Some more pictures from the Apple Day celebrations at Days Cottage in October. All by Paul Bloomer.
Days Cottage Apple Day
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Some notes from the events at Days Cottage on National Apple Day, Sunday 21st October 2018. Apple Day, originally launched by Common Ground in 1990, has become an essential part of the orchard calendar.
At Days Cottage scores of visitors came along to see the Orchard and Rural Skills Centre, just south of Gloucester, to enjoy the sunshine in wonderful old and young traditional unsprayed orchards.
People could have fruit identified, order and buy heritage fruit trees, juice apples, appreciate the wildlife, listen to musicians, try spoon carving, and taste and buy juice, cider and perry and rare apple varieties.
There were activities for children too, including making the longest peel and sitting for a most unusual portrait! Folk could relax in the cosy yurt or roundhouse and imbibe mulled apple juice or eat from a range of delicious apple and pear cakes.
GOT was on hand to sell orchard books, including Charles Martell’s apple, pear and plum pomonas (also available to buy from the GOT online shop).
For more information on Days Cottage visit their website at www.dayscottage.co.uk
Photos by Paul Bloomer and Ann Smith.
Apple Days 2017 #3: Some seasonal pictures from Longney
Some pictures (and words) from Martin Hayes, documenting some of the recent work at our Longney Orchards.
We (particularly Martin) have been hard at work here this season – if you came to the orchards over the summer do come again soon and see what we have been up to in the interim.
Educational days have become much easier with our own orchards . With help from NE , TCTOP and Trust Juice we have had some great days.
Apple Days 2017 #2: Days Cottage Apple Day pictures
Some pictures from the Days Cottage Apple Day, all taken by Mark Saunders:
Apple Days 2017 #1: Days Cottage on the Radio
Harvest time is here and we’re in the middle of Apple Day Celebrations!
National Apple Day (established by Common Ground back in 1990) is set as the 21st October. But, as many orchard events effectively compete with each other, Apple Day celebrations are often spread over several weekends in October. So some have already happened, others take place over the next week or so (school half term). For events near you try contacting community orchards in your area – our website listing hasn’t yet been updated but you can access the old list here: https://glosorchards.org/home/localorchards/
Apple Day at Days Cottage was last weekend and involved apples, bees, music, spoon-making and needle-felting! BBC Radio Gloucestershire (Fay Hatcher’s programme) were on hand to record the celebrations and you can hear an extract below:
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