News sent in by Stuart Smith: Newly planted in the apple collection at Longney are two Upright French, propagated for us by John Teiser from Bulmer's Adam's Hill Orchard. These are grafted onto crab stock, whereas most of the apples are M25. #apples glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Grafting Workshops at Days Cottage 2023 glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Grafting Workshops at Days Cottage 2023 glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023… via Glos Orchard Trust

Grafting Workshops at Days Cottage 2023 - Thursday 30th March 10.00am – 1.00pm - Thursday 6th April 10.00am – 1.00pm Learn the ancient skill of propagating fruit trees by inserting a scion of your chosen variety into a rootstock. #DaysCottage glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Blossom Day at Days Cottage, April 23rd 2023 glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Blossom Day at Days Cottage Sunday April 23rd 1.00 – 4.00 - details coming soon at dayscottage.co.uk #blossom #DaysCottage #orchard #OrchardBlossomDay #varieties glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

GOT AGM 13th May 2023 glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Saturday morning 13 May 2023 at Brockworth Community Hall Business, speakers and optional walk around GOT’s new Henley Bank Orchard. Brockworth Community Hall, Court Road, Brockworth GL3 4ET brockworth-pc.gov.uk Agenda: 10.30am-11.45am #AGM glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Longney Coronation Volunteer Day!  8th May 2023 glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

There will be an informal get together at the orchards in Longney, on Monday 8 May 2023, our part of The Big Help Out. All members invited and families welcome. From 10:30am until people want to go home … a few hours “tidying up” prunings etc in the glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

National Perry Pear Centre Events 2023 glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Hartpury Dawn Chorus Sunday 7th May 2023 glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Sunday 7 May 2023 05.00 Hartpury Orchard Centre. An early start for those wanting to catch the dawn chorus. This is a joint event with the Orchard Centre and Gloucestershire Naturalist Society. At 05.15 #biodiversity #DawnChorus #events #Hartpury glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Blossom Day at Days Cottage Sunday April 23rd 1.00 – 4.00 - details coming soon at dayscottage.co.uk Hartpury Orchard Centre Blossom Day Sunday 23 April 2023 12 noon-5pm Blossom day, enjoy a picnic in the orchard. Bar will be open.  https://www. glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Identification of fruit varieties 2023 glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

The DNA analysis project run via FruitID is now in its 8th year.  This year the scheme offers DNA analysis at £32.50 plus VAT per sample for Apples, Pears, and Cherries. If you would like to participate, please go to fruitID.com/#hel #apples glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Our volunteering day at Longney, Monday 8th May  As part of our informal get-together on 8th May, we’re teaming up with CPRE to help with their recently launched Hedgerow Hero project.  Hedges are the country’s largest nature reserve and  we’re going glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Magdalena writes: My name is Magdalena and I'm an aspiring beekeeper from Cheltenham looking for a tree to place my first hive box on. I thought about orchards because of the benefit the bees could provide by pollinating fruit trees in the spring, in glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

Masters student Rosa Smith from the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester is undertaking a study called Assessing the environmental and social impacts of restoring traditional orchards in Gloucestershire. #community #orchard #volunteers glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…

A new mistletoe - and its abundance - has just been launched. Orchards, are a significant habitat for mistletoe, so do get out there this winter (and the next two winters) and document how much you see. All you need is a smartphone and the app... glosorchards.org/home/blog/2023…