Days Cottage Blossom day brings in the crowds
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Everyone enjoyed the magnificent apple blossom at Days Cottage Blossom afternoon last Sunday, 5th May.

Members, visitors and Stroud Farmers Market friends attended the event at at the Orchard & Rural Skills Centre, home not just of the Gloucestershire varieties of apple but also varied mature and young orchards and a forest garden.  Apple cakes and hot spiced apple juice were enjoyed in the cosy yurt.  Days Cottage juice, cider and perry and orchard honey and trees were for sale.  There was needle felting craft for children.

GOT committee were on hand to sell orchard-related books, hand out literature and chat about orchards.

We owe many thanks to Jane Willoughby who is turning up weekly (and today) to continue formally recording the blossom on the Museum Orchard Gloucestershire apple varieties for the Fruitid.com website.

Pictures by Ann Smith:

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Pruning day in Gorsley
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A lovely day was had by young and old in an orchard in the village of Gorsley, near Newent last Saturday, 21st April.  The workshop was organised by GOT and funded by TCTOP.  There was lots of cake and tea on hand to keep the band of workers motivated throughout the day.  Martin Hayes was the expert who provided the tuition and direction so that everyone of any skill level could make a valid contribution to helping to restore this lovely traditional orchard.  At the end of the day everyone retired to the pub for food, drink and a speech of thanks from Martin.

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Wassails 2018
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Next month there are a number of traditional orchard Wassails which are well worth going along to.  They are great fun for all the family: young and old alike.  There’s often singing, story-telling, dancing, food and of course cider!

Our Partner Events page lists some of them – or you can click the links below to get more details on specific wassails:

Perry Christmas everybody!