Dunholme Parish Council is delighted to announce the creation of a new community orchard for the village.
In early March we enjoyed a fantastic morning planting the orchard on the Manor Estate open space in Dunholme. A team of ten volunteers, including helpers from Lincolnshire Co-op came together to plant 30 fruit trees. These include heritage varieties of apples, pears, plums and gages, many of which originate from Lincolnshire, with wonderful names such as “Swan’s Egg”, “Bollingbroke Beauty” and “Peasgood Nonsuch”. (A chart listing all the trees is shown below)
The trees have been provided through the Community Orchard Project run by Lincolnshire County Council in partnership with the Lincolnshire Co-op, through the retailer’s Community Champions scheme that supports local good causes and charities around Lincolnshire and surrounding areas. The initiative aims to create 10 new community orchards across the county, adding to the 30 already established.
Looking ahead, the orchard will provide a wonderful opportunity to bring residents of all ages together, offering year round activities for the community, from winter pruning work parties to spring blossom days, summer pruning and fruit thinning tasks, summer picnics and autumn picking sessions. We may even take part in the national Apple Day celebrations each October.
Over the next few weeks we will be setting up a Dunholme Orchard team. If you would like to get involved we would love to hear from you.
Email: cllr.j.guest@dunholme-pc.gov.uk
