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*APPLE IDENTIFICATION: Where this is offered, please take three examples of each variety, with twig and leaves attached if possible, to aid identification.
ENGLAND
BEDFORDSHIRE
Sunday 19th October 2008 - Bromham Water Mill and Gallery, Bromham (3 miles west of Bedford signposted off the A428 Bedford-Northampton Road) - Apple Day including tasting, eating, drinking and buying local apples, apple bobbing and peeling, big food fayre with local food producers, Morris dancing, cider with CAMRA, storytelling, information about the historic mill, apple identification by East of England Apples and Orchards Project who can also help with planting & looking after fruit trees (www.applesandorchards.org.uk). 11am-4.30 pm. Admission: adults £5, concessions £3, children under 16 free when accompanied by an adult. Free parking. Contact: Ed Burnett, Beds County Council, County Hall, Cauldwell St, Bedford MK42 9AP, e-mail: ed.burnett@bedscc.gov.uk
BERKSHIRE
Sunday 12th October 2008 - Cross Lanes Fruit Farm, Mapledurham, Reading RG4 7UW - Apple Day at this working fruit farm growing 60 varieties of old English apples, plums and pears. Display of around 50 varieties of apples grown on the farm, apple tasting, apple juice making and tasting, displays about growing apples, the industry, pests and diseases, pruning etc, beekeeping, wood turning, wild life, display of antique apple peelers and a working model, children's games, guided orchard walks at 11.00, 12.30. 2.00, 3.30pm, plus apples, pears, juice, honey and lots of apple-related produce on sale including pies, cakes, jams and jellies. 10am-5pm, admission and parking free. Contact: 0118 972 3167 or see www.crosslanesfruitfarm.co.uk
BRISTOL
See GLOUCESTERSHIRE and SOMERSET
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Saturday 4th October 2008 - Woughton Orchard, Milton Keynes - Join the Parks Trust and celebrate World Food Day with a little scrumping and appley fun at Milton Keyne's Community Orchard. Meet in the sportsfield carpark, Newport Road, off the H8 standing way. 10am-12noon, admission £2.50. Contact: Claire Lewis on 07770 324215 / 01908 255375 or see www.theparkstrust.com
Saturday 18th October 2008 - Home Cottage Farm, Bangors Road South Iver SL0 0BB - Apple day with stalls, children's activities and refreshments. 11am-4pm. Contact: appleday.iver[at]tiscali.co.uk
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Saturday 20th September 2008 - 10 am-4 pm - Willcock Farm, Rummers Lane, Wisbech St Mary, PE13 4UB. (22 acres of traditionally managed orchards. 8 acres of newly planted regional collection with 250 varieties of apples, pears, plums and cherries.) Organic apples for sale from the orchards. Orchard walks. EEAOP stand with apple identification. Apple juice from Stamford Juice Company. Apple pressing equipment and tour around apple juice factory. Admission free. Contact: David Wheatley, Stamford Juice Company: 01945 419035
Saturday 11th - Tuesday 28th October 2008 (Tuesday-Saturday only) - Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Museum Square, Wisbeach PE13 1ES - free exhibition with photos and artefacts relating to the history of apple picking in the local area. 10am-4pm Tues-Sat, free admission. Contact: 01945 583817 or see www.wisbeachmuseum.org.uk
Friday 17th & Saturday 18th October 2008 - Wisbech Council Chamber, Wisbech town centre, Horsefair Shopping Centre & surrounding area (selected venues) - A variety of activities and exhibitions organised over the two days. Free exhibition in the Wisbech & District Museum with photographs & artifacts relating to the history of apple picking in the local area from Saturday 11th – Tuesday 28th October. Market stall selling locally grown apples & apple pies made with locally grown apples. Free recipe leaflets. Free samples and entertainment in the Horsefair Shopping Centre (Saturday only). Locally grown apple tress for sale grown in recycled compost. Locally produced Sausage & Cider supper with guest speaker talking about an apple based subject & music (admission by ticket only – cost to be announced). Activities organised for local groups involving locally grown apples in cookery (sweet & savory dishes), apple tree planting for local schoolchildren. Local art group walking round an old apple orchard then exhibition of their work with local craftspeople using apple wood. Apple exhibition & apple based food at Peckover House (National Trust property normal admission prices apply). Contact: 07786021949 or see www.wisard.org.uk
CHESHIRE
Saturday 4 October 2008 - Trafford Drive Allotments Community Orchard, Timperley - Apple Day from 1-4pm (provisional times). Visit this community orchard that has 45 trees of Cheshire varieties, heritage and modern varieties. Contact Mary Eastwood on 0161 9699931.
Saturday 4th October 2008 - Brimstage Hall, Brimstage, Wirral CH63 6JA - Apple Day, 2-4pm. Contact: Wirral Wildlife on 0151 342 1395.
Sunday 5th October 2008 - Eastham Country Park, Ferry Road, Eastham, Wirral CH62 OBH - come and try the Longest Peel Competition or simply sample the juices. 2-4pm. Contact: Wirral Wildlife on 0151 342 1395.
Sunday 19th October 2008 - Norton Priory Walled Garden, Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn WA7 1SX - Apple Day, an afternoon of activities, traditional games, stalls, arts, crafts and plant sales with Norton Priory Museum Trust and Cheshire Landscape Trust. 12.30-4pm. Contact: Cheshire Landscape Trust on 01244 376333 or see www.nortonpriory.org
Sunday 19th October 2008 - Tatton Park, Knutsford WA16 6QN - celebrate the wonderful apple! taste scrumptious varieties from Tatton's Walled Garden, join in with apple games in the orchard, learn about Tatton's special apple trees, apple goods on sale in the shops and restaurant. Contact: 01625 374400 or see www.tattonpark.org.uk
CORNWALL
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th October 2008 - Cotehele House & Garden, St Dominic, Saltash - displays and information, walks and talks around the new orchard. 11am-4pm. See www.nationaltrust.org.uk
CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND
Friday 26th & Saturday 27th September - Brantwood, Coniston LA21 8AD - Apple Orienteering Trail in the grounds of Brantwood, home of Ruskin. See if you can find Old Fred and Beauty of Bath as well as many other apple varieties. Part of Flora of the Fells Festival. See www.brantwood.org.uk
Saturday 4th October 2008 - Beaumont Village Hall, Beaumont, Carlise - cookery demonstration for young and all ages, apple identification* by Cumbrian experts, apple juicing with local apples and sample a variety of juices, stalls of Cumbrian products including surplus apples, local jams and chutneys, sale of the Apple Book, raffle in aid of Tree Aid, refreshments between 10am-4pm, wood turner, sale of fruit trees and horticultural advice. There will be an apple themed art exhibition with items for sale, displays of work by school children, book stall, children and young people's activities including the Longest Peel Competition, apple printing, William Tell, apple ducking and more. 10am-4pm.
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2008 - Beetham Nurseries, Pool Darkin Lane, Beetham LA7 7AP - Apple & Fruit Weekend. Celebrate the nation's favourite fruits. Meet Hilary Wilson 'The Apple Lady' on Sunday 19th October. Her interest in apples, which began when she was a child led her to research and source varieties suitable for the wet and cold conditions in this area, she is also an expert in the skill of grafting. Hilary will be on hand to chat and answer your questions. She particularly enjoys helping people to identify their apples. Attractions to include: wide apple tasting, competitions, special tearoom menus, expert advice on pollination, pruning, pests and diseases & tree selection, we will have many other tyes of fruit trees including peaches, pears, plums, kiwis and cherries. Contact Judith Elliott, Beetham Nurseries; tel: 015395 63630 www.beethamnurseries.co.uk
DERBYSHIRE
DEVON
Sunday 12th October 2008 - RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington EX38 8PH - Apple Day organised in conjunction with Thornhayes Nursery and the South West Area Fruit Group. Apple planting and cultivation, apple displays and apple tastings, cookery demonstrations with recipes to take away, cider, apple juice, trees and other apple-related products to buy, plus children's activities and trails. 10am-5pm, Admission £6 adults, £2 children. Contact: 01805 626815 or see www.rhs.org.uk
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2008 - Eggesford Gardens, Eggesford, Chulmleigh EX18 7QU - apple varieties on display, apple identification*, apple, cider, cheese and wine tasting, honey & bees, apple pressing, Longest Peel Competition, local apple recipes to take away, orchard produce for sale plus home made pies, cakes, jams and preserves, biscuits, chocolates and sweets. 11am-4pm, free admission. Contact: enquiries[at]eggesfordgardens.com or see www.eggesfordgardens.com
Tuesday 21st October 2008 - Thornhayes Nursery, 57 Andrews Road, Dulford, Cullompton - Apple Tasting workshop. A selection of dessert and culinary varieties can be sampled and their relative merits discussed with experts. 20 places maximum, BOOKING REQUIRED. Cost £11.75. Contact: Kevin Croucher on 01884 266746 or see www.thornhayes-nursery.co.uk
Saturday 11th October 2008 - The Church Hall, Bere Ferrers on the Bere Peninsula betwen the Tamar & Tavy Rivers, Devon - 6th Bere Apple Fest including an apple advice section with identification, a pruning demonstration by Charles Stanisland within the adjacent Community Orchard or take a tour of this invigorated very old orchard which has lots of new trees, buy a toffee apple or some old fashioned sweets, allow childre to participate in apple games and you in a limerick competition; enter Common Ground's Longest Peel Competition; view the world famous Bere Apple Pie Competition judged by celebrated chef Peter Gorton from the Hall of Plenty hotel; apples for sale; participate in some old rural crafts, watch a grafting demonstration, purchase some apple and pear trees supplied by a well established local nursery, buy apple juice from local professional producer, bring your apples and see it juiced in one of two presses and take home the results in your containers, meet fellow applegrowers and chat over a cup of tea. 1.30pm-5pm. Admission free. Contact Brian Lamb, Greystone Cottage, Bere Ferrers, Devon PL20 7JX, Tel: 01822 841309
DORSET
Saturday 4th October 2008 - Broad Oak Community Orchard, Broad Oak, near Sturminster Newton - Apple Day 1.30-3.30pm. Further details to follow.
Thursday 2nd October 2008 - Kingcombe Centre, Toller Porcorum, Dorchester DT2 0EQ - a day of apple based activities from old favourites to something new. Juice making, art with apples, games and tastings, apple based menu available. 11am-3pm. Contact: 01300 320684 or see www.kingcombecentre.org.uk
Saturday 18th October 2008 - Burton's Orchard, Shillingstone - Apple Day in this community orchard with music from Tim Laycock and advice and identification* from Chris Hunter of Kingston Maurward College, plus games, entertainment, fun, food and information.
DURHAM
Saturday, 11th October 2008 - Bowburn Community Centre, Durham Road, Bowburn, Co. Durham DH6 5AT - Durham Organic Gardeners' Association Apple Day - Trevor Rogers, a fruit growing consultant will be there all day to give talks and idetify apples and act as a help desk for questions about growing, etc. There will be a children's story corner with apple themed stories, various games from your Apple Games & Customs Book. The local school children have been involved with painting competitions and the winning poster will be used for advertising. Refreshments available. 10am-4pm. Contact Audrey Harding, Secretary, Tel: 01388 606197
ESSEX
Sunday 5th October 2008 - Copped Hall, Epping CM16 5HS - learn about apples from displays and demonstrations, taste different fruits and juices and play some traditional games, refreshments, sales tables and trees to buy, learn about beekeeping and how bees pollinate orchard blossom. 11am-4pm. Contact: 01992 571657 or s ee www.coppedhalltrust.org.uk
Saturday 25th October 2008 - Crapes Fruit Farm, Rectory Road, Aldham, Colchester, Essex CO6 3RR - display of apple varieties, chance to taste and/or purchase fruit in season, apples identified by Andrew Tann. 9am-5pm. Admission free. Contact Andrew Tann, Crapes Fruit Farm: 01206 212375 or e-mail: andrew.tann@virgin.net.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Saturday 18th October 2008 - Dyrham Park (National Trust), near Chippenham, SN14 8EA - Perry Pear Event - there is a new perry orchard which supplies a cider producer in Street, Somerset, who in return produces perry for sale in the restaurant. There is an old pear orchard, now a woodland which contains 4-year old perry pear trees. Contact: Dale Dennehy, Garden & Park Manager,: 01179372501
Monday 25th August 2008 - Hampton Evesham (a couple of miles from Evesham) - Plum Day by kind invitation of Trevor Giles at his extensive (2000-3000 trees) organic plum orchards. Bring own refreshments/wellies/umbrella if wet and some bag for plums. No need to book. Directions: on the Pershore Road almost to Evesham (Hampton) shortly before The Cider Mill pub turn right into Peewit Road. Follow Peewit Road to the end where it becomes a track. Follow signs to the orchard. 2pm-4.30 pm Contact: 01242 690584; e-mail: trees@makgill.com
Saturday 20th September-Saturday 8th November 2008 - Gloucester Folk Museum - exhibition entitled "Apple of My Eye", a look at apples and orchards from the perspective of artists, pickers and growers with some folklore and unusual items thrown in. It links with the Apple Day celebrations below. Tuesdays to Saturdays 10am-5pm. Free admission.
Saturday 25th October 2008 - Gloucester Folk Museum, 99-103 Westgate Street, Gloucester GL1 2PG - demonstration of a horse-powered cider mill crushing apples, followed by a huge cider press extracting the juice. Also apple games, activities, music and entertainment for all. 11am-4pm. Contact: 01452 396868
Saturday and Sunday 18th and 19th October 2008 - Westbury Court Garden - Apple Day organied by the National Trust. Originally laid out between 1696 and 1705, this is the only restored Dutch water garden in the country. Visitors can explore canals, clipped hedges and working 17th century vegtable plots and discover many old varieties of fruit trees.
HAMPSHIRE & THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Saturday 18th October 2008 - Durley Memorial Hall, Durley - Apple Day with lots of apple varieties for sale form Fruitwise, plus stalls, refreshments and entertainment. The village hall is halfway between the Denhams corner roundabout (a mile south of Fair Oak) and the Robin Hood pub. 10am-3pm. See www.fruitwise.net
Tuesday 21st October 2008 - Family Trees, Sandy Lane, Shedfield - Display of around 30 varieties of apple, all for sale. Walk around the nursery and see the trees and sweet clover green manure growing 7ft high. 9.30am-12.30, free admission. Family Trees is off the A334 between Botley and Wick Farm. A catalogue including a map will be sent free if you leave your address on answer machine. Contact: 01329 834812
Saturday 27th September 2008 - Damerham Village Hall, Damerham, Nr Fordingbridge, Hampshire - Apple Day organised by Damerham & District Horticultural Society with apple classes, apple recipes, apple juicing, apple games for children, longest apple peel, apple orchard displays, orchard lunches, homemade cakes and teas, inter-village vegetable competition, plant stall, apple and fruit stall, apple jelly and chutney. From 12 noon to 4pm. Admission £2, children free accompanied by adult. Contact e-mail: davidalison.crane@tiscali.co.uk or tel: 01725 518790
HEREFORDSHIRE
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th September - Berrington Hall (National Trust), near Leominster HR6 0DW - Apple Day. 120 varieties of apple in display. Apple identification, craft and food displays. Cider making demonstration. Sunday only - falconry display. Apple dishes in the tearoom. Garden tours and advice on pruning. Children's trail and activities. Contact: 01568 615721 or see www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12 October 2008 - Parishes along the Marcle Ridge near Much Marcle - The Big Apple, "every year since 1989, the award-winning communities of these tiny parishes have put together a collection of small rural events based in and around Much Marcle, to enable you to share with us in our tradition of apple growing and cider making" with events across the Marcle Ridge including Westons Cider, Lyne Downe Cider, and Hellen's House. Fruit displays including cider and perry fruit, tastings, identification*, apple juices and apples for sale, talks, demonstrations and much more. Contact: 01531 670544 or see www.bigapple.org.uk
Saturday 18th October 2008 - Lion Ballroom, Broad Street, Leominster - Leominster Apple Fair. Contact: 01568 780886
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2008 - Cider Museum, Ryelands Street, Hereford - cider making festival. Other activities include woodland crafts, children's apple pressing, tutored cider tastings, meeting craft cidermakers, free sampling of cider and cider brandy, open both days 10am-5pm Admission: adults £3.50, concessions £3.00, Contact: 01432 354207, e-mail: enquiries@cidermuseum.co.uk or see www.cidermuseum.co.uk
HERTFORDSHIRE
Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2008 - Tewin Orchard, 1 Upper Green, Tewin, Welwyn AL6 0LX - Apple Day in this 76 year old English fruit orchard standing in about 4 ha (10 acres) of fields and woodland in the centre of Hertfordshire. 10am-4pm. Contact: or see www.tewinorchard.co.uk
Sunday 5th October 2008 - Highfield Park Visitor Centre, eastern side of St Albans - Come along and help celebrate all things apple including the Park’s very own apple juice. Contact: 01727 847242 or see www.highfieldparktrust.co.uk
Saturday 18th October 2008 - Church House, Church Street, Sawbridgeworth CM21 - apple display, tasting and sale of River's Orchard organic apples. Apple juice for sale, cards and bookmarks, archive material about the River's Nursery Orchard project. 1.30-4pm, free admission. Contact: Hazel Mead on 01279 724503 or see www.riversnurseryorchard.org.uk
HUNTINGDONSHIRE
KENT
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2008 - Brogdale Collections, Brogdale Farm, Brogdale Road, Faversham ME13 8XZ - Apple Day at the home of the National Fruit Collection which has over 2,300 varieties of apple. Taste varieties and apple produce, buy lots of different varieties, visit the orchards, hear stories about the history of the Collection and its trees from the Orchard Tour guides, discover local Kent crafts and talk to craftsmen, learn about seasonal cooking, take home recipes, tractor rides through the orchards, home-made tea in the Orchard Tearoom, live music and children's activities. Contact: 01795 536250 or see www.brogdalecollections.co.uk
LANCASHIRE (including Manchester)
Saturday 4th October 2008 - Market Square, Lancaster & Fairfield Community Orchard, Lancaster - Events in Market Square (10.00-2.00): Apple pressing – bring your windfalls, Apple juice for sale, plus honey, chutneys, apple trees and other local produce, Apple identification* and advice by Phil Rainford (Northern Fruit Group) between 10 and 12noon, Try creating a super long apple peel. Events in Fairfield Orchard (12.30 – 5.00): 12.30 Rustic lunch platter with local cheeses, chutney, bread and either cider or apple juice [NEW] £6/£4, Lots of games including William Tell, apple bobbing, snap apple, longest peel, Guided wildlife walk around the orchard. at 3.30pm Tea and apple cakes will be served (cake donations very welcome). All proceeds will go towards upkeep of the orchard. Free admission. 10am-2pm in the Market Square, Lancaster, and 12.30-5.00 at Fairfield Community Orchard, Lancaster. Contact: 01524 542742 or see www.fairfieldassociation.org
LEICESTERSHIRE
October (Date tba) - Franklin Park Community Orchard, Leicester - a mini Apple Day event at this community orchard. Contact: the Town Council on 0116 2899 270.
LINCOLNSHIRE
Saturday 4th October 2008 - Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford - Stamford Community Orchard Group's 5th annual Apple Day celebration with identification* by the East of England Apples and Orchards Project, displays of honey/beekeeping, produce from local english apples, Stamford Apple Juice, homemade produce, children's poster competition, games including apple bobbing, longest peel competition and more. Advice on planting 'lost' english apple varieties, information on the Community Orchard and on apple history. Contact: info[at]scog-web.org.uk
LONDON & MIDDLESEX
Sunday 28th September 2008 - Fenton House, Hampstead Grove, Hampstead, London NW3 6SP - Apple Day in this National Trust 17th century house and garden with orchard. Apple tastings & sales, apple doctor, bee keeping demo, cakes and preserves for sale, cookery demo, longest peel competition, apple juice tasting and sales, pruning/grafting class, childrens' art activities. 11 am-4.30 pm. Admission £2 adults, free under 16. Contact: The National Trust, Fenton House, Windmill Hill, London NW3 6RT; 020 7435 3471; e-mail: fentonhouse@nationaltrust.org.uk or seewww.nationaltrust.org.uk
NORFOLK
Sunday 12th October 2008 - Banham Barrel, Kenninghall - Apple Day organised by the Kenninghall Lands Trust with all the usual fun and games, apple identification*, cider tasting and much more. See www.kenninghall-landstrust.org.uk
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th October 2008 - Sulgrave Manor, Manor Road, Sulgrave, Nr. Banbury OX17 2SD - Over 350 varieties of English apples to view. Free apple identification. Watch our own orchard's apples being pressed and try the juice. Rural crafts, hurdle, chair, besom broom, cane & rush seating craftsmen, thatcher, basket maker, rope walk. Crafts, fruit trees, plants, apples and cider for sale. Husky dogs, alpacas, Punch & Judy, Green Man, music and fun and children's activities. Refreshments and cider bar. 11:00 a.m. to last entry 4:00 p.m. Contact: 01295 760205 or see www.sulgravemanor.org.uk
Saturday, 27th September 2008 - Marquee at The Red Lion Public House, Warmington, Northants - A small event with a display of apple varieties, starting with a photographic record of varieties grown locally for our own reference collection, longest peel competition, apple pressing and juice tasting, guided walk around Warmington Orchard Pocket Park, request for information about local traditional orchards, possible apple identification, named apple varieties welcome (at least 5) for reference collection. Refreshments in The Red Lion. Contact: Judy Stroud 01832 280837 or 01733 455244 (Monday to Wednesday)
NORTHUMBERLAND
Wednesday 22nd October 2008 - The Garden Station, Langley on Tyne, Hexham NE47 5LA - Crunch Day for Apples with Simon Cross - a course for rediscovering apple varieties in all their versatility and nurturing your apple trees to get the best form them. Contact: 01434 684391 or see www.thegardenstation.co.uk
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2008 - Cool Temperate Nursery, c/o Trinity Farm, Awsworth Lane, Cossall NG16 2RZ - sale of fruit trees and bushes. Cool Temperate Nursery trees include apple trees grown on on their own roots. 10am-4pm, free admission. Contact: Phil Corbett on 0115 916 2673 or see www.cooltemperate.co.uk
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2008 - Gonalston Farm Shop, Southwell Road, Gonalston, NG14 7DR - Apple Day Weekend. Double loyalty card points will be available on the local grower, Starkey's Bramley apples (granddaughters of the original Bramley apple tree in Southwell), Discovery and Cox apples as well as fresh apple juice from Starkey's Farm. Contact: Tania Ciolli-Leach: 0115 966 5666 or see www.gonalstonfarmshop.co.uk
Sunday 26th October 2008 - Lowdham Village Hall, Lowdham, 8m north of Nottingham - Mouth watering displays of numerous varieties of apples and other fruit, Home made jams and chutneys for sale, Apple Tasting and competitions, Associated craft and produce stalls, Apple Identification* and Advice Panel (if you do not know the variety of your tree bring along two apples for us to identify), Refreshments available all afternoon, Auction of produce at the end of the show. Event runs from 12 noon. See www.lowdhamhortsoc.org.uk
OXFORDSHIRE
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th October 2008 - Waterperry Gardens, near Wheatley OX33 1JZ - See and taste up to 50 different varieties of apple and get your mystery crops identified* by our experts. There'll also be tours of the orchards, a country crafts and food fair in the plant centre, special apple-themed meals in the Pear Tree Teashop and information and advice about growing fruit in your garden. Entrance fee applies for visits to the ornamental garden only. 10am-4.30pm. Contact: 01844 339254 or see www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th October 2008 - Cogges Manor Farm Museum, Witney - A celebration of the English apple, Tasting from old fashioned traditional varieties grown in the orchard, apple recipes cooked on the range, apple bobbing, longest peel competition. 11am-5pm. Contact: 01993 772602 or see www.cogges.org
Saturday 20 September 2008 - Greys Court National Trust, Henley on Thames - A special afternoon of pruning workshops, gardener's advice on old varieties, cooking demonstrations and tastings. Activities for all the family to share together. Contact: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Sunday 26 October 2008 - Northmoor Trust , Hill Farm, Little Wittenham, Near Abingdon - Apple Day Scrumping. Scrump in the orchards, make a bird feeder, test your knowledge in apple mania quizzes. Taste the delights of delicious apple juice and fresh pressed cider. Activities are individually priced. 10am-5pm. Contact: 01865 407792, admin[at]northmoortrust.co.uk or see www.northmoortrust.co.uk
Sunday 5th October 2008 - Hilltop Road, entrance of Warneford Meadow, Net to Jack Howarth House, East Oxford, Ox4 - Display of apples, apple picking in one and a half acre traditional orchard, juicing and tasting, games, orchard walk, msic and stalls, cakes, honey. 12 noon till 4ish. Free. Contact Friends of Warneford Meadow, 100 Southfield Road, Oxford, OX4 1PA or see www.friendsofwarnefordmeadow.org.uk
SHROPSHIRE
Saturday 11th October 2008 - Greenwood Centre, Station Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford TF8 7DR - Apple Day with a beautifully restored traditional twin-screw apple press as a centrepiece. The press dates from the mid-19th century and was restored by the Shropshire Apple Trust who are organising the event. Contact: 01952 432769 or see www.greenwoodcentre.org.uk
Sunday 19th October 2008 - Sylvestor Horne Institute, High Street, Church Stretton - Apple Fair with a display of local apples and more. Contact: 01694 723143
SOMERSET
Sunday 28th September 2008 - Hestercombe Gardens, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Tauntan TA2 8LG - the best in local cheese, chutney and cider as part of The Somerset Cheese, Chutney & Cider Fair. Music from Scrumpy & Western band the Manglewurzels at 11am, 12.15pm and 2.30pm. Cider from Rich's and Burrow Hill plus juice and apples from Charlton Orchards.
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th October 2008 - Sanders Garden World, Bristol Road, Brent Knoll, Nr. Highbridge TA9 4HJ - Apple & Cider Forgotten Fruits Weekend including free advice on how to select, grow and care for medlars, quince, red & white currants and other fruits. It includes Apple Day with varieties on display, many to taste and buy and lots of free expert advice. Contact 01278 761111 or see www.sandersgardenworld.co.uk
Saturday, 18th & Sunday 19th October 2008 - Somerset Rural Life Museum, Abbey Farm, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury BA6 8DB - Cider-Making Weekend. Traditional cider making in the Abbey Barn using a vintage mill and press and apples from the museum's own orchard. With special event: 18th 2.30-4pm Cooking with Apples, Zaida Haworth will demonstrate using old-fashioned apple recipes in the Victorian Kitchen; 19th 2-5pm Cider Commentary, learn about orchard management and cider making with local expert Les Davis MBE; 18th Oct-1st Nov, visit the tea room. Sit in the original dairy of Abbey Farm to sample delicious food made from locally grown ingredients. Apple juice and apple cake made from fruit grown in Somerset's Community Orchards and produced by Somerset Work Preparation Services will be available during the Food & Drink Festival. Opening hours: 1st Nov until 31st Mar: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm; 1st Apr until 31st Oct, Tues-Fri 10am-5pm Sat & Sun 2pm-6pm. Admission free. Contact Somerset Rural Life Museum: 01458 831197 or see www.somerset.gov.uk/museums
Sunday, 19th October - Orchard at Quiet Corner Farm, Henstridge - Apple Day with guided walks in the orchard which contains mostly traditional apple trees and other fruit varieties including plums, Denniston's Superb, Coe's Golden and the Merryweather Demson. There will be apple tasting, a display of varieties, stalls, produce for sale, apple pies, apple pressing, honey for sale and apple games including the Longest Peel Competition. Contact Patricia Thompson in advance on 01963 363045
STAFFORDSHIRE
SUFFOLK
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2008 - The Summerhouse, Bridge Farm Barns, Monks Eleigh IP7 7AY - display of apple varieties, apple identification* with George Hodgkinson from Suffolk Heritage Orchards. Locally-grown apple for sale, apple juice sales and tastings, apple recipes in the tea room, apple monster competition and other games and competitions for children. Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 11am-5pm. Free admission. Contact: 01449 741103 or see www.athomeinthegarden.co.uk
SURREY
SUSSEX
WARWICKSHIRE
Sunday 19th October 2008 - Hill Close Gardens, off Martinique Square, Warwick - Apple Day with a display of unusual varieties of apples in the glasshouse, apple pressing, apple printing, refreshments and a craft fair.11am-5pm. Contact: 01926 493339 or see www.hillclosegardens.com for directions
Saturday 25th October 2008 - Birmingham Botanical Gardens - Apple Day. Contact: 0121 454 1860
WILTSHIRE
Wednesday, 22nd October 2008- Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw Lane, Shaw, Swindon, SN5 5PJ - Apple Celebration: come to the Wednesday Cafe and taste a selection of apple dishes, play a choice of apple games and watch and help apple juice being made. 10am-2pm. Contact: 01793 771080 or e-mail:enquiries@lowershawfarm.co.uk
Sunday 5th October 2008 - Lackham Museum, Wiltshire College Lackham, Lacock, Chippenham SN15 2NY - Apple Day including Harvest Thanksgiving at 4.30 pm. Contact: 01249 466847 or e:mail: lackham@wiltscoll.ac.uk
WORCESTERSHIRE
Saturday 18th October 2008 - Tenbury Wells - Applefest with details to follow. Also the 25th sees the Tenbury Wells Beer & Cider Festival.
YORKSHIRE (including Bradford, Leeds & Sheffield)
Sunday 19th October 2008 - Oakwell Hall Country Park, Nutter Lane, Birstall, Batley, W Yorks WF17 9LG - Autumn Festival: lots of apple and autumnal delights! Display of apple varieties, pressing apples, apples for sale, apple tasting, apple and fruit trees for sale, mushroom display, slinky apples, longest peel competition, autumn fruit hunt, fruit and vegetable display, Friends of Oakwell tea stall and appley eats, food court, stalls and crafts. 11am-4pm. Free. Contact: Emma Crowley, Countryside Ranger, Oakwell Hall Country Park, Nutter Lane, Birstall, Batley, W Yorks WF17 9LG; e-mail: emma.crowley@kirklees.gov.uk
WALES
BRECKNOCKSHIRE
CEREDIGION
DENBIGHSHIRE
GLAMORGAN
PEMBROKESHIRE
Saturday, 11th October 2008 - Scolton Manor, Spittal, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA62 5QL - Apple & Fruit Day with General Autumn Plant Sale organised by The Tree Fruit Society of Wales. Trade stalls, apple identification, general fruit tree advice, childrens' games. 10am-4pm. Admission free. Contact: Lesley Jones; e-mail: lesley r j@hotmail.com; phone 01437 710398
POWYS
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th October 2008 - Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth SY20 9AZ - Apple Identification* and disease control Workshops by Apple Doctor IAN STURROCK AND SONS, Apple Pressing, Cider making workshops, Tour of our orchards by members of our gardens team, Kid’s Activities, Apple dishes in the restaurant and more to be confirmed. 11am-4pm. Contact: 01654 705952 or see www.cat.org.uk
RADNORSHIRE
Sunday 14th September 2008 - Living Willow Theatre, Penlande, Llandrindod Wells LD1 6NN - Apple Day at this organic smallholding in aid of a regenerated 80 year old orchard. Stalls, music and live performance in the living willow theatre. Marcher Apple Network in attendance plus Paul Davies selling apple trees and Tom the Apple Man who has been working in the old orchard. Starts 2pm, Admission £2. Contact: Philip Bowen on 01597 811487
SCOTLAND
AYRSHIRE
Sunday 26th October 2008 - Culzean Castle & Country Park Store Barn and Visitor Centre, Maybole KA19 8LE - display of over 100 traditional and modern apple varieties by the Ayrshire Apple Network, plus attempted identification*. apple pressing and juicing demonstration, and a selection of apples for sale. Contact: 0844 493 2149 or see www.culzeanexperience.org
BORDERS
Sunday 19th October 2008 - Harestanes Visitor Centre, Jedburgh - Apple Day with Borders Organic Gardeners. Apple identification*, produce for sale, cider making tips, drying apples, apples for sale, children's actvities, apple juice. Small selection of local food stalls, cafe serving apple related lunches. 11am-3pm. Directions: Just off the A68, near Ancrum, between St Boswells and the turn off for Hawick. Buses from St Boswells to Jedburgh pass the road end, then about a one mile walk to the centre. Contact: 01835 830306
EDINBURGH
Sunday 5th & Monday 6th October 2008 - Exhibition Hall, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR - Apple Day event includes a display of over 100 Scottish apple varieties, a tasting table and a working juice press. Monday the 6th is a schools' day. Admission free. Contact Dr Max Coleman, Science Communicator, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh e:mail mcoleman@rbge.ac.uk or tel: 0131 248 1033 or see www.rbge.org.uk
FIFE
Saturday 27th September and Saturday 4th & 11th October 2008 - St Katherine's Court, High Street, Newburgh - Apple Market with locally grown apples, pears and other fruit on sale, plus local home made jams . About 8 varieties of apples will be available grown in local private orchards. 9.30am-12 noon, free admission. Contact: Paul Dodman on 01337 840606 or see www.goose-island.com
MIDLOTHIAN
PERTHSHIRE
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2008 - Glendoick Garden Centre (between Perth & Dundee) - collection of Scottish apples, fruit juice pressing, trees and local fruit to purchase, a children's art competition, cooks on fruit growing and cooking, fruit and wine tastings, food and drink with a fruity theme in the restaurant and more. Further details from Catherine Lloyd on 01382 433042 or see www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2008 - Glendoick Garden Centre (between Perth & Dundee) - practical cider making course with Michael Pooley from the Shropshire Apple Trust. A choice of courses for each day from 9.30am-4.30pm. Take away a demi-john of cider in the making. Register interest with Catherine Lloyd on 01382 433042 or see www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk
Saturday 18th - Sunday 26th October 2008 - Carse of Gowrie - Carse of Gowrie Orchard Festival with a variety of events to celebrate the area's unique history of fruit growing. Fruit tree planting and fruit picking led by the Scottish Children's Orchard Project, family days out to local orchards, food and drink with a fruity theme served throughout the Carse area by local businesses. Further details from Catherine Lloyd on 01382 433042 or see www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk
NORTHERN IRELAND
CO. DOWN
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th Octobr 2008 - Crawfordsburn Country Park, Bridge Road South, Helen's Bay, Bangor BT19 1JT - a grand display of over 100 orchard fruits, apple tasting, orchard produce, honey & bees, cookery demonstrations, apple pressing, apple games, how to encourage wild life, entertainment, plus a display of funghi. 10am-5pm, free admission. Contact: Mert Thompson on 028 9185 3621
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