NEW!!!
The Community Orchard is growing! Both outwards and upwards! We have made this map showing the positioning of the trees, with a key showing when they were planted and what type each one is – and the trees specially dedicated.
The orchard field
The numbers on the map correspond to the list below, showing the type of tree and when it was planted. The four trees colour-coded on the map were donated to mark special occasions by families:
♥ Tremlett’s Bitter Apple, planted in 2017 for David & Jill Robertson’s 40th wedding anniversary (donated by their children: Rachel, Joan and Alan)
♥ Ponsford Apple, planted in 2021 for Matthieu Smith (donated by Lynn Wetenhall)
♥ Beurre Hardy Pear, planted in 2021 for Ursula (donated by grandparents Helen & Brian Moore)
♥ Ponsford Apple, planted in 2021 for May McManus (donated by parents Anne-Marie & Matthew MacManus and Grandmother Debbie)
|
Number |
Type |
Variety |
Year planted |
|
1 |
Nut |
Cosford Cobb Filbert |
2018/19 |
|
2 |
Apple |
Totnes |
2018/19 |
|
3 |
Nut |
Cosford Cobb Filbert |
2018/19 |
|
4 |
Apple |
Tom Putt |
2018/19 |
|
5 |
Apple |
Beauty of Bath |
2017/18 |
|
6 |
Apple |
Tremlett’s Bitter |
2017/18 |
|
7 |
Apple |
Star of Devon |
2018/19 |
|
8 |
Apple |
Tom Putt |
2018/19 |
|
9 |
Plum/Damson |
Vitae |
2018/19 |
|
10 |
Apple |
Devonshire Quarrendon |
2017/18 |
|
11 |
Apple |
Tom Putt |
2018/19 |
|
12 |
Apple |
Harry Masters |
2018/19 |
|
13 |
Apple |
Farmer’s Glory |
2018/19 |
|
14 |
Apple |
Upton Pyne |
2017/18 |
|
15 |
Apple |
Exeter Cross |
2017/18 |
|
16 |
Apple |
Cornish Aromatic |
2018/19 |
|
17 |
Apple |
Don’s Delight |
2018/19 |
|
18 |
Cherry |
Morello |
2020/21 |
|
19 |
Apple |
Sops in Wine |
2020/21 |
|
20 |
Apple |
Don’s Delight |
2018/19 |
|
21 |
Apple |
Spotted Dick |
2020/21 |
|
22 |
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? |
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|
23 |
Apple |
Black Dabinet |
2018/19 |
|
24 |
Plum/Damson |
Shropshire Prune |
2017/18 |
|
25 |
Apple |
Ponsford M25 |
2021/22 |
|
26 |
Pear |
Beurre Hardy |
2021/22 |
|
27 |
Apple |
Devonshire Buckland |
2018/19 |
|
28 |
Plum/Damson |
Shropshire Prune |
2018/19 |
|
29 |
Plum/Damson |
Shropshire Prune |
2018/19 |
|
30 |
Apple |
Dittisham Ploughman |
2018/19 |
|
31 |
Apple |
Dittisham Ploughman |
2018/19 |
|
32 |
Apple |
Don’s Delight |
2018/19 |
|
33 |
Apple |
Ponsford M25 |
2021/22 |
Ludwell Life & Devon Wildlife Trust are working together to create a community orchard. This is gradually turning what was a featureless field, low in habitat value, into a place for sitting and for picnics, provide a harvest for local people of fruit, and also enriched habitat for wildlife.
How you can help
The orchard needs friends – to help keep any eye on it, help plan maintenance and new planting, promote contacts with local schools and businesses and so on. We would love to hear from you if you would like to be involved with this project. No special skills needed – just people who care about the orchard and want to see become the wonderful resource it will soon be. Email us at [email protected], or send a message on Facebook.
Here’s a gallery of our supporters hard at work planting the first trees in December 2021 and a second gallery of the additional trees planted in January 2022.
Donations for the orchard
We have already installed two benches in the corner of the field looking over the orchard. We need money to buy more trees and benches. If you are interested in making a donation to support buying any of these things, please get in touch.
What will be there?
An agreement with Natural England means that cattle will continue to graze this field, so all the new trees have substantial guards until they are mature enough to withstand a cow leaning on them. There will be a natural feel to the whole place, with a mix of native species Devon fruit and nut trees.
This is a long term project, with phase 1 covering the south facing slope of the field, and the whole of the other side, the north facing slope, being left for further discussion as the orchard takes shape. You can see a simple design for phase 1, and the division of the field into two phases.
