The Orchard, Kempshott

27/10/2026

Bit of a delayed post this one! Our last work party (18th October) allowed us to glory in some warm sunshine, whilst tidying up the dead hedging, removing some unwanted plants, and clearing some of the central paths around the shrub islands. Removed a few more bramble roots too for good measure. Great fun had by all, including our smallest volunteer! Hope to see you at the next one - as you can see we're a friendly bunch! 😁

One little gripe - we've had some young adventurers in the Orchard trying to build a treehouse. Not a problem as such, they just chose the wrong tree to do it! Our fruit and nut trees really can't accomodate structures, this one was in the sweet chestnut, so please encourage any other tree than the central fruiting ones. Luckily tape had been used to secure it, so was relatively easy to dismantle.

17/10/2026

Next work party coming up tomorrow, 18th October. 10-12.30pm.

Do you want:
- some fresh air 💨
- friendly faces 😁
- bit of light to moderate exercise 💪
- to give back to the local community ❤️
- to contribute to environmental action and sustainability 🐦🐝🪱🌳🪵
- to give yourself a mood boost? 😎
- something to do on a Sunday morning? 🥱

If the answer to any of the above is yes, come and join us! You don't have to stay for the full 2.5 hours, any time you can give us is appreciated. Work to your own capabilities. We are open to youngsters if accompanied by an adult. My 3 year old "helps" on occasion when he slips out of Grannies hands. 😂

What are we doing? We will be tidying up ready for winter, working on dead hedging, and disposing of unwanted species. Bit of pruning, snipping, digging, building up a dead hedge line.

Hope to see you there!

13/10/2026

We had a fantastic opening session in the Orchard with our Geocache friends in September - it was bramble bashing time.
Next its maintenance of the hedging - alive and dead !
Plus preparing for the installation of our new bench ....

Greg may want to tell you about fruit and nut harvesting - or just leave it until the day!

24/09/2026

What an amazing CITO we had on Sunday! 20 willing and enthusiastic Geoachers putting in graft to reduce the bramble and clear some pathways for 2 hours helped us achieve more than we would have been able to do in 5 of our sessions. Wow. So grateful to everyone who turned out. 🥰❤️

19/09/2026

As we enjoy the cooler sunshine of September, we are already planning for the new work-party season in the Orchard and Down Grange Meadow.
Free gym, fresh air and light exercise with friends....
Here are the dates:

19/09/2026

20th September 2026 - 2nd annual CITO in the Orchard! See you there! 😁

11/09/2026

Calling all Geocachers! We have a CITO coming up, don't miss out! 😁 20th Sept, 10am start.

A Cache In Trash Out event is a gathering of local geocachers or geocaching organizations that focuses on litter clean-up, removal of invasive species, revegetation efforts or trail building. Use a smartphone or GPS device to navigate to the provided coordinates on 9/20/2026 to attend the event.

13/08/2026

For all our 'green space' supporters we are holding an Open Day on 22nd August in Down Grange Meadow - details below....
rumour has it that there might be some rain, but who knows!

02/07/2026

Sunday 19th July - final chance to come bug hunting and insect spotting .....in the Orchard.

08/06/2026

Just a reminder that the first Kids Bug Hunt this year will be in Down Grange Meadow on Sunday 14th June - 10.00 - 13.00