereford HR4 OLW. Demonstration of traditional cider making. Herefordshire bee keeper’s exhibition, coopering demonstrations, fairground organ, display of apples. Marcher Apple Network present. (01432 354207) enquiries@cidermuseum.co.uk

Saturday/Sunday 24/25th October. Marcher Apple Network Apple Event. We will be at the ‘Flavours of Herefordshire Food Festival’ at Hereford Race Course, which is open from 10.30 am– 4.30 pm each day. There is a £5 entry charge for the Festival for adults, children under 14, £1.50, under 3, free. MAN will be in the ‘Something of a Buzz’ Exhibition Pavilion. There will be a largedisplay of fruit, also cider varieties, apples to taste, and a selection of interesting old dessert, dual purpose and cooking apples for sale from our museum orchards or members’ own orchards. The fruit identification team will be available on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. At the sales table there will be a selection of apple-themed books, cards and CDs. There will also be a computer display showing illustrations from our CDs http://www.marcherapple.net/diary.htm. For further details about the Food Festival www.herefordshirefoodfestival.com or ring Liz Hill. Tel. 01432 260621.

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HERTFORDSHIRE

Saturday 3rd October, 2pm - 4pm, Tewin Orchard - walk. Contact Mike Clark   mike.tewin@gmail.

Sunday 4th October, 12am - 4pm, Highfield Park, Highfield Park Centre, St Albans. Find out about the apples growing in the park, taste our apple juice and watch apples being juiced.  Plus lots of apple related stalls including games, crafts and food.  Get baking now to perfect your Bramley apple pies and enter the competition for the best baked pie. Free (01727 847242) www.highfieldparktrust.co.uk admin@highfieldparktrust.co.uk

Saturday 10th October, 11am - 4pm, Codicote Community Orchard. Contact Mike Creasey   creaseys@btinternet.

Saturday 10th 11am - 3pm Much Hadham, St. Elizabeth’s Centre, South End SG10 6EW 01920 844257

Sunday 11th October, 10am - 4pm, Jeacock's Orchard, Tring. One of a series of events as part of 'Tring's Own Apple Fayre' during October. Contact Martin Hicks martin.hicks@hertscc.gov.uk SEE BELOW

Saturday 17th October, 10am - 4pm, Open Orchard, Waltham Abbey, to celebrate King Harold Day. Contact Vicki Sage vsage@leevalleypark.org.

Saturday 17th October, 10am onwards, Apple Event to celebrate the new orchard, Summerhouse, Chorleywood House Estate. Contact Alison Rubens   alisonrubens@hotmail.

Saturday 17th October,  1.30-4.00 p.m. Thomas Rivers Nursery Orchard Apple Day. Church House, Church Street, Sawbridgeworth. Tel: 0788 776 3258  rnsog@hotmail.com RIVERS NURSERY AND ORCHARD GROUP: Sunday 6th September Autumn maintenance 10.30am – 2pm; Sunday 4th October Community Apple Picking 10.30am – 2pm All tools are provided but please wear suitable clothing and bring a packed lunch if staying all day.  You are assured of a warm welcome. Further information:  e-mail:  rnsog@hotmail.com www.riversnurseryorchard.org.uk  Hazel Mead  01279 724503     Kate Yarnold  0788 7763258 The Rivers Nursery Orchard Oral History Project culminates with the publication of a book: "Rivers Nursery of Sawbridgeworth: the Art of Practical Pomology. a book on the history of the Rivers Nursery" using information from the first hand accounts within the context of background from Archives and oral histories. Copies Elizabeth Waugh  lizwaugh@yahoo.com

Sunday 18th October , 12.00am - 5 pm, Shenley Park Orchard Apple Day.  £1 peradult. Children free with adult. Contact Glynn Dredge   admin@shenleypark.co.uk

Saturday 24 October, 10.00am-2.00pm. Hitchin Apple Day, Market Square Hitchin. Contact: Vicky Wye  triangle.garden@ntlworld.

 

and why isn't everywhere like Tring.......

TRING’S OWN APPLE FAYRE most of October 2009 A seasonal celebration of environment, food and culture

5th– 9th Oct.  Tring School Eco-week, with TinT Assemblies and other activities  NB Not a public event

10th Oct. 10am – 4pm  TinT ‘Eco Fair’ – Victoria Hall Economise and Save money with a host of environmental displays, solutions and opportunities

11th Oct. 10am – 4pm Apple Day, Jeacock’s Orchard, Cow Lane, Tring Tring’s last surviving historic orchard and smallholding saved for posterity. Listed by English Heritage as a WWI ‘Land fit for Heroes’ holding featured in the ‘Times’ and ‘Hertfordshire Life’. See displays and sales of fruit, honey, Tring Farmers Market stalls, apple pressing, country crafts, music, habitat management, grazing livestock, face painting, apple games and refreshments. 

11th Oct. 6.30pm ‘Harvest Festival’ Celebration Service, St Peter & St Paul Church, Tring. Special ‘Apple peal’ of Tring’s Own bells and take part in a family Act of Worship. The choir, music, reading and displays will provide a spiritual recognition of our harvest.    

16th Oct. 12 – 2 pm ‘Taste of Tring’ Friday Café, Baptist Church, High St, Tring. Sponsored by Dunsley Farm Shop. Seasonal and local fayre at the regular Friday café with an appley flavour.

17th Oct. 9am – 2 pm Special Apple Fayre Farmer’s Market, Brook St. ‘Bring your apples for juicing!’ All your favourite local produce stalls with a special ‘appley’ flavour, including: *Hog roast *Fairtrade stall *Museum displays *Apple pressing *Morris dancing *Music *Tring Brewery *Millwhites cider *Children’s activities   

17th - 18th Oct. Cider Event, Kings Arms, Tring ‘Hard cider as much as you please, Loose your teeth and bow your knees, Sour your gut and make you wheeze, Turn your words to stings of bees, Thin your blood and kill your fleas, Hard cider as much as you please’ All of this and more at the KA – but without the rat’s tails. Ciders from Weston’s, Millwhites, Thatchers and Brothers, along with an ‘appley’ menu using the pub’s own organic apples. Also try Jeacock’s Orchard 2009 apple juice freshly pressed or the 2008 vintage. There may be a musical flavour if the Morris people are present on Saturday lunchtime for sweat replacement therapy!

17th Oct. 7.30pm – 11.30pm Barn dance with the ‘Coproliters’  at Dundale School, Tring To celebrate Dundale’s new orchard and support the school, come and join the fun. Licensed bar (Tring ale), hog roast/ vegetarian +salads. Tickets £15 include food and entertainment. Contact Ian Locke 01296 662247 or email iml@internet-cottages.com (What is a coprolite?)

17th-24th Oct.  Appleation Trail – shop window displays and quiz. Visit the shop and match the window display to the apple variety listed below! Lots of participating shops and Participating apples: 1.Autumn Harvest  2.Baker’s Delicious  3.Balder  4.Ballerina  5.Barry  6.Beauty of Bath  7.Box Apple  8.Catshead  9.Crimson Beauty 10.Diamond Jubilee 11.Domino  12.Fiesta   13.Flame  14.Flower of the Town  15.Forge  16.Great Expectations  17.King David  18.Lemon Queen  19.Martini  20.Maypole  21.Norfolk Beefing  22.Nutmeg Pippin  23.Pearl   24.Pig’s Nose Pippin  25.Pink Lady  26.Pumpkin Sweet  27.Red Devil  28.Red Sport   29.Reinette  30.Ruby  31.Shakespeare 32.Sheep’s Nose  33.Shoesmith  34.Sleeping Beauty  35.Ten Commandments  Prizes for: The most novel / original / funny / bizarre window display and Winner of the most correct answers, or pulled from the apple basket.

19th Oct. 8pm Film – ‘The Age of Stupid’, Desborough Hall, Tring Learning Centre at Tring School. What impact could climate change have on food production? See this thought provoking film for yourself and consider the issues facing our world. Students will have seen clips from the film and hear TinT speaking on related environmental issues. Turn up on the night or confirm by pre booking - Heather Simms hsimms@tring.herts.sch.uk    01442 821067  

19th Oct. – 2nd Nov ‘Local food and local landscapes’  Tring Library Display of Tring’s HCC Rural Estate Farms, supported by TinT.  

20th Oct. Apple Juicing demonstration and orchard planting, Dundale School – with Herts Orchard Initiative Apple pressing demonstration for children at Dundale School, followed by planting a fantastic new orchard in the school grounds. NB Not a public event

22nd Oct. 7.30 - 9.30 pm   Wonderful Windfalls! Find out what to do with all that fruit. A cookery class at Tring Learning Centre, Tring School.           Event sponsored by TinT Try your hand at something new - learn to cook some seasonal fruity dishes with local produce where possible. Do you know what the ‘Tring Dumpling’ was? Booking - Heather Simms  hsimms@tring.herts.sch.uk   01442 821067

23rd Oct. 12 – 2 pm. ‘Taste of Tring’ Friday Café, Baptist Church, High St Tring          Sponsored by Dunsley Farm Shop Seasonal and local fayre at the regular Friday café with an appley flavour.

25th Oct. ‘Comfort me with Apples’ Morning Family Mass,   Corpus Christi Church, Langdon Street .10.30am – 11.30am. + tea. A spiritual celebration of our apples and fruit followed by Fairtrade refreshments.

25th Oct. 2.30pm Damsons on your doorstep! 

A walk led by Tring Tree Warden Shelley Savage to discover the heritage of hidden and not so hidden fruity trees and shrubs within the town. About 1 hr – meet outside the Robin Hood, Brook Street. Further details pl. ring 01442 827702

27th Oct. 10am - 12.30pm - College Lake Apple Day Join BBOWT for family activities including 'Orchard Trail'; 'Apple Prints' 'Hook-an-Apple' and much more! (suitable for children up to 12 years, with parents) Bring a packed lunch and stay for a picnic! Free, but donations welcome. No need to book. College Lake is situated on the Bulbourne Road, 2 miles north of Tring. postcode: HP23 5QG

28th Oct. 10am – 4pm Apple pressing demonstration, Tring Natural History Museum Come and have a go at making freshly squeezed apple juice the traditional way. Help press apples from local orchards and sample biodiversity in a bottle! Displays on a variety of fruity information from Hertfordshire's Orchard Initiative and the organisers of Tring’s unique annual Apple Fayre.

31st Oct. 10am – 11.30am. OPAL Fruits! Take part in a national Open Air Laboratory study at Jeacock’s Orchard, Cow Lane Traditional orchards are now a priority habitat in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. The Natural History Museum is a partner in OPAL and the University of Hertfordshire are leading on a regional OPAL project on orchard ecology. Come and study with NHM the lichens and mosses found in this locally valuable Wildlife Site as part of a national survey. Full details and booking contact Julie Blackley, Museum Support Assistant, The Natural History Museum at Tring, Akeman Street, Tring, Herts, HP23 6AP, Tel: +44(0)207 942 6163(direct)

2nd Nov. 8.pm,  ‘Food Security in the 21st Century -  why Britain needs a plan’. A talk by Patrick Holden, CBE, Director, Soil Association   High Street Baptist Church, Tring. The future of food and agriculture …the greatest challenge to face the planet? Inspirational speaker and organic champion Patrick Holden will discuss this in a TinT open forum. Can agriculture adapt to meet possible energy shortages? “Systems of farming and food distribution which dominated the 20th century will not be appropriate in the 21st,” he says.

Taste for yourself… 10th – 25th Oct.Sample a special ‘appley’ menu at The Green House, Tring’s Own vegetarian and local produce restaurant.

Cook for yourself... Apple Fayre Cookery Booklet – with ‘Taste of Tring’ Recipes available during the Fayre

See for yourself… October - ‘Local Food’ Tring Schools Art Group exhibition, Victoria Hall Food and farming has inspired artists for perhaps thousands of years. See what has inspired the young Tring Artists!   

Oct / Nov The Apple Workshop, Meads Farm Shop, Wilstone. Bring your own apples for pressing into juice – pressing and pasteurisation service from £1.50 bottle. NB Please call Nigel Nutkins first on 01442 825110 to arrange a convenient time for juicing. Purchase local produce and visit the Farm Shop Tea Room whilst there. For more details about the farm shop ring 01442 828478.

For further information on any of these events please ring Martin Hicks on 01442 823188 (h) 01992 555220 (w) An initiative of Tring Environmental Forum and Tring in Transition Food Group (TinT)

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KENT

Sunday 11th October 1- 4 pm Whitehall Rec. Southlands Road, Bromley. The Friends of Whitehall welcome everyone to come and enjoy our first Apple Day. Dave Arthur - Music, folklore and Story telling, Free Art & crafts, Face painting, Apple drawing competition. Cider Bar Kent Cider Company, Spray free artisan ciders. Apple trees n’ expertise from Brogdale National Fruit Collection providing information, apple trees to buy for your garden. Free apple tasting and juicing demo. Kent has historically been a major fruit growing area, but has lost most of its orchards over the last 30 to 40 years. In the past few years there has been a conutrywide movement to restore and preserve our orchards. Part of  Whitehall Rec.  was once used for fruit growing and with these things in mind, last winter we planted our own mini orchard. Apple Day is about celebrating our Kentish heritage and bringing people together to enjoy and celebrate apples! Volunteers are welcome Please bring apples for juicing with a container. We also need your apple recipes to try to create a Chatterton Village Apple Book (please leave them with Diplock’s stationers Chatterton Road or bring them on the day ) BBC Breathing Places/National Lottery supported by the London Borough of Bromley. Email: jason.glen@ntlworld.com

Saturday 17th October Igtham Mote NT 11.00 - 4.00 varieties to try, mini-market of local producers, fruit wood carving and turning, tips and advice.

Saturday 17 October Pippins Farm, Maidstone Road, Pembury TN2 4AB 11-5.00. Fresh pressings of apple juice (1 litre free to people with own container), 30 varieties to taste, orchard tours, PYO and boxes of apples for sale, food. david@knight-tustian.co.uk 01892 824544 www.pippinsfarm.co.uk

Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th October  Brogdale Farm, Brogdale Road, Faversham ME13 8XZ Explore an exhibition of literally hundreds of named apple and pear varieties and taste and buy at least 200 different types of apple and 20 types of pear. Meet Joan Morgan, the author of ‘The Book of Apples’ and her expert team to get apple and pears identified and first hand advice on all aspects of growing fruit. Festive bar with locally produced beers and cider, live music, cooking demonstration by Scott Anderson, gardening and horticultural talks, orchard tours. 10am – 5pm Entrance: adults £6.00, children (under 16s) £3.00, family £15.00. sallyroger@brogdalecollections.co.uk  (01795 536250) www.brogdalecollections.co.uk

Sunday 18th October Perry Court Farm, Bitting, Ashford (on A28 Canterbury Road above Wye, off M20 at J10, follow signs to Canterbury. (01233 812408)

Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October Chartwell NT restaurant apple menu, tastings, meet the gardeners. 11.00 - 5.00

Sunday 25 October  11.00am – 4.00pm     free. The Woodlands Farm Trust, 331 Shooters Hill, Welling, Kent  DA16 3RP Nearest tube: North Greenwich   Nearest BR: Welling       Buses: 486 & 89            Come and meet our animals, and enjoy the chance to buy quality local produce at reasonable prices, including home-made preserves, cakes and honey.  Relax in our café, or get involved in craft activities and games.  All proceeds go towards caring for our animals. family day out. 020 8319 8900       woodlandsft@aol.com           www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org

Sunday 25th October 2009 11.30am - 4.00pm BEECHE (Bromley's Environmental Education Centre at High Elms) High Elms Country Park, Shire Lane, Farnborough, Kent, BR6 7JH. Join the Bromley Countryside and Parks service as we promote the traditional orchard and local apple varieties; a range of apple themed events and activities. Taste local apples and juices, longest peel competition, guess how many crab apples in the jar, pin the maggot on the apple, apple on a string, displays and wildlife .  Hewitt's Farm will be selling apples/juices and local produce, and Orpington Beekeepers will be promoting local honey and demonstrating the art of beekeeping. Nick Hopkins Bromley Countryside and Parks Service, London Borough of Bromley 01689 862815 countrysideandparks@bromley.gov.uk www.bromley.gov.uk/BEECHE

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LANCASHIRE (including Manchester)

October 10th  Saturday - Sunday 11th Ashton Hall Garden Centre, Lancaster

Saturday 17 October Growing with Grace, Organic Farm Shop, Clapham Nursery, Lancaster LA? 8ER

Sunday 18th October 2009 1:00pm  to 4:00pm Parrswood Rural Studies Centre, (Parrswood High School) Didsbury, South Manchester.   (next to Travelodge, Bellhouse & The Stables off the A34 and opposite Didsbury East Railway Station). The Friends of the Parrswood Rural Studies Centre is having its annual Apple Day:  Apple tasting,Apples for sale,display of old and new varities of apple,Apple Products, apple juice pressing, apple pies, apple bobbing (withprizes),pruning demonstrations, tour of the orchards,learning old and new varities, other stalls and light refreshments,tours of the centre and  gardens,plant sales.       contact Geoff. Bridson 01614451090

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October visit your local Dobbies Garden World Clifton, near Preston to indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. www.dobbies.com11am – 3pm

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October visit your local Dobbies Garden World Birkdale, Southport to indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. www.dobbies.com11am – 3pm

Saturday November 7th 2009 11.00 to 4 .00    St. Mary’s Primary School, The Green, Eccleston, Chorley school hall and grounds. Creative Minds present The Sixth Eccleston English Apple Day revealing this year’s environmental art project by pupils -  Stepping Stones to the Willow Apple Den (the Den was our 2008 project).Our illustrated book, ‘Eccleston Apple Blossoms’ recording apple growing in the village now sale for £2. Display  of apple varieties and two experts from Northern Fruit Group to identify varieties and advise on culture.   Also research into ‘lost’ varieties. Saplings on sale. Apple goods to enjoy with afternoon tea.A tile mosaic  for parents and friends to contribute to. Entertainment with afternoon tea – clog dancing,  Maypole dancing,  The Merry Berries singers. Our Community Orchard is still growing but in need of attention as we still await  transfer from the Orchard Trustees to the Parish Council. Joyce Morris   01257 452059 CREATIVE MINDS hawk4@talktalk.net

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LEICESTERSHIRE

October 3rd  Franklin Park Community Orchard, off Welcombe Avenue, parking available. Enjoy delicious apple cakes with a cup of tea with recipes for you to take away; bring along apple produce - the best cake, jelly, etc judged on the day will win a prize; information about looking after apple trees - bring along a picture of an apple from your garden to be identified; bring along your home grown apples for people to sample, or try them in the apple crusher to make your own juice; mini-beast hunts at 1.30pm and 2.30pm; apple games longest apple peel competition pond dipping apple crushing; come and see progress with the orchard, meadow area and pond; budding photographers - come along and take a wildlife photo - the pictures can be submitted at a future date and the best one will receive a prizeFrom 1pm to 4pm (Free Entry) Miss J Leech, Secretary, Braunstone Town Council LE3 2PP   0116 2899270     www.braunstonetowncouncil.org.uk

Sunday 11th October, 11am to 4pm, Brocks Hill Country Park, Oadby  Washbrook Lane, LE2 5JJ   donations will be asked for.   The event is now in its sixth year and raises awareness about the traditional Leicestershire apple varieties which originated in the county.  The apples are purchased from the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale in Kent and visitors will be able to taste the various varieties before buying the ones they prefer. Honey, cider and organic apple juice will be for sale, as will be bags made from recycled fruit juice cartons.  The Leicestershire Heritage Apple Project will be on hand to talk about their Tree Guardian Scheme encouraging residents to plant a Leicestershire apple variety.  Paul Hand from Bees and Trees in Shropshire will be bringing along an apple juicer, so residents can bring along their own windfalls and a bottle, and make their own apple juice.  The café will put on an apple based menu, but visitors are welcome to bring along their own picnics for outdoors.  Anyone wanting their apples identified need to bring along three apples from the same tree, a twig and some leaves. Helen Gregory, Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, Station Road, Wigston, Leicestershire    0116 257 2651  ( 0116 257 2888 on the day). helen.gregory@oadby-wigston.gov.uk Visit www.oadby-wigston.gov.uk for instructions of how to find Brocks Hill. 

Saturday 31st October Friends Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester, LE2 1WP. (44 bus from the city centre stops outside)10.00am-5.00pm. Apple storytelling, games and customs. Apple pressing and juice tasting. Apple writing, music and art workshops. Apple identification, displays and talks. Apple food and recipes. …and everything else apple related that we could think of… The day and events are free – drop in with your friends and families and have fun. Please bring: Apples for juicing, identification and tasting. Your favourite apple prose, poetry and childrens books to share. Containers to take apple juice away in.

Events and workshops are free. Either turn up on the day or (better still) book in advance. 10.00-11.00  Apple music improvisation. 11.00-11.30  Talk on low input apple growing. 11.45-12.45 Apple storytelling. 12.30-1.30    Apple round singing. 1.30-2.00       Talk on low input apple growing. 1.30- 4.30      Apple print workshop. 1.30-3.30       Creative apple writing for children (8-12 yrs). 2.30-3.30       Creative apple writing for teenagers. 2.30-3.30       Creative apple writing for adults. 4.00-5.00       Apple storytelling. Transition Leicester is a growing network of local people taking action to build a positive and truly sustainable future. For more information, to book into a workshop, or if you’d like to help, contact Zina on 0116 253 1649 zinazelter@yahoo.co.ukwww.transitiontowns.org/Leicester/Appleday09

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LINCOLNSHIRE

Sunday 27 September Normanby Hall Country Park, Scunthorpe. 1.00 - 4.30 Apple ID, tasting, hints on growing, pruning. Displays by Northern Fruit Group. Trees for sale.

Saturday, 3rd October 10:30 till 4:30 Stamford Art Centre, Stamford, Apple tasting, Apple growing information, Apple produce displays, Tombola, Apple History, Bee keeping, Apple juice sales, Quiz, Apple tree sales, Fun and games for children and adults. Chris Orme, Stamford Community Orchard Group, c/o Stamford Town Hall, Stamford, PE9 2DR info@scog-web.org.uk         www.scog-web.org.uk

Saturday 17th October Aslackby Manor grounds and church of St James the Great, Aslackby. 1-4.00 Pruning demonstrations; fruit doctors; apple produce; conservation bird ringing demonstration (weather permitting); games and competitions; food; duck race and more. And Sunday October 18th 11.00am Harvest Festival followed by Harvest lunch.

Wednesday 21st October  Apple Pudding EVENING Cracroft Village Hall, Boston Road, West Keal    7:00 pm – 10:00 pm. Spend a social evening at the Village Hall and help us celebrate APPLE DAY A variety of puddings will be available for you to eat but bring your own liquid refreshments if you wish; - free tea & coffee will be available during the evening. Charge - £3.00 – try as many puddings as you like. To book a place call Pat or Jean on 01790 752236. All proceeds go to the Village Hall – Registered Charity No. 1047372

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LONDON & MIDDLESEX

Saturday September  12th.  Hampstead Garden Suburb Centenary Celebration 1909-2009      Centenary Apple Hunt. Bring your apples to the Free Church Hall between 9am-11am to expert identification later in the day. Marjoire Harris marjorieharris@btinternet.com

Sunday 27 September. Fenton House, Hampstead Grove, Hampstead NW3 6SP. This National Trust 17th century house and garden with orchard celebrates Apple Day with apple tasting, juices, cakes and preserves for sale, apple doctor, bee keeping demonstrations, children's craft activities. 11.00am – 4.30pm. From £2.50 per ticket, children free. fentonhoue@nationaltrust.org.uk  (020 7435 3471) www.nationaltrust.org.uk

4 October Red House NT juice and cider tastings, apples to try and buy, cooking demos, second hand books.

Saturday October 10th  Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, Walthamstow E17 9NH. 11am-4pm   East London Organic Gardeners Apple Day is a national event organised in local communities to improve awareness of, and enjoy, our local apples and learn how we can benefit the environment by making sure our trees are planted well and survive for present and future generations.  Apple press in action! There will be apple displays – only a small selection of the thousands of varieties that exist, apple juicing, apple bobbing, apple tasting, apple trees, apple bonsai, apple cakes to name but a few of the attractions available.

Sunday 11th October. Roots & Shoots Walnut Tree Walk, Lambeth SE11 6DN. Taste the first pressing of Rots & Shoots famous apple juice and celebrate the arrival of autumn. Display of 100 varieties of apple to be sold at the end of the day. Producers stalls and Trees. Apple juice pressing. Apple games. Storytelling. Childrens art, facepainting. The Lion’s part.  11.00am – 4.00pm.  Adults £1, children free. (020 7587 1131) www.rootsandshoots.org.uk (vocational training and environment charity)

Saturday 17th English Folk Song and Dance Society, Cecil Sharp House 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY:

Verity Sharp’s Apple Day EFSDS and BBC Radio 3's Late Junction presenter Verity Sharp are delighted to present a day of music, dancing, storytelling, crafts, games and all things appley as we celebrate Apple Day 2009. Dance your socks off, listen to stories, sing apple songs, join in craft workshops, play apple games and eat apples. An afternoon for all ages with the Black Pig Band, story teller Debs Newbold, artist Mat Cowan and singer Sam Lee. The days events culminate to performances from Anglo-Australian super-trio Kerr Fagan Harbron and groundbreaking English string quartet Methera as they team up for a virtuoso evening of music. Featuring BBC Folk Award-winning duo Nancy Kerr and James Fagan alongside multi-instrumentalist and composer Robert Harbron, Kerr Fagan Harbron deliver a diverse live act incorporating elements from English, Australian, Irish and American traditions alongside new compositions and songwriting from these well-respected performers. Methera unites the rich texture of the string quartet with the depth and integrity of traditional English music. Join Lucy Deakin, John Dipper, Emma Reid and Miranda Rutter as they weave old and contemporary tunes into the tapestry of the string quartet, exploring the power and diversity of sounds it has to offer. The concert will also feature a number of unique collaborations between members of the two ensembles. Expect powerful songs, stirring tunes and memorable new compositions performed by seven outstanding instrumentalists and singers. Following a well received national tour in 2008, this concert presents one of only a handful of performances this year to revisit and renew this fascinating collaboration.

Family Afternoon Adults £6, Children £4 Evening Performance £12 advanced, £14 on the door. Tickets available www.efdss.org 020 7485 2206

Saturday 17 October Hornsey Vale Community Centre, 60 Mayfield Rd., London, N8 9LP from 1 to 3pm Free admission to celebration – including display of apple varieties and  tasting.  Crouch End & Hornsey Transition Initiative http://chati2009.ning.com Sustainable Haringey Food Group www.sustainableharingey.org.uk & Tree Trust for Haringey www.ttfh.org.uk  MEDIA CONTACT PERSON jo foster tel 020 8341 9238, 020 8292 4404, 07730 477 109

Sunday 18th October  Alara Wholefoods 110-112 Camley St, London, NW1 0PF ‘Take part in an exploration of what a green and pleasant London would look like’ Starting at 12 Noon at and Co-hosted by The London Orchard Project, Capital Growth and Camden Council we are celebrating the fantastic apple, and helping move to a sustainable future. The day will see the official opening of Camden’s Black and Minorities Ethnic (BME) Alliance community food garden at Alara, the planting of an Orchard on neighbouring business Booker Cash and Carry’s land, as well as presenting a future vision of food growing on Camley Street and in London, your help is needed! A free event for all, there will be fresh apple juice, hot apple fritters, hot apple cider, and plenty of apple based games. Please bring your apples to be pressed (remember containers for the juice!) –whoever brings the most will win some unique ‘Alara Apple Day Muesli’. Also bring your entries for the chutney and apple cake competitions. Plant an orchard, give us your thoughts and inspiration for the proposed food growing projects, or simply sit back and enjoy the apples…. www.alara.co.uk

Sunday 18th October SPITALFIELDS CITY FARM, Buxton Street, London E1 5AR (between Brick Lane and Vallance Road, beside Allen Gardens) Apples refreshments will include the opportunity to trya range of UK apple varieties, apple juice which you can help squeeze in our apple press, apple pie, apple crumble, chocolate apples, apple samosas, spicy apple chutney with popadoms and much, much more! Apple AbundanceInformation about community engagement and guerilla fruit picking by the scrumping project from OrganicLea. Apple Arts with local artists, young farmers and the Farm’s 3Rs (Reduce Reuse Recycle!) Arts n Crafts group. Apple cooking demonstrations simple Coriander Club spicy apple chutney recipe and other delights. Apple games from apple bobbing and apple art, to the longest peel competition and an educational apple trail. Hand spinning, weavingand felt making with professional craftspeople demonstrating these traditional skill and you can have a go at all of them too. Spits Got (apple) Talent Competition by the Young Farmers’ Club. Farm Café sandwiches, cakes, tea and coffee. PLUS organised Farm tours, giving you the opportunity to meet all the farm animals to meet and amazing vegetable gardens to see, apple poetry sessions, the opportunity to purchase Coriander Club and special Apple Day recipe books, and face-painting.  (11am – 4pm)    Tel: 020 7247 8762   www.spitalfieldscityfarm.org Naomi Glass farm@spitalfieldscityfarm.org              www.spitalfieldscityfarm.org

Monday 19 October  The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, EC1 Egremont Russets, Newton Wonders, Charles Ross, Grenadiers, Bramleys and more – stock up from Alan Baxter’s organic Orchard. Bring a bag! Have a glass of apple juice or wine. 5.30 – 8.30 Kelly 020 7250 1555

October / November Victoria & Albert Museum A is for Apple The V&A have joined forces with Common Ground to produce an on-line exhibition of images of apples in celebration of Apple Day. The images have been drawn from the collections of the Museum and show a range of material from straightforward botanical studies and children's book illustration, to images of the apple as an emblem of autumn, as a decorative motif and as a symbol of temptation and the Fall of Man. Most of the objects illustrated on this web page are available for viewing in the Prints & Drawings Study Room or  the National Art Library of the Museum. The Beatrix Potter watercolours can be seen in the Archive & Library Reading Room at Blythe House, Olympia by appointment only. 'A Girl Writing' is at the Museum of Childhood at Bethnal Green, London Go back one page to http://www.england-in-particular.info/cg/appleday/index.html and follow VIRTUAL APPLE GALLERY where the V&A and other museums have joined with us to gather everything from paintings to textile design, photography to sculpture, branding and book illustration to wallpaper.

19 – 25 October  Island Restaurant & Bar, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY will be introducing a limited edition apple dessert onto their lunch and dinner à la carte menu.  The dessert will include Cox’s Apple Trifle, Warm Apple Pudding and Apple Sorbet.  It will be priced at £6.50 and be available on the lunch and dinner à la carte menu.  020 7551 6070 www.islandrestaurant.co.uk media: Kate Bell, 020 7288 0800 www.twitter.com/Luxe_PR

21st October and around Daylesford Organic Café & Store    44b, Pimlico Road, SW1W 8LP    Apple Day at Pimlico Road with  free apples from Daylesford Organics  (0207 881 8060).

21st October. Morning and Lunch  Defra- Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 17 Smith Square - private display and distribution of a variety of British apples to all staff as they arrive in the morning to help promote British growers and orchards. Rebecca.j.barrett@defra.gsi.gov.uk    http://defraweb/index.htm

23-25 October South Bank Centre 11.00 - 8.00 ( -6.00 on Sunday) Cheese and Wine Festival  will also celebrate the apple as a complement and compliment to cheese, with a scrumptious selection of apple varieties, apple pies and deserts, chutneys and freshly pressed apple juice. Highlights include talks with Randolph Hodgson from Neal’s Yard Dairy and Patricia Michelson from La Fromagerie and others.www.southbankcentre.co.uk or contact Yael Rose on cheesewinefestival@yahoo.co.uk

Sunday October  25th    Borough Market, Southwark SE1    will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Bramley.   Apple tasting of unusual local varieties like the Hounslow Wonder and Kentish Fillbasket, an apple story orchard, apple games and competitions for children, an apple press, toffee apples and a wealth of other apple-related produce. Longest peel Competition. nearby Southwark Cathedral will be decorated with a cornucopia of apples and an Apple Day Cathedral Choral Eucharist at 11am followed by apple games in the southwest churchyard The Ministry of Fun and an apple-themed menu in the Cathedral’s Refectory Café. The drama troupe The Lion’s Part in The Green Market: The Lion’s Part will come complete with a huge Corn Queene effigy heavy with 'Plenty' - wheat, barley and other grains, and apples, root vegetables and foliage from the Borough Market - appears in a procession around the front of the Globe, Bankside, with the Company of actors and the time-honoured Hobby Horse in attendance, strung with cakes and loaves and led by the Berry Man - Autumn incarnation of the Green Man - decked with wild fruits and foliage. He carries an Apple Tree to where it will be placed within the Bankside area, with general songs and music on the surrounding streets of Borough Market for everyone. Jacqueline Forster: 020 7403 2230/ jacqueline@forster.co.uk

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NORFOLK

Sunday 4th October 11am - 5pm. Stow Bardolph Hall, near Downham Market, PE34 3HU. Stow Hall Gardens and Norfolk Wildlife Trust. EEAOP's full displays plus EEAOP Fruit Identification team. Adults £3.50 children free. 01366 382162

Sunday 11th 10.30am - 4.30pm. The Banham Barrel P.H. near Attleborough NR16 2HB Kenninghall Lands Trust, 01953 888117

Saturday 17th October Creake Abbey NR21 9LF grounds and workshops.  Just off  B1355 between North Creake and Burnham Market. Ample parking. 10.00 to 16.00            entry: donation to  St Mary’s Church Funds  Displays of local apples, juice making , orchard produce and fruit trees for sale.  Fruit identification by EEAOP.  Honey for sale and demonstrations of honey and beeswax production. Horse and cart rides, and Alpaca trekking. Ross Cope  0780 183 7452 ross.cope@blueyonder.co.uk www.applesandorchards.org.uk

Sunday 18th October Blickling Hall NT 11.00 - 4.00 display of varieties, tasting, children games, apple menu. The Apple and Pear people will be selling produce, apple ID.

Sunday 25th October. Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse/Museum of Norfolk Life NR20 4DR. See apples being pressed – taste the juice and enjoy the cider. Stroll around the orchard and play apple games. See country crafts and buy local produce. Get your apples identified by the East of England Apples & Pears Project. Green Steam: Discover traditional means of preserving food. A great day out for all the family. 10.00 - 5.00 (01362 869263)  www.museum.norfolk.gov.uk

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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Saturday 10th - Sunday 11h October Sulgrave Manor, Sulgrave, Banbury  OX17 2SD. See over 350 varieties of English apples. Bring 3 apples with stalks from your tree for FREE identification. Apple pressing, cookery demonstrations, fruit trees and plants, apples and cider for sale, childrens games, food all day.  10.30am – 5.00pm. Adults £7.50. Children (5-16) £3.50. Family £20.00. (01295 760205) www.sulgravemanor.org.uk

Sunday October 18th Wilsons’ Orchard, off Magnolia Drive, Northampton: this is the county’s largest traditional style orchard with over 200 trees in 9 acres, apple, cherry, myrobalans, pear, hazel, walnut - and elder and nettles. It is managed equally and organically for fruit, fun and wildlife diversity. Talks and guided tours of the orchard covering wildlife and fruit.      How to i.d. your apple. Displays and stalls including organic produce from SCE’s community allotment  (elsewhere in Northampton) and SCE’s bees and honey . Juicing – for joining in, not just watching. Young people’s games (bobbing, Apple mancala etc)  and apple-tree planting. Grafting and pruning advice and fruit-tree problem-solving session. Information about orchard biodiversity planning. Parts but not all of the site enjoy limited disabled access. No dedicated parking – try cycling or walking or at least a car-share. Wilsons’ Orchard, Northampton, organized by Apple Cause…2-5pm Peter Nalder/Susan Walmsley, South Court Environmental & The Apple Cause, 34 Bostock Ave., Northampton, NN1 4LW 01604-630719 / 01933 - 275257  nalder.peter@talktalk.net    and / or    sce@talktalk.net  www.scenorthampton.org.uk

Thursday 22nd October Child First Nursery, Moulton Leys, Northampton. 2.00 – 4.00 pm- a 3 acre woodland site managed by SCE. We manage for wildlife and for growing organic food, but more than these we manage for the nursery’s children who are encouraged to join in everything. Fruit trees include Apple, majestic Walnut and Mulberry. Our Apple Day is run jointly with the staff of Child First Nursery and is tailored to the very young children’s enjoyment. Juicing and drinking juice are at its centre. Please contact SCE or Child First to ask about attending. Parts but not all of the site enjoy limited disabled access. No dedicated parking – try cycling or walking or at least a car-share. Peter Nalder/Susan Walmsley, South Court Environmental & The Apple Cause, 34 Bostock Ave., Northampton, NN1 4LW 01604-630719 / 01933 - 275257  nalder.peter@talktalk.net    and / or    sce@talktalk.net  www.scenorthampton.org.uk

Friday 23 October Orchard on the Green, Abington Lodge, Taylor Ave, Northampton          1.00 – 3.00 pm 4½ acres managed by SCE for wildlife and amenity, specifically to meet the needs of the sheltered accommodation. At the request of the residents we have planted an orchard over the past few years. This Apple Day is an event open alike to residents, SCE members and volunteers and the guests of either. At its centre lies juicing and drinking the resulting produce. SCE honey will be there and organic produce from the SCE Community Allotment (elsewhere in Northampton). Pruning and grafting events (ask!) are held at the Barn here later in the year. Advice session at the day includes i.d. of apple varieties and management of orchards and fruit trees. Parts but not all of the site enjoy limited disabled access. No dedicated parking – try cycling or walking or at least a car-share. Peter Nalder/Susan Walmsley, South Court Environmental & The Apple Cause, 34 Bostock Ave., Northampton, NN1 4LW 01604-630719 / 01933 - 275257  nalder.peter@talktalk.net    and / or    sce@talktalk.net  www.scenorthampton.org.uk

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NORTHUMBERLAND

Saturday 3 October Wark Town Hall, Front Street, Wark, Hexham, Northumberland NE48 3LG          10.30 am to 4 p.m  £2.50/ £1.50 for under 12s display of apple varieties, tasting, apple identification (Trevor Rogers of the Northern Fruit Group), apples for sale, cakes, teas, pressing and  juice making, apple games, make a felt apple, apple mapping project, displays about local orchards and encouraging wild life. Peter Samsom, (01434) 230605 or (wk) (01388) 528801 Transition Tynedale and Wark Town Hall   peternsam@googlemail.com  www.wark.org.uk

Sunday 25 October Cragside NT 11.00 - 5.00 apple displays, stories pressing, dishes, quizzes, puzzles.

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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Sunday October 18th Lowdham Village Hall, Main Street, Lowdham, NG14 7BD (opposite The Old Ship Public House). Lowdham Horticultural Society 11:00am to 4:00pm    Adults £1.50 Children free. Over 130 apple varieties on display plus other fruit, Apple tasting, Stalls, Honey and beekeeping, Produce (Jams etc), Juice pressing. Show Secretary      Janet Powell-Perry     0115 966 9467 patrick.j.mcdonnell@btinternet.com www. lowdham hortsoc.org.uk

 

A BIG Happy Birthday to the Bramley - - - 2009 is the  200th Anniversary of the Bramley Apple planted by Mary Ann Brailsford as a girl in Southwell.

Sunday 18th October   Southwell Racecourse –  on the racecard  will be a special BRAMLEY RACE to celebrate the 200th Anniversary. Come and have a flutter!

Saturday 24th October Southwell  Bramley Apple Festival  something for everyone: -

Nottinghamshire Federation Women’s Institutes - Apple Pie Competition 2009.  Open to everyone including men!  Five adult sections to choose from including savouries, desserts, cakes, craft and photos. Separate children’s competition with similar topics.  Entry forms and full details available from Nottinghamshire Federation of Women’s Institutes, Trent Bridge House, Beastmarket Hill, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24  1BN and local libraries. The judging will take place in Southwell Library.

Admiral Rodney – WI stalls. Refreshments served all day including delicious homemade cakes.

Southwell Workhouse NT - Bramley Apple Day Cookery demonstrations with historical rural recipes, apple tours and apple activities.

Southwell Minster Festival of Food and Drink. A variety of specialist food stalls. Cookery demonstrations throughout the day.  Apple display. Times and full details to follow.

Southwell Library - Bramley Painting Competition  Open to children and adults. Full details available on entry forms available through Art Clubs and local libraries.  Display in the library.

Southwell Youth Centre – come and join in with a variety of games and competitions run for all ages

Saracen’s Head Hotel -Morris Men dancing in the courtyard. Enjoy some delicious Bramley dishes over the weekend.

Southwell Heritage Trail – Take a leisurely walk around Southwell and learn about the history of the Bramley Apple.

Denby Paint a Plate competition

Full details of all events for the celebrations will be advertised nearer the time – Tourist Information Centre 01636 819038        Southwell Town Council: The Old Court House, The Burgage, Southwell, NG25 0EP | (01636) 816103

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OXFORDSHIRE

Sunday September 27th Warneford  Meadow,  Hilltop Road, entrance, next to Jack Howarth House, East Oxford OX4. www.friendsofwarnefordmeadow.org.uk

Friday 9th October to Sunday 11th October Waterperry Gardens near Wheatley OX33 1JZ. See and taste numerous different apple varieties and get your mystery apple crops identified by our experts. Tours of the orchards at 11am, 1.30pm and 3pm for about an hour each (free although we would welcome donations to our charity of the year, Maggie's Cancer Caring Charity). Our country crafts and food fair in the plant centre will feature local producers and craftspeople and special apple-themed meals in the Pear Tree Teashop.  Bacon butty breakfasts will be available from the Teashop from 0930 with hot food available between 12 and 3pm. Apple bobbing.Waterperry grows and stocks a wide range of fruit trees and this is the perfect opportunity to get information and advice from our experts about growing fruit in your garden. Normal entrance fee applies. (01844 339254) www.waterperrygardens.co.uk

Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th October, Sulgrave Manor, Sulgrave, Banbury  OX17 2SD. See over 350 varieties of English apples. Bring 3 apples with stalks from your tree for FREE identification. Apple pressing, furit trees and plants, apples and cider for sale etc. 10.30am – 5.00pm. Adults £7.50. Children (5-16) £3.50. Family £20.00. (01295 760205) www.sulgravemanor.org.uk

Sunday 11 October Cross Lanes Fruit Farm, Mapledurham, Reading RG4 7UW Orchard Open day 10.00am-5.00pm  see BERKSHIRE

Sunday 18 October – from 12 noon – at The Red Lion, Brightwell cum Sotwell, in south Oxfordshire. Apple Day will showcase the impressive range of apples and orchards in the village. There will be a Sunday menu with an apple theme as well as an opportunity to taste traditional ciders, different apple varieties grown in the village, this season’s apple juice pressed locally, jams, chutneys, honey and more. There will also be fruit swaps.  Apart from apples, the village has many other fruits such as figs, pears, walnuts, quince, damsons, plums, medlars and cobnuts. 

Discover how apples should taste at the Red Lion Apple Day.

Brightwell cum Sotwell, one mile from Wallingford, lies in a fruit-growing line just north of the Berkshire Downs from Harwell in the west to Thame and Chinnor in the east. The local environment group fruit tree survey has discovered that there are several old orchards still surviving in gardens or abandoned around the village.  The survey found roughly 32% of gardens contain fruit trees with at least 250 apple trees alone.  Up to 34 different varieties of apple have been recorded many of which are old favourites such as Cox’s Orange Pippin and Bramleys.  There are also others like James Grieve, Laxton’s Superb, Ellison’s Orange and Ashmead Kernel. Contact Sue Robson at the Red Lion for more details about the day www.redlion.biz – 01491 837373 – or Alison Bloomfield for survey information – acbloomfield@googlemail.com

Sunday 18th October 2009 Hill Farm, Little Wittenham, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4QZ Time: 10am - 5pm Cost: Activities individually priced. Scrumping from £1. Booking: No booking needed, just turn up! More info www.northmoortrust.co.uk or call 01865 407792. Celebrate Apple Day by scrumping in the Northmoor Trust's orchards at the foot of the Wittenham Clumps. Children can learn more about the autumn harvest with quizzes and games, and sample some delicious local food in our harvest market. Cider pressing demonstrations, donkeys and local craft market stalls will provide a feast of treats for a great family day out. Hedgerow Supermarket Workshop,10am - 12noon Find out why hedgerows are so important for wildlife and have a go at wild foraging for hedgerow food. £7 per child. There are limited places on this workshop so advance booking is essential. Please call 01865 407792 to reserve your place. Northmoor Trust's Apple Day 2009 is generously supported by NAPE.

19 – 25 October Wyevale Garden Centre, Bicester Avenue, Oxford Road, Bicester OX25 2NY. Apple and cider-rich culinary delights in the Four Seasons Restaurant. Expert advice on apple tree growing. Apple tasting. Roots of Bicester  cider sampling, jam/chutney tasting. Apples to taste, fruit swap table. Jeanett Cocklin biceterevents@the gardencentregroup.co.uk (01869 242248)

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SHROPSHIRE

Saturday 3 – Sunday 4 October Attingham Park, NT, Shrewsbury SY4 4TP Savour the harvest in Attingham's Orchard with fresh apple pressing, juice to taste and buy local crafts, cider and produce. 11am – 4pm. Normal Admission Charges Apply. (01743 708123)

Saturday October 10th  The Green Wood Centre, Station Road, Coalbrookdale, TF8 7DR An apple expert will be bringing a splendid display of traditional varieties, many available for tasting, though the centrepiece again will be the huge one ton traditional twin-screw apple press, and scratting mill, both pieces of equipment dating back to the mid-19C and re-built by the Trust. They require nothing more than muscle power to operate them and if the apple harvest is good will pour out some 200 gallons of apple juice.

Please bring, in the two weeks prior to the event, as many apples as possible (of whatever variety) to the Green Wood Centre on the old station site at Coalbrookdale in the Ironbridge Gorge where they will be stored in a great pile or tump ready for use. In exchange for the fruit, people will be given a voucher entitling them on the day to 'free' freshly-pressed apple juice, which one young participant last year described simply as 'the most delicious apple juice in the world'! You can bring the apples on the day. Alternatively, for those who have no apples or who have forgotten, don't worry. You can purchase a litre of the delicious juice during Apple Day.

The fun doesn't stop at the pressing, either. This year there will be a huge display of different apple varieties from around the country, including some particular to Shropshire. 'Hands-on' craft demonstrations of the work of the Green Wood Centre including pole lathing, suitable for adults and children. Apple bobbing, apple prints and even smallscale apple pressing equipment . There will be a pork roast and vegetarian food option and the chance to try and buy country wines and cider, including that made by Shropshire Apple Trust. Contact Michael Pooley 01952 433632 www.greenwoodcentre.org.uk

Sunday 18th October 2009 Hawkstone Hall, Marchamley, Shrewsbury SY4 5LG. A celebration of local produce, apple and traditional orcahards. Apple pressing and juice making demonstration from Shropshire Apple Trust, CAMRA cider bar with local ciders for sale, outside bar, hog roast, orchard produce and plant sale, live music, morris dancing, kids activities including apple bobbing, make your own bird box and apple hunt etc. Display from Shrophire Wildlife Trust. 1-4pm. Admission £3 for Adults, Kids under 16 free. James Shepherd, Head Gardener on 01630 685242

Saturday 24th October 10am – 4pm Shropshire Wildlife Trust, 193 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AH . Victorian apple peeling machines and displays with Bees and Trees’ Paul Hand; Apple cooking; Apple juice pressing;   Interesting and unusual apples for sale Quart (Court?) of Wick, Lord Lambourne, Stanardine and many other delicious varieties; Craft and cake stalls; food; storytelling; music; all ages. Sarah Bierley 01691 670095/01743 284287. Shropshire Wildlife Trust 01743 284280       SarahB@shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October visit your local Dobbies Garden World Shrewsbury to indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. www.dobbies.com11am – 3pm

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SOMERSET & Bristol

Sunday September 13  The Orchard Pig / West Bradley Orchards, West Bradley, Nr Glastonbury BA6 8LT   2 miles off the A361 between Shepton Mallet and Glastonbury 10.00 – 17.00  The orchards will be open for apple and pear picking and everyone is invited to bring a picnic to share under the trees.  For those exhausted by the labour of picking ripe, juicy dessert and cooking apples The Orchard Pig’s cider and juice bar will be open, and there will be hot food and drink. Friends of the orchard, including bee keepers, honey makers, and Ashridge Trees will be on hand with their products, and there will be tractor and trailer rides around the 45 acres that make up West Bradley Orchards. Children particularly enjoy the freedom to roam through the trees, and this year they will have the opportunity to go bobbing for apples, as well as meet the famous Orchard Piglets! “The crop is going to be a bumper one this year.  We have bags and containers and even wheelbarrows on site for pickers, and lots of free parking. We will be happy to talk to anyone about their own trees and we will be showing visitors around our crushing and bottling plant”. Bramley, Cox and Jonagold, Kidd’s Orange, Charles Ross, Lord Lambourne, Ashmead’s Kernel  and Early Windsor. They are all wonderful when picked straight from the tree and many of them will keep well past Christmas. When so much supermarket fruit is imported this is an ideal opportunity to pick some real local produce and to help keep Somerset’s carbon footprint down.

The Orchard Pig is celebrating its second birthday this year, and is currently one of the finalists in the Waitrose and Country Living Made in Britain Awards 2009 for its Sparkling Jonagold Cloudy Apple Juice.  This, and all the rest of the award winning Orchard Pig range, will be available for tasting. June MacFarlane, The Orchard Pig    Tel: 01458 851222

Sat 19th Sept 11.00 to 4.00 ish Royate Hill Community Orchard, Bristol apple pressing for juice/cider. Bring apples if you have any / can find unpicked trees in the area. Bring containers to take juice away. Bring food to share. Come anyway even if you don’t have any apples as there are loads around. Mike Feingold 07768915423 Bristol Permaculture Group

Saturday October 3rd   10am – 1pm  Eldred’s Orchard, Blagdon. Longest Peel Competition – simply peel an apple in a spiral keeping the peel in one continuous piece.  Separate categories for under 18’s and mechanical peelers.  Please bring your own hand or mechanical peeler or knife.  The longest peel in each category will be entered into Common Ground’s national competition, for which there are prizes. Apple Identification – experts from Charlton Orchards will be on hand to help identify unknown varieties from your garden.  Please bring two or three specimen fruits of each variety. Juicing – press your own juice from windfall apples using our press.  Please bring your own containers for taking the juice home.  Children’s Taste Adventure – explore the characteristics of different apples in our Children’s Taste Adventure whilst our Guided Tours on the half hour will do the same for adults. Apple Cake Competition – please bring along an apple cake made to your favourite recipe.  Judging will take place at 12.30 pm.  The recipe for Blagdon’s Best Apple Cake should then be made available on the village website.

Apple Bobbing – good old-fashioned fun! Apple Gifting – we shall be reintroducing the ancient tradition of gifting apples when children from Blagdon School fill baskets they have made with apples from the orchard. These will be presented to the elderly of the village who may find it difficult to get to the orchard themselves.  The presentation will take place at Luncheon Club the following Wednesday.  Please let us know of anyone else in the village who should receive an apple gift. Entry is free but we will welcome donations to help fund the purchase of a notice board for the orchard. Organised by Friends of Eldred’s Orchard. Secretary Suzanne Wynn 01761 463964 or feo@blagdon.org

17th October - 21st November.  Somerset Rural Life Museum, Abbey Farm, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury BA6 8DB.  'I AM CIDER' A photographic exhibition by Bill Bradshaw. The culmination of five years' field work exploring Somerset's remarkable Cider heritage. For more information visit www.billbradshaw.co.uk (01458 831197) www.somerset.gov.uk/museums

17 – 23rd October Monkton Elm Garden Centre,off the A38 at Monkton Heathfield. Apple, cider and fruit.  A celebration of Somerset apples and cider as well as the diverse range offruit that’s grown in the county. Learn about growing fruit, watch cider press demonstrations by Vigo Ltd, get advice about orchard restoration, enjoy free samples, see apple displays by Charlton Orchards. James@porcupinepr.co.uk    01278 446801

Sunday 18 October Quiet Corner Farm, Henstridge, BA8 0RA. Orchard walks, tree nursery, butterfly man, apple juicing demos, children’s games, teas, quiz, Shetland ponies. Bring your own picnic.  1.00 – 4.00.   Previous Tuesdays and Thursdays come and make your own apple juice: - bring sweet and sharp apples, 15 or more clean wine bottles with screw tops and picnic lunch. £1.10 for a bottle of pasteurised juice or £1.50 if you use Quiet Corner apples. Allow two hours, apron and wellies advisable. Other times by arrangement. Patricia Thompson 01963 363045

Sunday 18th October 1-4pm Christchurch School and Key Centre, Feltham Lane, Frome. Apple identification expert (bring two apples and a twig with leaves to help identify each variety), display of apple varieties, pressing of apples (bring your own - and some bottles for the juice!),  bee keepers and honey, bottled juice for sale, apple cakes, preserves, cheese, hog roast, vegetarian food, storyteller, apple games, and information about caring for apple trees. Helen Johnstone 01373 453512 Sustainable Frome (Apple Group) helenjohnstone@yahoo.com www.transitionfrome.org.uk Jo Fuller  yggdrasil_2003@yahoo.co.uk     

Sunday 18th October 2009 2-4pm  Horfield Organic Community Orchard On allotment land access on foot/cycle via lane opposite 23 Kings Drive, Bishopston, North Bristol  BS7 8JP. Bus 20 from City Centre.  By car off Kellaway Avenue from A38. Children must be supervised.  No dogs. Wander & wonder at our 100 trees - about half are apples. Fresh pressed apple juice & other produce on sale. Apple trees (dwarfing) on sale. Variety tasting. Information c/o 80 Kings Drive, Bishopston, Bristol BS7 8JH. Tel. 0117 924 8124     pauline.markovits@blueyonder.co.uk

Tuesday October 20th Broadlands Orchard Share at Bath Farmers’ Market, Green Park Station. Bath  Apple juicing and more timbaines@yahoo.co.uk (01225 312116)

October 23 – 2 November   Taunton Town Centre Company/Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton.

Saturday October 24th October Barrington Court NT 1.00 - 4.30. apple milling, tasting, juice and cider for sale, sample a whole range of flavours, pick some apples and mill them yourself, enjoy an apple inspired menu in the Barrington Restaurant or while away some time at the cider bar! Games, including skittles, ‘pot the apple’ and an apple shy, will be on offer and people can wander through the orchards which have been home to fruit trees for centuries. Apple picking days will be held at National Trust properties: Barrington Court on October 15 and October 29; Montacute House on October 12 and at the Tintinhull on October 8 and October 19.

Saturday 24th October Charlton Orchards Creech St Michael 10 am - 5 pm. Come along for apple tasting, apple games, tractor tours of the orchard and help with apple identification. Apples to buy. Admission is FREE and refreshments are available. 01823 412959 www.charltonorchards.com

Saturday 24th October Carhampton Community Orchard & Village Hall 10.30 am to 3.30 pm. Displays of old photographs etc - Apple skinning (for adults and children) - Treasure Hunt - Apple Identification by Mr S Brookfield from Cannington. Stalls - Desert and cooking apples from community orchard, apple cakes and pies, apple juices, chutneys and jams, cookery books, Notelets, honey etc. Competitions - Open to all adults, prizes in each class.   1. Three dessert apples   2. Three cooking apples   3. Heaviest apple Entries (FREE) to Village Hall between 9.00 am and 10.00 am on Saturday.  Prizegiving at 3.00 pm Ploughmans lunches, soups, sweets, tea & coffee from 12.00 noon. Raffle - Proceeds to hall funds - Reg charity No: 269610. For further details ring 01643 821580 or 821287. Events in the Community Orchard - sales of apples and apple juice crushing - 11.00 am - 3.00 pm for further details ring 01643 821620 or 821158.

Somerset Rural Life Museum, Abbey Farm, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury BA6 8DB. Apple Events at Autumn Half Term:

24th  October 11.00-5.00  Cider Making Demonstration using a traditional mill and press and apples from the museum’s own orchard. Cider Commentary and illustrated talks on apple growing by local expert Les Davies MBE.

27th October 10.30-12.30 Apple Cooking Demonstration using a traditional Victorian range in the farmhouse kitchen by Zaida Haworth

29th October 10.30-1.00 & 1.30-3.00 Apple Activities with John French. Craft activities for all the family on an apple theme. Advanced booking and accompanied children only please. £3.00 per child.

 Museum open Tuesday - Saturday 10am -5pm ADMISSION FREE. Tea Room open throughout Half Term selling delicious home-made apple recipes.

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October visit your local Dobbies Garden World Shepton Mallet to indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. www.dobbies.com11am – 3pm

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STAFFORDSHIRE

Stoke-on-Trent City Council will celebrate Apple Day by planting ten new trees in two parts of the city :-

Wednesday 21 October Councillor Derek Capey will unveil five new trees at the Secret Garden in Fenton Park on City Road at 10am

Monday 19th October at 5.00pm Councillor Debra Gratton will officially plant five trees in Cobridge Park. Councillor John Daniels, cabinet member for housing, environment and neighbourhoods, said: “Stoke-on-Trent is supporting Apple Day to promote home grown produce and protect the environment". The city council will also be using compost from the green waste kerbside collection scheme.  This is kitchen waste, garden waste and cardboard and has been turned into top grade horticultural compost. media inquiries: Phil Bowers, PR and Communications Department, Stoke-on-Trent City Council 01782 232017.

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October visit your local Dobbies Garden World in Gailey to indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. www.dobbies.com 11am – 3pm

Sunday 25th October Kingstanding Leisure Centre, Dulwich Road, Kingstanding, B44 0EW From 12-5pm Live apple pressing, see and taste local apples turned into delicious juice with our amazing apple presses- why not bring along your apples to turn into juice. Apple trees, produce and plants for sale. Apple expert available on the day, bring a sample of any apple you would like him to identify. Display of over 50 varieties of apples. Fun apple games including Apple bobbing, Apple peel competition and Apple and Spoon race. Launch of ‘The Urban Orchard Competition’- enter for a chance to have a fruit tree dedicated to a special person of your choice. 6-8pm Ceilidh Dance Evening with amazing live Irish band ‘Cairde’ Come along and enjoy live music and traditional Ceilidh dancing. Suitable for everyone from beginners to more experienced dancers! Limited free tickets available in advance from Kingstanding Leisure Centre and on Apple Day, book early to avoid disappointment. Any remaining tickets will be available on the door. The event is brought to you by ‘PREPARE’ a project to harvest and distribute unwanted fruit in the Erdington area run by Artist in Residence Eleanor Hoad supported by Birmingham City Councils Community Arts Team. For more information and Ceilidh tickets contact Kingstanding Leisure Centre on 0121 464 7890 or Eleanor Hoad on 07974 934 917 or eleanorhoad@hotmail.com See www.artsresidencies.org/eleanorhoad and www.cairde.co.uk  for more information

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SUFFOLK

Sunday October 4th Metfield Stores (community run), Metfield,  fringe event of the Aldeburgh Food Festival -  we're having an early Apple Day. 10-2.00    Shop Talk - Saving A Village Shop and then Apple Walk across the fields to Wakelyns Agroforestry Farm, Fressingfield. The farms 60 acres are divided into three agroforestry systems, cereals, potatoes and mixed vegetables separated by diverse apple trees. The walk will be led by Eddie Krutysza, local rose and fruit tree grower. He will be offering apple identification, and selling apple and fruit trees. Soup and apple juices at the Metfield Stores. Please book: £4 includes soup after walk. Rachel Kellett 01986 872 776    www.metfield.org.uk 01379 586 204 rachelkellet@googlemail.com

Sunday 4th Oct, 12 – 4pm, Bungay Castle, Suffolk Wildlife Trust - Bungay local group. 01986 895311

Saturday 10th Oct, 11am - 3pm Thornham Hall Walled Garden,
Mid Suffolk Council Countryside Services. 01379 788345
thornham@midsuffolk.gov.uk. Child £3.00 accompanying adults free

Sunday 18th October 10am – 4pm            Redgrave and Lopham Fen, near Bressingham National Nature Reserve.   Display of named varieties of apples and pears. Apple and pear identification. Locally produced apples, juice and jam to try and buy. Try juice straight from the press. Vote for your favourite apple variety. Specialist nurseries in our woodland setting, talk to the experts and gain first hand advice about growing fruit. Discover unusual varieties of fruit trees and bushes, on sale along side seasonal perennial and vegetable plants. Especially for the day, beautifully crafted hand made baskets, pottery and artwork. Come early for delicious home made cakes and produce, which have been donated by our Suffolk Wildlife Trust volunteers.  Join in the fun by printing your own unique apple carrier or cartooning apple characters. Take part in apple bowling, lift the apple or the longest peel competition. Enjoy tales of apple tree folk-law. Help garden wildlife by making bird feeders, have a go at our family trail as well as many more new games for this year! The visitor centre is open throughout the day, selling wildlife gifts and books and with an apple theme in the café. Based on this delightful National Nature Reserve with 11km of walks, there is plenty to occupy the family, even the dog! (on a lead please). ADMISSION: Adults£2, children £1. Cathy Smith (01379) 688333, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Low Common Road, South Lopham, Diss. IP22 2HX  redgrave.education@suffolkwildlifetrust.org    www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org

Saturday 24 October Crown Nursery, High Street, Ufford IP13 6EL. 10-4.00 Family run nursery, growers of over 200 varieties of apple trees, one of the largest collections of East Anglian fruit. Over 80 varieties of apple to taste. Demonstrations of budding and grafting, pruning and tips and trade secrets from apple expert and BBC Radio Suffolk’s gardening guru Graeme Proctor and his team. Traditional apple games, quizzes, light refreshments including Crown Nurseries famous apple muffins. Jill Proctor 01394 jill@crown-nursery.co.uk www.crown-nursery.co.uk

Sunday 25th October  Bridge Farm Barns, Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, IP7 7AY   11am to 5pm.    Sale of local farm pressed apple juice and heritage apples. Display of Suffolk raised apples with a detailed map showing where each type originated in the county (kindly loaned by East of England Apples and Orchards Project). Fruit identification service [<Contact George Hodgkinson on 01449 740478 or email gh.orchards@ukonline.co.uk]. Apple themed menu in the Tea Rooms. Apple Monster Competition for children of all ages 0-100 (even we have a go!).  All Apple monsters need to be made from fruit and vegetables and include at least one apple.  And just for fun – Pin the Maggot on the Apple. Find the Golden Apple £1.00 a go and a prize for the person who picks the golden apple.  All proceeds to charity.  Contact The SummerHouse on 01449 741103 www.athomeinthegarden.co.uk

Monday 26th October  11-3. Thornham Walks. Join us as we celebrate Apple Day. Try apple bobbing and other apple games. Try the taste test as we sample local apples. Meet at Thornham’s Walled Garden.  £3.00 for children. Accompanying adults free. Mid Suffolk District Council Countryside Service. thornham@midsuffolk.gov.uk (01379 788345). www,thornham.org.uk

Sun 1st November 1pm – 4pm Foxburrow Farm, Melton, Woodbridge Suffolk Wildlife Trust 01394 380113 www.suffolkwildlifetrust.co.uk
Adult £2 Child £1

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SURREY

Friday October 16th – Monday 19th RHS Wisley, Surrey A Taste of Autumn includes apple tasting and apple iidentification

October 17 and 18th Polesden Lacey NT, Nr Dorking, Surrey Over this weekend we will be hosting this uniquely English event with local apple and cider sales and tasting, apple exhibition and sales of local produce. 11.00 - 5.00

Sunday October 18 10.00 – 1.00  Secrett’s Farm, Milfold. National Eczema Society. Over 50 varieties of apple to taste and some to buy in the Farmers Market, apple juggling, teas and cakes, family games and display of apple photographs. Write apple poems/lines.

Saturday 24th October Osney Lodge Farm, Byers Lane, South Godstone, RH9 8JH We are a local Farmshop and on the day we will have: a display of different varieties of apples (over 12 varieties of apples); Tastings - apple sausages, burgers, cheeses, homemade cakes, pies and crumbles, jellies, crisps, jams, chutneys, juices, ciders. All apples and juices will come from Ringden Farm 9am – 5pm  Julie Hendy on 01342 892216 enquiries@osneylodgefarm.co.uk  www.osneylodgefarm.co.uk

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SUSSEX

Sunday September 27th Stanmer Park, Brighton, in and near an orchard close to Stanmer Church. A seasonal celebration in and around the orchards at Stanmer Park. Find out more about apples in the orchards at Stanmer. Apple crumble and teas, juice making, apple identification, guided tours, produce for sale and much more. Admission free, no need to book, just come along.

Children must be supervised by an adult. Dogs must be kept on a lead and may not be admitted to the tea garden.

Apple identification: If you want to know what the old apple tree in your garden is then you can ask the expert pomologists and fruit historians.  Joan Morgan, author of The New Book of Apples, and Alison Lean will be on hand to identify apples. Please bring three or more good quality fruits and a few leaves of each unknown variety.

Event details: Tea garden with fresh apple juice, apple puddings, and cakes all day - Apple identification - Buy freshly picked apples from our orchards - Juice the apples from the orchard using a traditional press and juice for sale - Rare Sussex apple trees for sale - Children’s activities - Stalls from Stanmer Organics, Brighton and Hove Food Partnership and others - Find out about our plans to plant all the rare Sussex varieties of apples in our orchards - Orchard tours throughout the day - Cookery demonstrations. This event is being jointly run by Action in Rural Sussex, Brighton Permaculture Trust and The Stanmer Orchard Group.

Saturday 3rd – Sunday 4th October  West Dean College near Chichester. Gardens Supervisor,  sarah.wain@westdean.org.uk       01243 818312

Sunday 4 October Alfriston Clergy House NT apples, orchard, experts, wood craft.

Sunday October 11th  Old Rudgwick Cider Society, Rudgwick Apple Day,  Rudgwick Sports and Social Club, King George V Playing Fields, Bucks Green, Rudgwick, RH12 3JJ. 11 am to 4 pm. Based in the beautiful Upper Arun Valley of the Sussex Weald, our community playing fields are bordered by woodland, river, wet woodland and spring fed water course. New community orchard (all Sussex cultivars) planted 18 months ago within a new wildflower meadow. Come and join us pressing the surplus apples that have been collected from around the village and bring your surplus apples along to be pressed on the day. If you bring apples you can take away juice (which freezes well - bring your own containers) or receive a voucher to collect our 2009 cider at the Ellens Green and Rudgwick Gardening Association Summer Show in July 2010. During Apple Day there are plenty of stalls and side shows to enjoy, all about apples and other rural themes, Secretts Village Shop, Raffles, WI cakes and other comestibles. There are also (messy!) games for children, 2008 vintage "Old Chopper" Cider to sample (strictly over 18 only - ID will be requested), the Social Club is open for refreshments and a Hog Roast with apple sauce! So bring your surplus apples, the whole family, some containers to take away juice, and have a great fun and informative day in Rudgwick, whilst putting surplus apples to good use. Oliver Ward 01403 823 424 Trevor.nash@biwater.com 07816 757537 www.rudgwickcider.com

Saturday 17 –Sunday 18th  October  Middle Farm, Firle, Lewes

Wednesday 21 October 2009 Rye Farmers' Market Strand Quay, Rye, TN31 7AY  10.00 - 1.00      Tastings of apples, juices and apple crisps  A range of stalls selling local food, drink and crafts. Apple pie competition - bring your pie made with local apple to Rye Farmers' Market by 9.15am. Judging at 9.30 then tasting of all the pies. Apple bobbing. Longest apple peel competitio. Jill Halliday 07952 470 537 info@ryemarket.org.uk  www.ryemarket.org.uk

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WARWICKSHIRE & West MIdlands

Sunday October 4th. Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens, Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham B36 9BT. Taste forgotten varieties of apples and juices, plus apple-themed competitions. 12-00 pm 4-00 pm : Free Car Park. Gardens open until 5-30 pm. Adults £3-50. Concessions £3-00. Children 50p. Trust Members Free(0121 749 4100)admin@cbhgt.org.uk

Sunday 5th October 2008 Garden Organic, Ryton, Coventry CV8 3LG 10am ? 5pm. The day aims to demonstrate the taste, variety and versatility of apples, show how important it is that we continue to buy British apples over foreign imports, and give you the advice you need to have a go at growing this tasty fruit at home. This year's Apple Day is particularly important to Garden Organic, as we are also introducing our very own commemorative variety – the Bright Future apple - marking our 50th anniversary. Order yours today for November delivery. Orchard Tours - Learn all about our orchard and many of the top fruit varieties grown within it. Over 50 British apple varieties for you to sample and buy. Apple Menu – enjoy a range of apple dishes at our award-winning restaurant. Children's activities: Garden Organic's education team will be running a host of fun activities for children, including apple on a string, apple printing, apple draughts and apple bird feeders. The Apple Orchard Elephant Up a Pole morris dancing group will treat visitors to traditional harvest-time dances. The Apple Orchard Apple fun and games: Test your hand-eye co-ordination with apple petanque and other outdoor games. Take a taste of our orchard's apples by sampling freshly pressed apple juice. Cider Tasting: Harrod Horticulture will be demonstrating their apple presses and crushers, with fresh juice to sample. Apple Archery: William Tell, an expert marksman, famously shot an apple off his son's head - come along and test your own archery skills (no humans involved!). Apple identification – got an apple tree but not sure what variety it is? Then bring your fruit along to be identified by our experts. Apple talks. Admission prices 2009 inclusive of Gift Aid: Adult £6.60 (includes one child admission free). Concession £6.00. Additional child £3.30 (age 5-16). Under 5s FREE     024 7630 3517    Email: enquiry@gardenorganic.org.uk

Saturday 17 – Sunday 18 October Hill Close Gardens off Martinique Square, Warwick, 10am – 5pm.(01926 493339 www.hillclosegardens.com

Saturday 24th October, Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston B15 3YR. Apple cake, apple ice cram, cider tasting and lots more. (0121 454 1860) admin@birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October visit your local Dobbies Garden World in Mancetter to indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. www.dobbies.com11am – 3pm

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WILTSHIRE

Sunday October 18thLacock Abbey Gardens, NT Lacock Abbey, High Street, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2LG       11am to 4pm NT members free, non-members £6.30 adults, £3.20 child £15.80 family. Display of apple varieties. Guided orchard walks and talks. Apples for sale. Refreshments; hot and cold drinks, soup, rolls and cake. Hog roast. Honey and bee related products for sale. Recipe books for sale by local author. Apple juice making and tasting. Single varietal juice for sale. Cider bar run by local CAMRA group including ‘No Nunsense’ the abbey’s homemade cider. Displays. Children’s games and Wiltshire Scrapstore with apple-themed craft activities. Longest Peel competition. Apple poet-tree. Live music and dancing. Sue Carter, Head Gardener sue.carter@nationaltrust.org.uk  www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-lacockabbeyvillage/

Wed 21st October 10am til 2pm. Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw Lane, Shaw, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 5PJ - there will be an apple themed menu in the café, with recipe sheets available, apple games, and apple crafts, and plenty of varieties of English apples to taste. Tel: 01793 771080

Sunday 25th October Lower Moor Farm Nature Reserve, near Oaksey, on from 1.0pm -3.30pm.The Wiltshire Traditional Orchard Project (WTOP) -  games such as apple knocking, guided walks through wildlife orchards, and the opportunity to press your own fruit into juice. The project is led by a group of volunteers with help from the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, Wiltshire and Swindon Biological Records Centre and Peoples Trust for Endangered Species (PTES). Since its launch in April 2009 at aBecketts Orchard &Vineyard near Devizes, the project has gone from strength to strength. The team has been really busy planting a wildlife orchard at Sandpool Farm, which is adjacent to Lower Moor Farm. With a small press and crusher for community use they have also pressed, bottled and pasturised apple juice from fruit harvested from neighbouring Clattinger Farm. Ordnance Survey data suggests that nearly 500 orchards still exist in Wiltshire and they need to be surveyed to determine their extent, condition, whether they are traditional or not and what wildlife lives in them. For further details contact the Wiltshire Traditional Orchards Project on (01793) 815029,orchardwilts@hotmail.co.uk http://sites.google.com/site/wiltsorchards/Home/about-the-project Sue Litherland, Communications Officer (01380) 725670, ext 222, suel@wiltshirewildlife.org

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WORCESTERSHIRE

Saturday 26 - Sunday 27th September.  Pear Day, Three Counties Showground, Malvern. Large display of perry pears.

Saturday 17 October 2009 RHS at Pershore College Apple Day. 10.30am start. Lecture on the history of the apple and how to identify the many varieties. Apple displays and advice at the Plant Centre.  Apple juice tastings.  £7 members, £8.50 nonmembers.  For tickets and further info, www.warkscol.ac.uk 01386 554609 or rhs@warkscol.ac.uk

Saturday 17th October 2009 Kemerton Orchard Day Kemerton Court, Kemerton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 7HY. Kemerton Conservation Trust and Kemerton Orchard Workers are planning a day of celebration of our local orchards in aid of our work to protect this important part of village life, wildlife and landscape. Orchard Walks leaving at 11.00, 12.30 and 14.00 – starting from near St Nicholas’ Church – up to one hour – cost £1 per head. This walk will take in a beautifully restored walled garden and a farm orchard (suitable footwear please). There will be a Nature Trail for young visitors. An unaccompanied walk may be taken to visit Daffurn’s Orchard, a community orchard nature reserve at the top of the village. No dogs in the orchards please.

The Village Hall will be open from 12.30 until 16.30: Apple Pressing using modern day equipment. Apple juice on sale or bring your own apples and we will endeavour to press as much as possible for a nominal charge. Visit a Traditional Apple Press adjacent to the village hall. Kemerton Cyder - The first bottling of Kemerton Cyder made by Minchew’s Real Cyder and Perry from hand picked Kemerton apples will be on sale. Beth Phillip, a local award-winning watercolour botanical artist will be giving demonstrations and a limited edition print of her beautiful picture of apple ‘Discovery’ will be amongst the raffle prizes.Visit the Kemerton Conservation Trust stand and learn more about our work. Toff Milway - A renowned local potter will be displaying hand made cider jugs and baking dishes. Kemerton Orchard Workers will be launching their 2010 Calendar together with the sale of cards, tea towels and bags plus the sale of local produce from a variety of fruits (seasonal), preserves and ice cream. Select a recipe from an A-Z of Apple Recipes and take a copy home. Displays by Slipstream Organics Ltd– a vegetable box company which supply Kemerton apples and Walcot Organic Nurseries – which supply our fruit trees. Bredon Hill Honey will be on sale. A Special Raffle will provide the opportunity to win high quality orchard related prizes. Light Refreshments. Free Car Park John Clarke (Conservation Advisor) Kemerton Conservation Trust.  kctoffice@btinternet.com www.kemerton.org

October 17th Tenbury Wells

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YORKSHIRE (including Bradford, Leeds & Sheffield)

Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th September Cannon Hall Pear Weekend, Barnsley

Sunday October 4th   Dewhurst Road Allotments, Huddersfield HD2 1BW. 11.00 Julian Faulkner, social forestry officer of Kirklees and Hilary Dodson, Northern Fruit Group. 18 varieites of apple trees, taste, get advice.

Saturday, 10th October 12noon- 4pm  Bowling Park Community Orchard, in the allotments at Bowling Park Drive, Bradford BD4. Outdoor event, but plenty of cover. Display of apple varieties,  identifier from Northern Fruit Group, apples for salepressing fresh apple juice, horticultural advice, apple café serving sweet and savoury dishes, apple games, tasting apples, exploring wildlife in the orchard, longest peel, apple bingo, chocolate apples, art activities. Julia Pearson 01274 513109 Bradford Environmental Education Service BEES, Bradford YMCA, Little Horton Lane, Bradford, BD5 0JG   01274 513102/513109 bees@bradford.ymca.org.uk   Directions available on a map on website >>>> www.bees-ymca.org.uk 

Saturday October 10th   Shibden Hall, Halifax

Saturday 10th October 2009, 1-4pm, free. York Environment Centre in St Nicholas Fields Local Nature Reserve, Rawdon Avenue, York YO10 3ST. Annual celebration of everything apple. There will be apple juicing, juggling, craft activities and Apple Olympics for children. Enter your favourite apple recipe into our Apple Pudding Competition and test your dexterity in the Longest Apple Peel contest. Find out about cider making, using apples in the kitchen and other apple facts. There will also be lovely cakes and other Yorkshire produce for sale by the ‘Tarts & Titbits’ delicatessen based on Gillygate and much more. [above is what we have confirmed so far. We’re also hoping to have a stall from Yorkshire Orchards and have a cooking demonstration.]   Ivana Jakubkova, 01904 411821/ 07966720347. Friends of St Nicholas Fields.    01904 411821       info@stnicksfields.org.uk                        www.stnicksfields.org.uk

Sunday October  11th Millennium Orchard, off Long Lane, Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 0RN 11am - 3pm. This year we celebrate our 10th Anniversary. Come along for what promises to be the best family day yet. marquee with activities and info on northern varieties of apple. Taste our apple cakes, juice and soup; buy honey from our local beekeepers; Quiz, watch the chainsaw sculpture and Birds of Prey. Each Womens' Institute in the East Yorkshire Federation has been invited to take part in a Scarecrow Competition. These will be on display around the orchard - and you get to choose your favourite!  Grace Mulligan from 'Farmhouse Kitchen' fame will unveil a special commemorative plaque marking the 10th Anniversary of the orchard.   Entry is free. james.taylor@eastriding.gov.uk eyfwi@eyfwi.karoo.co.uk www.millenniumorchard.org.uk

Saturday 17th October 2009 Kings Arms, Bolton Road, Silsden, Keighley, BD20 0JY. Public house. starts 3.30pm ish Fruit Hunt – a short walk round Silsden following apple and pear related clues. 5pm ish – games and a fun quiz on a apple and pear/ cider and perry theme. 7pm – Janet Russell – professional folk music artiste. www. keighleyandcravencamra.org.uk sbf@keighleyandcravencamra.org.uk  

Sunday 18th October The Yorkshire Museum of Farming, Murton Park, Murton Lane, Murton, York YO19 5UF 11.00 am – 4.00 pm. Adults £5.50, Children £3.50, Concessions £4.50, Family £14. Come and celebrate the humble apple with fun games and activities. Take part in apple picking, apple bobbing and apple printing. Sample a variety of apples, which one is your favourite? Play the longest peel competition and much more. It is a fantastic opportunity for families to have fun and fully appreciate the diversity and variety of apples available. While you are here, come and meet our farm animals; Geoffrey the Goat or Chocolate the Cow and our ponies Toffee and Fudge plus many rare breeds of sheep on site. Follow one of our activity trails or have fun in the play area.Traditional Yorkshire food will also be served in the Farmhouse kitchen café. Emma Williams 01904 489966 events@murtonpark.co.uk      www.murtonpark.co.uk

Sunday 18 October Lotherton Hall and Estate, Off Towton Rd, Aberford, Leeds, LS25 3EB 10am-4pm. Free but car parking costs £3.60 per day. Beautiful Edwardian Country House with Gardens, Deer Park and Bird Garden.   Apple identification workshop, apple picture competition, special Apple Day menu in Stable Courtyard Café. Debra Kerr 0113 247 8409,  0113 2645535 lotherton.hall@leeds.gov.uk www.leeds.gov.uk/lothertonhall

Wednesday 21st October 2009     RSPB Old Moor, Old Moor Lane, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 0YF.   Adults £2.50, Children £1.25, RSPB Members Free. Once stark industrial surroundings have given way to this green oasis hidden in the heart of the Dearne Valley. There is a café, visitor centre and trails for enjoying wildlife. Adventure playground and orchard. All buildings and trails fully accessible for people in wheelchairs. Learn about wild fruit and orchards with Steve Rutherford. Why do wild things love orchards so much? Go apple bobbing and peel the longest peel. Sample home-made recipes and try apple pie made from the Old Moor crop in Gannets café. Julia Makin 01226 273837 07729 322979 julia.makin@rspb.org.uk        www.rspb.org.uk

Wednesday 21st October Leeds the south side of Leeds city centre will be celebrating Apple Day with an abundance of the pomaceous fruit on the menus in the local pubs, restaurants, cafes and delis throughout the day: The Cross Keys, 107 Water Lane, LS11 5WD:Apple & Blackberry CrumbleWestons Organic Cider. David Street Café, 109 Water Lane, LS11 5WD:Apple Crumble. The Engine House, 2 Foundry Square, LS11 5DL:Apple & Cherry Pie. The Foundry, 1 Saw Mill Yard, Round Foundry, LS11 5WH:  Apple & Blackberry Crumble. The Midnight Bell, 101 Water Lane, LS11 5QN -    Confit Pork Belly with New Season Greens, Toffee Apple & Cider Jus, pecial ciders on offer.  Out of the Woods, 113 Water Lane, LS11 5WD:    Apple, plum, blackberry & pear smoothie,  Apple, lime & ginger Juice,  Wensleydale & apple sandwich with beetroot & cranberry chutney.  Pickled Pepper, 5 Saw Mill Yard, Round Foundry, LS11 5WH:     a free apple to every customer all day. City Inn, Granary Wharf, 2 Wharf Aproach, LS1 4BR.

Saturday 24th  & Sunday  25th  October  RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Harrogate. 10.00 – 4.00with Northern Fruit Group. Apple Displays, tastings, apple identification, games and crafts.  Normal garden admission. (01423 565418) harlowcarr@rhs.org.uk

24th and 25th October  Yorkshire Orchards, White House Farm, Bolton Lane,Wilberfoss, York YO41 5NX   Last year we had over 150 varieties of apple on display, with over 60 to taste and buy, all home grown. Refreshments  as well as assorted home made produce. Our expert will identify apples; please bring at least three of each variety (preferably with some leaves as well) to aid identification. This year we shall again have Rogers of Pickering attending our event; customers who wish to order fruit trees can do so from their catalogues. With free admission and parking, orchard walks and games and competitions for children, it promises to be great family fun. Open both days 10-4 pm. (01759 380375)

Saturday 24th  & Sunday  25th  October  RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Harrogate (01423 565418) harlowcarr@rhs.org.uk

Sunday October 25th 10-4  Clarke Hall Educational Museum, Aberford Road, Wakefield WF1 4AL.   Crafts and apple fun for all the family. Free entry. (01924 302700) clarkehall1@wakefield.gov.uk

Friday 30th October Reeth Community Orchard by the tourist information office on the green. 10.00 – Apple juice made on the spot for sale, apple tasting, fresh fruit from the orchard for sale. Experts on hand to identify apple varieties.

Saturday 31st October tap room of the Grove Inn, Holbeck, Leeds LS11 5PL 6pm     free Leeds CAMRA Cider Celebration - A small but lovely selection of cider and perry from England and Wales, complemented by a cheeseboard and apple-related food. Includes presentation for Runner-up Yorkshire Pub of the Year. MEDIA CONTACT PERSON Christine Jopling 0113 25571219 www.leeds-camra.com

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WALES

 

BRECKNOCKSHIRE

 

CARMARTHEN

Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th October National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llantharne, SA32 8HG (01558 668768) info@gardenofwales.org.uk

CEREDIGION

Wednesday 21 October 2009, 10am to 4pm Gwynfor Growers, Pontgarreg, Nr Llangrannog SA44 6AU Rare Welsh apple trees for sale including the famous Bardsey Island apple.  Display of apples and apple tasting. Apple tree planting demonstration (subject to weather) Orchard advice, pruning tips. Best approached from Brynhoffnant on the A487, follow signs. Steve Hipkin Gwynfor Growers  01239 654151  info@gwynfor.co.uk  www.gwynfor.co.uk

24, 28 and 31 October Llanerchaeron NT cider making demonstrations and tastings with Toloja Orchards

DENBIGHSHIRE

Saturday 3rd –Sunday  4th October  Erdigg Hall, Wrexham, N Wales LL13 0YT. NT members free house and gardens  £9.80. Largest Event In The Erddig Calendar. 120 varieties on disply. Cider tasting. Apple Presses, Demonstrations & Workshops, Cookery Shows, Big Craft Marquee, Live Music, Owls And Dancers. 01978 355314   Erddig@nationaltrust.org.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk . Tudor Williams 01978 315180

GLAMORGAN

Saturday  24th  & Sunday 25th October  Natural History Museum, St Fagans, Cardiff CF5 6XB

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SCOTLAND

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October 11am – 3pm Dobbies Garden World -15 centres in Scotland and 10 in England indulge in a weekend of apple themed events. Get seasonal inspiration at live gardening talks, including ‘how to grow fruit trees’. Gain advice on fruit harvesting and taste some delicious apples. Plus a chance to win a £50 shopping spree voucher. To keep the little ones entertained their will be a children’s fruit themed treasure hunt, apple printing and a colouring in competition to win a fruit tree for your garden, nursery, school or community organisation. Selected stores will also have apple themed samples in the Farm Foodhall including cider, apple and fruit juice and homemade baking. This is a free event. For further information please visit www.dobbies.com and go to the what’s on page. 0131 561 6083 amandamason@dobbies.com

 

AYRSHIRE

BORDERS

FIFE

MIDLOTHIAN

Thursday, 24th Sept 2009  Holyrood Apple Day The Scottish Parliament, Committee Room 2, 12.30pm - 2.15pm, Sponsored by Robin Harper MSP, Aileen Campbell, MSP, Sarah Boyack, MSP, Elizabeth Smith and Robert Brown MSP’s. A chance to meet others interested in fruit growing across Scotland to come together to join a supportive network - called Scottish Orchards. Direct invitation essential by email john@childrensorchard.co.uk  John Hancox Director   The Children’s Orchard, 75 Clouston St, Glasgow, G20 8QW     tel 0778 606 3918 www.childrensorchard.co.uk

MORAYSHIRE

Sunday 18th October  Newbold House, St Leonards Road, Forres. 11.00 – 16.00 office@newboldhouse.org  Contact Ken Mills

PERTHSHIRE

17 -25 October Carse of Gowrie Orchard Festival See www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk Queries to: biodiversity.events@dundeecity.gov.uk; Tel. 01382 433042

events:

Saturday 17th October & Sunday 18th October (11am to 4.30pm) Glendoick Garden Centre Displays of Scottish varieties of fruit. Information about the Carse of Gowrie Orchard Project. Apple juice making. Activities for children. Book signing. Fruit trees to buy. Fruit-themed menu in restaurant Sunday also: ask the Experts - local fruit identification. Cairn o'Mhor Winery tastings

Saturday 24th October (2pm to 5pm) Errol (Gas Brae Orchard Avenue and Community Hall). 2pm - Join the local community in a fruit tree weeding session (Gas Brae) - bring tools if you have them! 3.30pm - Tea and apple cake in the Community Hall with apple juicing, display of local Scottish fruit varieties, children's activities

Saturday 24th October & Sunday 25th October (10.30am to 4pm). Elcho Castle, Rhynd, By Perth (Historic Scotland). Pick a bag of fruit to make an apple pie. Displays of Scottish varieties of fruit. Information about the Carse of Gowrie Orchard Project. Apple juice making. Activities for children (including Orchard Treasure Hunt). Ask the Expert - local fruit identification.

Sunday 25th October (12 noon onwards). Cairn O'Mhor Winery, Errol. Rootfest Celebrations - must pre-book; details available soon. Apple pressing demonstration. Tour of winery. Tastings of fruit wines, apple juice and cider. Bar and food. Musician

 

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