BBC feature on local orchards
by | posted in: apple day, apples, cider apples, community, harvest, identification, orchard, pears, planting, varieties, volunteers, wassail | 0

The BBC news website featured traditional orchards last week, timed to coincide with Apple Day.

It highlighted the work being carried out to conserve orchards, and traditional varieties, locally and regionally in Somerset and Gloucestershire  The article also highlighted the work of PTES and the Orchard Network nationally.

For Gloucestershire both GOT and the Wildlife Trust were mentioned, discussing local sites and the work being done to find and conserve local varieties.

For the full article click here:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-63298873

Wassail, wassail, all over Gloucestershire
by | posted in: cider, cider apples, GOT Events, orchard, orchard history, pears, perry, perry pears, wassail | 0

It’s wassailing time in many of our local orchards and we have a number of events already on the website.

You can see the full list here:  https://glosorchards.org/home/events/?tribe_paged=1&tribe_event_display=list&tribe-bar-date=2020-01-01&tribe-bar-search=wassail

Do have a look and come along to one – and if your event isn’t listed let us know and we’ll add it!

The image below is the Stroud Wassail Song – which you may hear at some of the events:

Wassails 2018
by | posted in: orchard, wassail | 0

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!

Welcome to our News pages
by | posted in: apple day, apples, audio, bees, biodiversity, blossom, cider apples, conference, Dawn Chorus, disability, exhibition, GOT Events, Hartpury, identification, Intro sticky, Juice, Longney, orchard, orchard history, pears, perry pears, plums, pomona, pruning, rootstock, schools, stone fruit, Uncategorized, varieties, video, volunteers, wassail, wildlife, workshop | 0

We are now posting all news in a ‘blog’ format which should help us post updates and news on a regular basis. The post you’re reading now will always be at the top, – scroll down to read the latest posts. There are also links in the side-bar and from social media. You can also search for news by clicking on the category listings above this text.