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Guided Tours, Sunday 19 September
We're running guided walks around the cemetery and orchard again this year, as part of Heritage Open Days in September. There will be two walks on Sunday 19 Sept, at 10.30am and 2.30pm led by John North (City Guide) and Fiona Clarke (Jesmond Community Orchard). If...
Annual report 2020-2021
Welcome to Jesmond Community Orchard’s 12th Annual Report. Fortunately the natural world is impervious to human infection. Many people who have never visited before have valued the Orchard over the past year as an aid to well-being, meeting friends in a safe outdoor...
Plant Sale – Saturday 8 May
As part of Jesmond Community Festival, the Orchard's celebrated and ever-popular plant sale will take place on Acorn Road on Saturday, 8 May, 10.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. Come along and choose from a wide selection of plants: herbs, shrubs, annuals, perennials, fruit and...
Jesmond Community Festival
Jesmond Community Festival is going ahead in May and the Orchard will be playing its part with a range of interesting and enjoyable activities. We start on Saturday 8 May with our ever-popular Plant Stall on Acorn Road; our Orchard Open Day follows on Saturday 22 and...
DIY grafting
Although our annual grafting course had to be cancelled in its usual format, using text and video information from our expert friend Alistair Robinson, some determined grafters have attempted DIY grafting at home! Hopefully, their grafts will be successful and if we...
Ladybird Survey 2021
Have you spotted any ladybirds while visiting the orchard? If so, you could help our friends at the Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN). They are recording nine distinctive ladybirds over spring and summer. Information is on their website and there’s...
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