Fruit Works Co-operative

Lots of fun planting an orchard with Ley Top Primary School, in Allerton.

Dead & decaying trees – are they valued by the public? Webinar next Thursday (29 Jan) www.ancienttreeforum.org.uk/events/atf-w...

Orchard year planner - People's Trust for Endangered Species Just as the wildlife in your orchard changes from season to season, so do the management requirements. Seasonality is important to so many aspects of orchard management, and sometimes knowing […]

we love the @ptes-org.bsky.social year planner ptes.org/campaigns/tr...

The next Food For Thought session in South Leeds is on Sat 24 January 1-4pm at Incredible Edible Belle Isle.

'tis #Wassail season. These are the remaining ones in our area:
Wycliffe (Shipley), 17 January, 10am
Otley Chevin Orchard, 10 January, 2pm
Heaton Community Orchard, 17 January, 3pm
East Riddlesden Hall, 18 January, 1:30pm
Meanwood Farm, 22 January, 6pm
Burley Park (Leeds), 25 January, time tbc

The Australian Narrow orchard systems for future climates project webpage has been updated with two new videos: www.hin.com.au/current-init...

Volunteers of Leeds – photo exhibition doinggoodleeds.org.uk/news/volunte...

Edible flowers / RHS Many flowers can be eaten. Grow some in your school garden or pick those you have already growing there.

Some great RHS advice on #edible flowers for schools and anyone www.rhs.org.uk/education-le...

Government backing of organic could deliver huge social and economic benefits!

Find out more in NEW Bridging the Gap report: www.sustainweb.org/news/dec25-b...  

@nourishscotland.bsky.social @foodsensewales.bsky.social
@growingcommunities.bsky.social @alexrosecharity.bsky.social

Together with @foodwiseleeds.bsky.social we're doing a big census of the community food growing movement in Leeds. If you're involved, please take a few minutes to do forms.gle/6J3Bz58F54XB...

Save England’s apples! On a grey autumn morning, the apples in the National Fruit Collection look vivid. They pile up in pyramids of carmine, salmon and golden-orange around dwarf trees, which have been bred to human proportions....

Since the 1950s, 90 per cent of traditional orchards – distinct in their varieties – have disappeared.

✍️ Margaret Mitchell

We've just polished up our course programme for next year! 🌳🍎

More info & tickets available on our website:

fruitworks.org.uk/courses

#fruitworkscoop #fruittrees #fruitgrowing #growingfruit #fruittreepruning #grafting #communityorchard

Learn the ropes with fruit tree pruning a month today and enjoy the beautiful orchard at Harehills Park.

More info and FREE tickets available on our website:

fruitworks.org.uk/courses

'World Food Day' text next to a photo of Alan and team at an apple juicing event

Fruit Works Co-operative is a social enterprise helping communities in Bradford & Leeds to plant / maintain fruit trees.

We interviewed Alan Thornton, Director, to learn more on this & plans for the newly established Leeds Food Growing Network.

👉 medium.com/globalfoodle...

#WorldFoodDay 👇

We'll be at Shipley Harvest Market this Saturday with a fine selection of 🍏🍎, some of our magnificent trees and make lots of juice for free fun.

Another lovely Apple Day this Sunday, organised by the fantastic Back to Front Harehills group.

At Fruit Works we love Apple Days for their ability to connect people and land, and getting people out into the orchards that are all around us, having fun and meeting each other.

We’re taking bookings now for winter pruning (Dec–Feb) - carried out by our expert, friendly team.

Visit our website to book a slot:

fruitworks.org.uk/pruning

First Apple Day of the season was a roaring success!

Thanks to the amazing @ediblebelleisle.bsky.social for organising the day and all the volunteers who picked and juiced the apples.

Next we'll be at Harehills Park this Sunday (1-3pm) come along!

Come along to the Harehills Orchard Apple Day this Sunday, organised by Back to Front. Check them out!

Juice some local apples and meet your neighbours 🍎
1pm - 3pm

@ Harehills Park Orchard (next to the Bowling Green)

#appleday #harehills #communityorchard #applepressing

We've got a jam-packed October full of Apple Days and markets - come and say hello!

#appleday #applepressing #communityevent #autumn

We are fundraising to support the Battir Women's Association in the occupied West Bank. The funds raised will help meet their needs and keep their incredible work going as they continue to struggle together through this genocide.

Please donate if you can:

chuffed.org/project/1369...

On the 30th we're opening up our tree nursery for the public to visit.
On this day only we will be offering a 20% discount on all our potted fruit trees, which include 🍎🍑🍐🍒, plum and walnut varieties.
And of course, we will be more than happy to show you around.

We'll juicing at the #Bradford Good Food Symposium on 3 November. Maybe see you there? online1.snapsurveys.com/Interview/0b...

That legend of soft fruit Growing, breeding, and frequent picture-posting @stewartwaine.bsky.social has joined BlueSky!

March community orchard in people's own front gardens After searching for community orchard land to no avail, a group plans to plant in people's gardens.

Community orchard in people's own front gardens

#Cambridgeshire #BBCNews

🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

Come along to our Understanding Pests & Diseases course on 22nd July!

Tickets available here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1299715125...

#pestsanddiseases #fruitgrowing #outdooreducation #permaculture #chemicalfreefruitgrowing

My thoughts on this spring I wanted to write a piece about this spring, the spring of 2025. It has been unusually warm, very dry and not at all windy. I was a little worried but also intrigued. How would the trees fair in su…

My take on this unusual spring. The website is currently going through an overhaul so bare with if there's any issues at all.

Have you got a similar story to us?

thegroundedorchardist.co.uk/2025/07/02/m...

A coast-to-coast Right to Grow for community food growing In this workshop session we'll map how Right To Grow policies can best support community food growing and system change in Northern cities

A workshop tomorrow about the #RighttoGrow www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1353441101...

With dryer Springs does it make sense to plant fruit trees in late Autumn rather than Winter?

@myerscoughcollege.bsky.social and Hillier help water flow further in tree nurseries: www.gov.uk/government/c...