The next meeting of the Friends of the Orchard Group is Thursday July 2nd, 7.30pm at New Mills Town Hall.  On the agenda will be ideas for the first newsletter, and our first Apple Day, which will be taking place during the New Mills Festival.

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Some great new pictures in the gallery from Pat Sanway - showing the blossom, and the bees hard at work.

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The next meeting of the friends of the orchard group will be on Thursday 7th May, 7.30 pm at the Orchard.

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The next meeting of the friends of the orchard group will be on Thursday 2nd April, 7.30 pm at New Mills Town Hall.

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There’s an article in The Guardian about the orchard at the National Trust’s Cotehele estate. Click here to read.

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The next meeting of the Friends of the Orchard will be on Thursday 2nd October, 7.30pm at the Town Hall.

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“Traditional fruit varieties could be lost forever because England’s orchards are dying out, experts have said.”

Read the full article.

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As part of the New Mills Festival, the Orchard group are giving tours of the site, and will be available to answer questions. These will take place at 2pm on Sunday 21st September  - meet in front of High Lea Hall.

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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 wide 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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