Such a beautiful day in our wonderful Orchard!
Did you know that most of the trees are individually tagged? If you scan the code on either entrance gate, you’ll find details of each of them - their variety, their use and when you can expect them to fruit.
An incredible resource for the town (or if you’d rather, just a beautiful place to be).
Look at our lovely new paths or, better still, come and walk on them! Thanks to Dartmouth Town Council who have done an amazing job 👏
There’s still plenty of apples on the trees but the winds earlier this week did rather favour the windfall.
It’s bright sunshine for now so do make the most of it.
One slight problem if you’re walking doggy is to be aware that the College Way entrance has a damaged gate which isn’t so easy to secure. If you enter from the top, it’s worth checking if it’s shut before letting your best friend off the lead!
A well attended AGM last night said a very warm thank you to the outgoing Chair of the Friends of Dartmouth Community Orchard, Peter Shaw 👏👏👏
He masterfully introduced presentations from volunteers of all the hard work done during the year including
🐟 new ponds and
🧺picnic area
🔋solar power to the shelter
🐝 thriving bee hives
🦋 a butterfly initiative
🌳 creation of an incredible tree inventory of the site
🚶 maintenance and improvement of the paths,
🐞 work to protect and improve biodiversity (we luuurve Slow Worms!) and so much more.
The Orchard is an absolute gem in Dartmouth’s crown and its maintenance and development is down to these remarkable people with the much appreciated support of the Dartmouth Town Council grounds team!
Dartmouth Community Orchard is a local green space and traditional orchard, and is a valuable area for both wildlife and the public.
