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2024 Events
All our activities and events will be following any Government Covid guidelines and restrictions. At this time, our meetings will continue via Zoom. Please email greeningchinnor@gmail.com for links to meeting.
All our activities and events will be following any Government Covid guidelines and restrictions. At this time, our meetings will continue via Zoom. Please email greeningchinnor@gmail.com for links to meeting.
Tuesday 2nd April 2024 | Working Party at the Orchard | 11 am - 12:30 pm. Tools and gloves supplied. Please wear suitable working clothes and footwear. All welcome.
Tuesday 16th April 2024 | Orchard Meeting via Zoom | Donkey Lane Community Orchard Meeting - to discuss ongoing activity at the orchard | 7:30 pm via Zoom. email greeningchinnor@gmail.com for link.
Saturday 20th April 2024 | Working party at the Orchard | 1 pm - 3:30 pm. Tools and gloves supplied. Please wear suitable working clothes and footwear. All welcome.
Wednesday 24th April 2024 | Donkey Lane Community Orchard Story Group Meeting | 3:30 pm via Zoom. We meet regularly to discuss social history and other 'stories' of the orchard. email greeningchinnor@gmail.com for link
Saturday 27th April 2024 | Spring Blossom Picnic in the Orchard |12 pm – 2 pm. Bring your family and your favourite picnic food and join Greening Chinnor at the Spring Blossom Picnic at Donkey Lane Community Orchard. Lay your picnic blanket or chair under the spreading branches of the old apple and plum trees. Enjoy a lazy outdoor lunch under the blossom; celebrate Spring and connect to nature. Bring a book, chat with friends, sketch the scenery, join in the children’s activities and find out more about the Orchard with guided tours given by our amazing volunteers. It's free to come along, donations towards the restoration and upkeep of the Orchard are welcome (cash only please). And don’t forget to bring a picnic! Gate open 12 pm, guided tour 1 pm.
Working parties at the Orchard
These take place on the first Tuesday of the month between 10:00 am - 1:00 pm and the third Saturday of the month between 1:00 pm - 4:00.
To find the orchard
Head up Keen's Lane, Chinnor, cross the railway crossing and the orchard is directly on the right hand side. These working parties are to help regenerate and restore the ancient orchard and to explore the social history of the site.
