Saham Toney Community Orchard

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Saham Toney Community Orchard Saham Toney Community Orchard has been planted with Norfolk varieties of apples, pears and cherries and belongs to everyone living in the village

06/11/2024

Now managed by Saham Toney Parish Council.

As the orchard now comes under the management of Saham Toney Parish Council we would like to say a big thank you to all those who have supported us over the years. The orchard was the original idea of Paul and Patti Quant who organised fund raising events and received donations from our village community. The fruit trees, all Norfolk heritage varieties, were planted in 2018. Since leaving the village the orchard has been managed by a small group who have managed the funds and purchased some necessary equipment, taken part in events to raise awareness of the orchard and its benefits to the community.
Maintenance, including weeding, grass cutting and pruning has been by local volunteers resulting in some lovely fruit. This work is ongoing so if you would like to volunteer assistance with maintenance or fund-raising activities please contact Gillian Christian Email:[email protected]
Thank you again.

Shelly’s Wildlife Event was very well attended and well worth doing to raise the profile of the orchard. Thank you to th...
06/04/2024

Shelly’s Wildlife Event was very well attended and well worth doing to raise the profile of the orchard. Thank you to those of you who signed up to help when you can we really look forward to seeing you. We have ongoing tidying and maintenance work in the orchard mainly the long grass now as we have already done the winter pruning.
We have now received the Tree Identification Labels which need to be attached to the trees. I ordered fixings as well and hopefully Steve can show us how they work.
I have suggested a date of Monday 15th April from 10 am to 12 noon to make a start, the orchard plan is on paper so hopefully the weather will be dry. If you cannot make that date don’t worry as I’m sure we will have to make another one as there are neatly 70 trees in the orchard. If anyone else would like to pop along please do even if its only to see the apple blossom which is almost out and hopefully will be lovely again this year.
Jenny and Sylvia enjoying the evening.

22/03/2024

Saham Toney Orchard will be having a display at the Saham Wildlife Group Event on 3rd April at Wells Cole from 6.00 - 9.00pm. we hope to see you there.🍏

We are planning to prune our apple trees on Monday 15th January 2024 from 10am. If you would like to join us we would lo...
14/12/2023

We are planning to prune our apple trees on Monday 15th January 2024 from 10am. If you would like to join us we would love to see you. Help will given if you're not sure what to do, please bring your own tools.

18/10/2023

We have a Notice Board! Thank you to Trevor Bunce, Mark Dennis and Steve Twort who put it up, it wasn't an easy task. Also thanks to the Parish Council for giving it to us it will be really useful.
I notice today that there are still a few really nice apples ready to be picked, help yourselves.
We have put up an Orchard Plan, this needs to be updated soon but if you have a look you can see all the different Norfolk Heritage varieties we have planted.

06/05/2023

What a wonderful sight, the pruning has definitely worked we have a mass of blossom this year and the promise of a good crop of fruit. Thanks to Mark, Steve and Trevor for their help and support and to Simon for cutting the grass, help with the maintenance is much appreciated so if anyone else would like to join us please contact [email protected]
We have invited our local primary school to visit the orchard now the weather is a little warmer, it would be wonderful to have our local children involved. The East of England Apples and Orchard have a really excellent work-sheets available for anyone to download https://www.applesandorchards.org.uk/learn-more/school-resources/ these are even interesting to us adults so take a look.

03/03/2023

Pruning Workshop
What a fantastic turn out despite the cold easterly wind. We did manage to dodge the showers for most of the morning, refreshments were provided to warm us up in the Cricket Pavilion.
The lecture was enthusiastically received with a short introduction describing the fundamentals of fruit tree pruning and an interactive Q and A session. Followed by a practical demonstration then hands on in the orchard.
Our community orchard is a way to create a space for people to come together not only to work and maintain but to provide fresh fruit for us all to enjoy.
Please come along and enjoy our little patch of nature.

Volunteers are always welcome to help maintain our orchard or help with fundraising please contact us.

Address

The Playing Fields, Pages Lanes
Thetford
IP257HL

Telephone

+447808896097

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