Monthly Maintenance Sessions 2012
Dates for 2012: Sundays from 11am – 1pm
8 January – no maintenance, due to the Wassail at 2:30pm
12 February
11 March
8 April
13 May
10 June
8 July
12 August
9 September
14 October
11 November
9 December
Open to all – Every month on the second Sunday, we hold open maintenance sessions. This is your chance to come along and help to tend the trees and the plants on site. Don’t worry if you have no previous gardening experience, we will show you what needs to be done and provide all the tools needed. Well-supervised children are also welcome.
2012 Our Next Events :
Join us in the traditional celebration of the apple orchard in 2012
Saturday 7 January 6:30pm. £4 per person
The Pavilion, Byron Square, Trumpington.
The history of the Wassail cup – from pagan brew to modern tradition.
Food historian Joanna Crosby will give an illustrated talk on the history, myths and significance of the wassail celebration, with examples from King Vortigern to Mrs Beeton. Cost includes a glass of mulled apple juice and a traditional homemade apple delicacy. Doors open at 6:30pm, talk begins 7pm.
Sunday 8 January 2:30pm Free - donations appreciated
Trumpington Community Orchard, Foster Road.
Wassail celebration
Join us in celebration of the orchard and its harvest to come. The folk musicians from the Traditional Music of Cambridge Collective will bring us good cheer, and lead our singing of the wassail carol. Children are very welcome, and can bring any musical instrument, or anything that makes a noise.
Please wear warm clothes and waterproof shoes, and note that there are no facilities in the Orchard.
Our previous events in 2011
Bat night and moth morning
Saturday 6 August 8pm onwards.
Start at the Orchard for a walk around with the Bat Conservation Group, spotting and listening to bats. All welcome. Please bring a torch and wear outdoor shoes or boots.
Also watch the moth traps being set up in the Orchard, and see any moths come in to land.
Sunday 7 August 10am onwards
The moths that have been trapped overnight will be identified and recorded, then carefully released unharmed. We usually find over 40 species, depending on the weather.
Come and see our stall at:
The Fenland Country Fair, 28 – 29 August (play our game at the Beekeeping display)
Stourbridge Fair, 10 September (we will be selling cakes and apple juice)
Sunday 2 October 2011 £20
We are running a special trip to the National Apple Collection at Brogdale, Kent. On the coach we will have commentary from a Brogdale Guide, and a special guided tour of the Collection. There will also be time to visit the shops, cafe and other amenities on site.
For further details and to book (a £5 deposit is required), please email us: trumpingtonorchard@yahoo.co.uk
Sunday 9 January 2011
11am – 12:30pm in the Village Hall, Trumpington – Lantern making workshop. This is a family activity, suitable for supervised children of all ages. £3 per family, all materials included
Make a lovely lantern that you can bring to the Wassail ceremony and take part in our lantern parade. Using tissue paper, lots of glitter and some willow sticks, you can easily build and decorate a lantern4pm – meet at the Allotment shed and join our lantern procession to the Community Orchard. At the orchard will be music, singing and some traditional mulled apple juice with which to toast the trees, and wish us all a good harvest in 2011. All welcome, free admission, donations gratefully received.
