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Latest News Forthcoming talks from Sue Clifford in 2008 The Apple Source Book England in Particular Producing the Goods
Community Orchards Handbook
New publication, available Spring 2008
Drawing on twenty years of championing orchards and the experiences of many people who have created Community Orchards, The Handbook offers philosophy and practical advice to those inspired to become Community Orchardists.
A5 spiral bound, 226 pp
Chapters include: Orchards and Local Distinctiveness, What are Community Orchards? The place of orchards in our landscape and culture, How to start, Planting a Community orchard, Adopting an old orchard, Conserving and attracting wildlife, What to do with the harvest, Celebration, Safeguarding your orchard, Orchard fruits and wild fruits.
Appendices include: Choosing the right legal structure for your Community Orchard, Model Constitution, Draft Tenancy Agreement, Orchard groups and support organisations, National contacts, Nurseries and equipment, Fruit identification, Funding ideas and sources, Bibliography.
Illustrations: 90 colour photos by Common Ground and Community Orchardists; Illustrations by Brian Grimwood and Charles Raymond.
Written by Angela King & Sue Clifford with additional material from Gail Vines and Tamara Essex, research by Kate O’Farrell and technical help from Darren Giddings.
Designed by David Cecil Holmes and Toby Holmes.
Printed on Take 2 Offset 100% recycled paper, FSC certified, by Severnprint.
Copies will be available by post from Common Ground, £10.00 + £2.00 p&p,
or by PAYPAL from our website market place: www.commonground.org.uk
Forthcoming talks from Sue Clifford in 2008
2nd April
Oxford Literary Festival
www.sundaytimes-oxfordliteraryfestival.co.uk
3rd May
Hexham Book Festival, Northumberland
hexhambookfest.co.uk
11th May
Grand Designs Live, London
www.granddesignslive.com
30th May
Hay on Wye Festival of Literature, Brecknock
www.hayfestival.com
9th July
Frome Festival, Somerset
www.fromefestival.co.uk
13th July
Ways with Words, Dartington, Devon
www.wayswithwords.co.uk
8th-10th September
Orchards and Groves, their History, Ecology, Culture and Archaeology, Sheffield Hallam University
www.ukeconet.co.uk
9th October
Friends of the Lake District, (TBC)
www.fld.org.uk
(TBA) October
Slow Food, Devon (TBC)
13th November
Architectural Heritage Fund conference: Community & Regeneration, Monastery of St Francis, Gorton, Manchester
www.ahfund.org.uk
The Apple Source Book
particular uses for diverse apples
by Sue Clifford and Angela King
with Philippa Davenport
for Common Ground
Hodder & Stoughton
4 October 2007
hb 304 pages, b&w illustrations £16.99
The Apple Source Book is a celebration of nearly 3,000 varieties of apple we can grow in these islands, with their distinctive flavours, uses, places of origin, stories and associated customs.
Recipes from 52 chefs, food writers and gardeners are complemented by a wealth of useful information about apple identification, orchards, wild life, specialist nurseries, suppliers of fruit, blossom routes, Community Orchards as well as ideas for Apple Day, wassailing, juice pressing, cider making and a 40 page county by county gazetteer of where varieties originated.
Taking the apple as a symbol of the physical, cultural and genetic diversity that we should not let slip away, The Apple Source Book demonstrates how anyone can make a difference.
Download more information (word document, 500KB) or READ MORE
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Read more HERE.
Particular News
Back issuews of all 8 newsletters are still available. Contact info [at] commonground . org . uk, for details & prices
All issues are available from this site as PDF downloads :
Winter 2006 No.8 (2833 KB)
Summer 2006 No.7 (628 KB).
Our latest PARTICULAR NEWS BULLETIN is available to read on this web-site. CLICK HERE for more.
All three booklets are still available
1. LOCAL PRODUCE
2. MARKETS & MARKET PLACES
3.
SOUVENIRS IN PARTICULAR
Pamphlet 1 (local produce) and Pamphlet 2 (markets and market places) can now be downloaded as pdf files (5.3MB and 6.9 MB, respectively). These downloads require Acrobat Reader, a free download from Adobe.
Individual A5 printed copies are available for £2.50 inc. postage (discounts are available for orders of 50 or more; contact info [at] commonground . org . uk, for details & prices, +44(0)1747 850820).
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