Thursday 29 September 2022

Donkey Lane Community Orchard - Apple Pressing Afternoon

Where: Donkey Lane Community Orchard, Keens Lane, Chinnor 

When:    Saturday 8th October 2022 2 pm - 4pm

Price:    Free - donations welcome

Do you have a bumper crop of apples this year?

What do you do with yours?

Why not save your good apples (not the ones with bruises and maggots) and bring them to the Community Orchard on the 8th October along with some clean screw-top glass bottles and we will help make some lovely apple juice from the apples together with our own orchard apples.

As well as apple pressing, we will have refreshments including freshly pressed apple juice and be holding guided tours of the orchard.

Come and find out about the lives of those who lived at the orchard; the story of the fruit trees and the amazing varieties of plant life we’ve discovered and how you can get involved.

This is a free event and donations (cash only please) towards the orchard would be most welcome.

Please note that all the apples will be mixed for pressing.

To find the orchard, head up Keen's Lane, Chinnor, cross the railway crossing and the orchard is directly on the right hand side

Tuesday 27 September 2022

Apple Identification Workshop

Date:    Tuesday 4th October 2022

Time:    10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Venue:   Chinnor Village Hall, Church Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PQ.

We still have a few places available on the above workshop at a subsidized cost of £25 pp. If you are interested in joining us, please contact: Linda at greeningchinnor@gmail.com / 07973 788339

Join Greening Chinnor and Mid Shire’s Orchard Groups Andy Howard for a day’s training course, to learn all the skills you need to help identify the apples and other top fruit you may be growing.

The workshop will cover:
  • different parts that make up an apple
  • how to categorise an apple's shape, size and other distinguishing features
  • Cavities and basins - discover the differences between and among them
  • Not just apples! Find out how to identify other top fruit
  • books and other reference resources, including online help and support
  • tips and tricks and unique identification traits
  • identification pitfalls and how to avoid them
  • long term fruit identification - "Forensic pomology!"
As well as practising the theory on fruit samples, to test out your new-found skills and gain the confidence to apply them to your own fruit