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Loads of pictures from friend of the Orchard Pat Stanway are now visible on this online gallery. Pat’s doing a great job of recording the progress of the orchard and the great diversity of wildlife that is there already.
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The next meeting of the friends of the Orchard group will be on Thursday 4th September, at 7.30pm in New Mills Town Hall.
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The next meeting is on Thursday June 6, 7.30pm at the New Mills Town Hall.
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When I was first researching how we might install signage at the orchard, I looked at the various commercially available options. They were all fairly bland and uninteresting, unless you wanted to pay a fortune for something bespoke. I thought a better approach would be to try something more rustic. At the time we had Geoff from GD Garden Services helping us with our garden, a major part of which was manhandling oak sleepers to form raised beds and seating. This made me think it would be quite impressive to use sleepers to mount the signage - but they had two major drawbacks:
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We have put some horses on the lower part of the orchard site to help with the management of some of the dense undergrowth, to facilitate later planting in that area.
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The next meeting will be on 1st May 2008, at 7.30 pm in New Mills Town Hall.
Go to the Meetings page for details of previous meetings.
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The next meeting of the Friends of the Orchard Group will be on Thursday 6th March, at 7.30pm, at New Mills Town Hall.
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We are having a planting day on the afternoon of Wednesday 27th Feb. Please come along.
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Next Meeting: 7th February 2008, 7.30pm at New Mills Town Hall.
See the Meetings page for details of previous meetings.
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The People’s Trust for Endangered Species has a project that aims to support Orchard groups, with the intention of increasing biodiversity in the countryside. More info here.
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