Wednesday 6 October 2010

2010 AGM - Sunday 17 October at 3pm in Botanics

The St Andrews Orchard Group will be helping out at the Apple Day at the Botanics on Sunday 17 October. We will hold our AGM, immediately after the day has finished, at 3:00pm in the Glass Class.

Please contact me if you have any agenda items you would like to discuss.

Friday 3 September 2010

We have secured funding for 50 more fruit trees and we are looking for suggestions for different sites in St Andrews. If we do not have any other suggestions we will plant the trees in Stanks Park with the other 28 trees planted in March this year. The first batch of trees are doing well and only two appeared to have died.

Friday 2 July 2010

Fruitful Scotland Volunteer Day

10am -3pm at Elmwood College Farm, Cuparmuir, KY15 5RN.

FREE - bring a sandwich - families welcome. Tools, gloves etc will be provided.

Come and volunteer on the new Orchard planted at Elmwood College as a training orchard to help people learn skills. The day will consist of some practical work, maintaining and developing the newly planted orchard. There will also be an opportunity to be shown how to do bud grafting - which is how apple trees are propogated. The volunteer day will be led by John Hancox, director of the Commonwealth Orchard, and Chair of Scottish Orchards, with Iain Hunter of Elmwood College.

We will also bring an apple press to make some juice - always popular with children.

Scottish Orchards is a new Scotland wide group (www.scottishorchards.com ) which aims to support fruit growing in Scotland and is open to anyone with an interest in growing, picking and using fruit. As well as preserving old varieties of fruit - the traditional skills of pruning, grafting and preserving fruit need to be continued. Passing this knowledge to younger people is very important. If you'd like to join Scottish Orchards or find out more about volunteering please contact John Hancox - john@commonwealthorchard.com 0778 6063918

Saturday 3 April 2010

Tree Planting on Easter Saturday 3 April 2010

The St Andrews Orchard Group and volunteers have planted the first thirty trees to establish a branch of the Commonwealth Orchard in St Andrews. The Commonwealth Orchard is inspired by the 2014 Games coming to Scotland and builds on the successful track record of the Children's Orchard. The Commonwealth Orchard is being planted across Scotland and beyond, consisting of lots of small plantings, making a greater whole. Their vision is that children and families can all grow fruit near to where they live. Businesses, landowners, charities, local authorities, schools and communities can all create a fruitful Scotland. The first batch of trees were planted in Stanks Park, behind Macs papershop on Lamond Drive and these trees were donated by Fife Council, Fife Coastal & Countryside Trust and private donations. The St Andrews Orchard Group hopes to plant more trees in the Autumn and if you would like to help please contact Henry Paul































































































































































































































































Monday 29 March 2010

Fruit tree planting-Saturday 3 April 2010

The trees have been delivered and kept in my garden over winter and they will be planted on Saturday 3 April. If you would like to take part please meet at 1:00pm in Stanks Park (behind Mac’s papershop on Lamond Drive). I have trees, stakes, ties, tree-guards and compost but, I only have two spades so if possible please bring your own spade to help speed things along. If anyone is interested in helping please contact me for details and if possible adopt a tree, if you would like further information about this project please contact me by
e-mail: henrythenav@hotmail.com or 07977-131635