Planting our Orchard

Our orchard has trees! 52 people met in a field at Hunting Hall farm yesterday to plant Lowick Community Orchard. It was a tremendous effort! Local people, from the ages of 2 to 80, worked tremendously hard through April showers to plant 82 heritage fruit trees. Each tree had been sponsored by a member of the public, and there were some wonderful old varieties included; an Isaac Newton apple tree, which is said to be propagated from the tree in Isaac Newton’s garden under which 'the notion of gravity came into his mind occasion'd by the fall of an apple,'; Hunt House, a fruit that was enjoyed by Captain Cook’s men to prevent scurvy; Bloody Ploughman, an old apple associated with the story of a poor ploughman who came to a sticky end, and many more fruit varieties. A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this day so successful; your support was wonderful!


A full set of photographs of the day's events may be found on the Hunting Hall Facebook page.