Last month, the late-blossoming young trees were looking lovely...
But early last year there had been weeks of hard work to establish the orchard...
The local press reported on applications for funding:
Sidmouth community orchard bid - News - Sidmouth Herald
Friendly websites provided links:
Plot #1 Sidmouth Community Orchard
Friends of the Byes have planted a community orchard in the Byes Sidmouth early in 2012. Please feel free to come and join in the growing, maintenance and eating of the crop.Other fruit and nuts are still to be planted. To join in volunteer afternoons please email FOTByes@gmail.com
| Size : 1.03 acres | Status : Active
Sidmouth Community Orchard | Landshare - connecting growers to people with land to share.The VGS now has the project on its website:
Vision Group for Sidmouth - Community Orchard
This blog has had other postings on the Orchard:
Futures Forum: Sidmouth Food Group
Futures Forum: Home Grown Community Owned
And the land itself used to be a 'semi-improved' sheep field until 2008. Now it's managed by EDDC, although still owned by the National Trust:
Sidmouth Centre - National Trust
There's a great album of the first planting back in early spring last year:
Friends of The Byes / Sidmouth BEE Project | Facebook
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