The group officially adopted its constitution on 4 February 2010. A copy is available here.

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At long last…you can now download the full guide (PDF) to the trees at the orchard!

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Thanks to the Derbyshire Wildlife trust, we now have the New Mills Community Orchard Management Plan 2010 – 2015 (large PDF)for maintaining the diversity of the wildlife in the orchard, while hoping to keep the orchard as productive and pleasant for visitors as possible. It contains a wealth of information regarding the biodiversity of the site, and gives practical pointers for the future.

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Scrumpy

If you’ve not visited the orchard before, here’s a location map.

Here’s a full guide (PDF) to the trees at the orchard

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Back in July, local botanist John Hawksford kindly agreed to perform a botanical survey on the orchard site. Here is his report: Botanical Survey (900kb PDF file)

In summary, it seems that the planting so far hasn’t damaged the flora, and there are some interesting rare examples among the 63 different species on the site.

Following are some examples to look out for:

Many thanks to John for his time on this - I’m sure it will be a valuable educational resource for us in the future.

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