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Growing orchard fruits, community, learning, and wellbeing. Resilience in action. Celebrating diversity. Working with nature. Horfield Organic Community Orchard (HOCO) - https://community-orchard.org.uk/
Wake up the orchard trees! Wassail on Saturday 17 January, 2pm to 4pm. It’s a fundraiser for the orchard - please book in advance (£5; free for children): www.ticketsource.co.uk/orchard-lear.... Mulled Juice & cake for sale (cash only).
#Bristol #apple #orchard Info: www.community-orchard.org.uk
HOCO’s Wassail is on Saturday 2pm to 4pm. Let’s wake the trees up! It’s a fundraiser for the orchard – please book in advance (only £5, accompanied children free): www.ticketsource.co.uk/orchard-lear.... Juice & cake for sale (cash only). #Bristol #apple #orchard Info: www.community-orchard.org.uk
Pressing juice at Apple Day 2018
Our fruit juicing press will be feeling the pressure today (Sunday, 2pm-4.30pm), at HOCO's @HorfieldOrchard #AppleDay. All welcome! Free entry #Bristol #apple #orchard Info: www.community-orchard.org.uk
Pigsty Morris dancing at HOCO
Jump for joy with Pigsty Morris. Celebrate #AppleDay @HorfieldOrchard #Bristol tomorrow (Sunday 19 October), 2pm-4.30pm, rain or shine. All welcome! Free entry. @PigstyMorris perform at 3pm.
Buying a new fruit tree at HOCO's Apple Day Market in 2021.
Apple trees for sale on Apple Day, Sunday 19 October, 2pm-4.30pm, at Horfield Organic Community Orchard (#Bristol BS7 8JP). Plant a tree for future fruit. Eat local. Celebrate tradition and diversity. All welcome! Order apple trees in advance: community-orchard.org.uk #apple #orchard #AppleDay
In #London? Love everything to do with #orchards? We have just a few tickets left for this fabulous event happening tomorrow (Sat 18 Oct): Community Orchard Summit London
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...
Tasting table at HOCO Apple Day 2024 - a plate of our very own delicious Golden Hill Pippin!
Take a bite out of me, and some of my mates! At Horfield Organic Community Orchard apple tasting table. HOCO Apple Day is Sunday 19 October, 2pm-4pm. Rain or shine. All welcome! Free entry. Info: www.community-orchard.org.uk. #apple #apples #appleday #orchard #Bristol
Art in the Orchard - sketching under an apple tree.
Summer Fruit Tree Care group at HOCO.
HOCO’s Summer Orchard Open Day is on Saturday 7 June, 2pm - 5pm! Summer Fruit Tree Care taster session at 2.30pm (Book in advance). Art in the Orchard. Bee Active! Bee Fruitful! new pollinator plantings & exhibition. Plants, cake, fruity cordials & books for sale. Info: www.community-orchard.org.uk
We’ve had hedges in the UK since the bronze ages and many that exist today are truly ancient. It’s no surprise many hedgerows host ancient woodland indicator species and native animals which rely on this ancient network for survival.👇
ptes.org/hedgerow/a-history-of-hedgerows
#NationalHedgerowWeek 🌳
Map showing woodland distribution in Scotland, 'native' in purple and 'other' in green. Map from Scotland's Forestry Strategy 2019-2029 draft.
🌳 Whilst Scotland has more tree cover than the rest of the UK, just 18% has trees (vs a European average of 37%)
🌳 Only 4% of Scotland is native woodland (50%+ of which is in poor condition)
🌳 Only 1% of our land area has ancient woodland
That's why we protect, restore & create native woodland 🌱 💚
Tickets are now available for Blossom Orchard Workout at Horfield Organic Community Orchard, Bristol, on Saturday 12th April 2025 at 2:30PM www.ticketsource.co.uk/orchard-lear...
Creating a hugelkultur bed at HOCO - April 2024
"If I knew the world would end tomorrow, I would still plant new apple trees today"
Fruitful Futures - a climate resilience action project,
starting Saturday 12 April 2025, at HOCO. Design & lay the groundwork to plant & grow new fruit trees.
More info on Fruitful Futures: community-orchard.org.uk
Volunteer Hannah Shepherd spoke to Shannon Smith - aka the Apple Tree Lady - at HOCO - to hear about the new ‘Fruitful Futures’ project, which asks big questions about climate, engagement and resilience: bristolgoodfood.org/2025/04/04/h...
With the WECA Mayoral election on Thurs 1 May, three organisations leading on food systems change are calling on candidates to commit to a fairer, healthier, more sustainable food system. Learn more & add your support: bristolgoodfood.org/2025/03/13/m... #BristolGoodFood
Last few spaces! Does your org want to take climate action but not sure where to start? Join Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership’s Getting Started programme supported by Redcliffe & Temple & City Centre BIDs & Eunomia.
Apply by 12pm, Mon 7 April
Only 10 spots available!
#ClimateAction #Bristol
HOCO's refreshed signboard.
Here's HOCO's refreshed signboard! #apples #orchards #Bristol More info: community-orchard.org.uk
William Morris 1834–1896 was an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. #apples #WilliamMorris #textiles #art
Weeding qnd re-mulching the bee bank at HOCO on Sunday at our first ‘Roots, Shoots and Fruits’ action day.
Weeding & re-mulching the bee bank at HOCO on Sunday at our first ‘Roots, Shoots and Fruits’ action day. The bank was planted with bee-friendly plants, a Bee Bold Community Pollinator Project, part-funded by the West of England Combined Authority (#WECA). More info: community-orchard.org.uk/whatson/
Bumblebee feeding on white broad bean flowers
Growing your own food can reduce your impact on the environment – and can also feed bumblebees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Ideas: bit.ly/3FIdXQH
Laying bramble & weed suppressant at HOCO.
Making a layered bed for newly grafted trees at HOCO
Beth pear blossom at HOCO
Mulch around apple trees in the HOP (Home Orchard Plot) at HOCO.
Roots, Shoots & Fruits course at HOCO starts on Sunday 23 March! Friendly, hands-on course. Learn to love & care for fruit trees over a whole growing season. 12 sessions, ends 28 September. Enjoy working outdoors. For beginners & experienced growers. Get in touch here: goo.gl/forms/0niaxJ...
Yellow and black striped caterpillar on a green leaf
Easy ways to help pollinating insects:
🌻 grow nectar-rich flowers
🌱 grow caterpillar food plants
☠️ avoid pesticides and weedkillers
🐞 don’t be too tidy!
More: bit.ly/4ae2zG1
#nature #biodiversity
Making a first pruning rough cut on a branch of an apple tree at HOCO
Last chance to take part in Dormant Season pruning course at HOCO in #Bristol! Course starts tomorrow Saturday 1 March, 1.30 pm-4.30pm. Work with real trees. Learn to identify fruiting habits, growing characteristics & wood of different ages. #Orchard Info: community-orchard.org.uk/learning/
New! Learning Orchard Pruning Workshops for HOCO members - starting 22 Feb. See the What's On website page for dates & info (community-orchard.org.uk/whatson/). Apply here: forms.gle/NC6H7cfHJuWJ...
Pruning an old bullace
Champion WOW team refreshing with flapjack and tea
Pruned bullace tree and part of area cleared of brambles (for now...)
Some champion pulling up of brambles & cutting back an overgrown hedge to let more light into the orchard & pruning of an ancient bullace & refreshing with flapjack and tea, during HOCO’s WOW (Winter Orchard Workout) on Saturday
Volunteers making a bee friendly bed at HOCO
Come along to a Winter Orchard Workout session on Saturday 8 February, 2pm-4pm & enjoy some 'green exercise'. Cheaper than a fitness class and doing good for the community! Make a big difference by lopping, chopping, mulching, hedging. Sign up here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orchard-lear....
Painting of orchard with fruit trees, rose bushes, other flowers growing among them and a pathway
Gustav Klimt
Orchard with roses (1912) 🌱🌹
#art #Klimt #painting #garden #flowers #roses #orchard
Serving hot mulled apple juice at HOCO Wassail in 2024.
Wake up the fruit trees with the Apple Tree Lady, at Horfield Organic Community Orchard (HOCO) in Bristol on Saturday at 2pm. Mulled apple juice, home-made cake, Morris dancing, shiny clouties or ribbons for the trees …Huzza! Info: community-orchard.org.uk/whatson/. #Wassail #Orchard
A wonderful book of poetry. And wonderful art work too. The folded out cover is exquisite. Wassail by Author and artist Debbie Witton Spriggs. Published by Footpath Press #wassail #poetry #orchards
"Pigsty Morris" at the HOCO Wassail in 2024.
All welcome to Wassail the fruit trees at Horfield Organic Community Orchard (HOCO), Bristol, on Saturday 18th January, 2pm to 4pm. Mulled juice, home-made cake, Morris dancing, clouties, Apple Tree Lady …Huzza! Info: community-orchard.org.uk/whatson/.
