Frieze Hill Community Orchard

13/12/2025

Seasons Greetings from Frieze Hill Community Orchard.

Please join us if you can for our regular volunteer working party tomorrow when we’ll be continuing with pruning apple trees.
10 am - noon
Sunday 14th December

All welcome, refreshments provided. No experience required. Tools provided.

This is our last working party before Christmas. In the New Year we’ll be emailing with the dates of 2026 volunteer working parties.

National Grid have been doing essential work recently on pylons and cabling situated in the community orchard. As a result the ground is very chewed up around the pylons in the middle of and across the orchard. I’m told the work was necessary for the power supply to Bishops Hull. The orchard looks a mess but it will recover and green up again in the spring.

01/11/2025

18/10/2025

Please note that the guided walk and work-in scheduled for tomorrow is CANCELLED due to the forecast of heavy rain. Please keep an eye out for future dates.

15/09/2025

Hello Friends
We’re making a change to the Orchard work ins and introducing a Wednesday session each month as well as our established 3rd Sunday event.
Starting this Wednesday!
Please put your name in the comments if you plan to attend

27/08/2025

Hi Everyone
Recently, these small numbered metal discs have appeared on a number of trees in the orchard and we don't know who's done it or why.
They look semi industrial and there may be a perfectly innocuous explanation.
Can anyone tell us what they're for or where they're from?

Many thanks