The orchard is open to the public for special events such as Apple Day in October and Wassail in January. We also take part in community events and festivals in the Bristol area. Details of events are announced here as dates are set, so check back regularly to keep up to date with our activities. |
Public Events
Midsummer Orchard Open Day - Saturday 17 June - 1-5pm
Enjoy an afternoon exploring Bristol’s pioneering community orchard. Come and see our newly planted Home
Orchard Plot project – a mini orchard with a 10 x 4 metre footprint. Be inspired to grow productive and delicious
fruit on your allotment or garden. See our Orchard Roots Bristol exhibition for stories of local and heritage apples. Find out how a small community group transformed a piece of marginal and neglected land into a beautiful, fruitful urban oasis. · The relaxed nature of this event gives us time to answer your fruit growing questions. · Homemade cakes, refreshments, produce and plants for sale.  · Compost loo on site. · Join the orchard in June and share in this year’s harvest! This day is part of a Trail of Two Orchards, co-organised with Metford Road Community Orchard, which is open 12-5pm. Entrance next to 37 Metford Road, BS6 7LA. Double your orchard pleasure on
June 17 and visit this secret, organic orchard planted
on permaculture principles. It’s on a
steep slope, sturdy shoes advised. Enjoy
thriving wildlife, guided tours, and refreshments. Produce and plants for sale.
Compost loo on site. More information at: www.mrco.wikidot.com/opendays |
Wassail 2017
Our 2017 Wassail will take place at the orchard on Saturday 14th January from 2pm till 4pm. Come along and sing and drink the health of our trees! They'll be apple juice and cakes for sale, and Pigsty Morris will be entertaining us again. Don't miss it! |
Apple Day - Sunday 16 October 2016, 2-4pm
All welcome to our pioneering urban community orchard to celebrate the world's most delicious and diverse fruit
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Summer Orchard Open Day 2016
Saturday 4 June, 1-5pm All welcome Enjoy a green & pleasant afternoon Fruit growing inspiration and information Home made cakes and refreshments for sale Orchard Roots Bristol exhibition Plants and produce for sale Home Orchard Plot - a new mini-orchard project Join the orchard for a share in this year's harvest Part of Bristol's Get Growing Garden Trail |
Orchard Wassail 2016
Here's to thee Old Apple Tree... All welcome to Wassail Horfield Organic Community Orchard Saturday 16 January 2016, 2 - 4pm Toast the orchard for a fruitful harvest Bring ribbons, clouties & shining things to dress the trees Homemade cakes and mulled Orchard juice for sale Make merry with Pigsty Morris |
Celebrate Apple Day 2015
Our sacks, bushel baskets, wheelbarrows, and pockets are full of apples All are welcome to make juice, make merry, and celebrate the autumn harvest Sunday 18 October, 2-4pm  Juice pressing Make merry with Pigsty Morris Home made cake, local produce, and trees for sale Orchard Roots Bristol exhibition Fruit growing questions & answers |
Wassail Saturday 17 Januray 2015
Every twig, apples big, every branch fruit full... All are welcome to Wassail Horfield Organic Community Orchard Saturday 17 January 2015, 2 - 4pm Toast the orchard for a fruitful harvest Bring ribbons, clouties & shining things to dress the trees Homemade cakes and mulled Orchard juice for sale Make merry with Pigsty Morris Apple trees for sale Do you want to learn more about fruit growing? We are now open for new people to join us as harvest-share members or supporting friends. |
Apple Day - Sunday 19 October 2014
Celebrate local fruit growing & Apple Day All welcome Sunday 19 October, 2014 2pm to 4pm Small suns, spun of russet, crimson and gold, fall from their boughs Learn how the floods and droughts of 2014 are shaping the harvests at Horfield Organic Community Orchard. Be inspired by the range of fruits and varieties we grow. Taste lovely, local, and and uncommon apples. Orchard members are happy to answer fruit growing questions, and give advice on growing fruit in gardens.Taste local apples Juice pressing Make merry with Pigsty Morris Refreshments, local produce, and trees for sale Orchard Roots Bristol exhibition Fruit growing questions & answers Find out how to become a member Surplus apples and pears are welcome for juicing
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Summer Orchard Open Day - Saturday 7 June 2014
Saturday 7 June 2014, 1-5pm Part of the Get Growing Garden TrailAn orchard in summer is a place of lush beauty and balm for the soul. in this oasis in the middle of a busy city. See our new Orchard Roots Bristol exhibition, and learn more about fruit growing in and around Bristol. Come and enjoy homemade refreshments and cake. Picnic, or write poetry, among the trees. Plants and produce for sale. Ask members how to join an inspiring, pioneering urban community orchard. |
Wassail 2014 - Saturday 18 January, 2-4pm
The orchard welcomes one and all to Toast the trees for a fruitful harvest Bring ribbons, clouties & shining things to dress the trees Enjoy homemade cakes and mulled Orchard juice Make merry with Pigsty Morris Find out how to join a pioneering Bristol orchard 'Wassail'
comes from the Anglo-Saxon waes haeil - to be healthy.
Wassailing apple trees is a way of encouraging a good crop. Traditionally
taking place after dark on Old Twelfth Night, 17 January, wassailing could also
occur on other days around Christmas and the New Year. This community event happens snow, sun, or rain. All ages welcome (and dogs on leads). |
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