Help make Wray Crescent’s orchard even better this weekend
We have teamed up with LBI and the Orchard Project to improve the orchard area in our park. Please join us for our first session between noon and 2pm on Saturday August 10, and then every two weeks into autumn after that.
Who are the Orchard Project?
The Orchard Project is the UK’s only national charity dedicated to creating, maintaining and celebrating community orchards. They want to make sure that everyone in towns and cities across the UK is in walking distance of a community-run orchard. The aim is to help develop a better food system, based on people working together where they live to produce and harvest their own.
What will the Orchard Project do?
During our sessions, experts from the Orchard Project are going to work with people across our community to improve our orchard. This is information you can take home with you, advice that will help those who already have fruit trees in their garden take better care of them, while those who don’t have such luxuries can gain first-hand experience in tree-care in the park.
As well as advice, the Orchard Project will provide tangible help, including new trees that will be planted around the Wray Crescent orchard later during the year.
What to expect at the first session
During the first session on Saturday August 10, an expert from the Orchard Project will tell us more about the charity and will explain the aims of the project at Wray Park, what the upcoming sessions will be about, and what learning outcomes to expect.
The main work will be to run a summer pruning workshop, where the expert will guide us through the Wray Crescent trees and explain what care they need now and how to provide it.
Who is this for?
Everyone who is interested in tree care should be at these workshops. While the sessions are focused on fruit trees, you will pick up transferable skills to help guide your care for other trees. You will learn more, get the chance to speak with your neighbours, and more. We think this will be interesting for kids who love trees, also.
When do the sessions take place?
We have sessions booked on Saturdays from noon-2pm on the following dates:
- August 10.
- September 14.
- September 28.
- October 5.
Two additional sessions are also planned. We’ll keep you updated about those.
Who to thank
These sessions are bought to you by The Friends of Wray Crescent with Islington’s parks team and the Orchard Project. If you like what we do please support us – we hope to see you on August 10, and sessions that follow that.
Also read: What we learned about the trees of Wray Crescent.
