Maintenance Day
The first Saturday in May and it was time for the orchard to have a first major maintenance day of the year. We had a tremendous turnout from the volunteers and our thanks go to everyone who turned up.
Maintenance Day
Benches
Let’s start with a big “Thank You” for everyone who turned up today to put the benches into the Orchard.
Merry Christmas from HICOP
2013 has been a good year for HICOP and a lot of progress has been made on the orchard. This time last year, we had just signed the licence agreement with the Parish Council and had possession of an empty acre of ground. Over the course of 2013 we have created a boundary for the […]
We have boundaries
Over December 6th and 7th boundary work on the orchard was completed thanks to a large and coordinated community effort.
Orchard hedging
Thanks to a lot of time, effort, and generosity from all at Chivers Farms – particularly Phil Scott – we have most of the boundary fence up around the orchard.
Orchard Event Day
At the end of September we held an events day at the Orchard. This featured a bird ringing event in the morning and an apple juicing event in the afternoon, with some general bits of orchard maintenance going on throughout the day. We also planted some more wild flowers for the wild flower meadow, many […]
Hedge planting
On Saturday 7th December we will be planting the rest of the Orchard boundary hedge and would be delighted if you could come along and help us with this work. Work will commence at 10AM.