Weaverham Memorial Community Orchard will be participating in the Volunteering Fair which has been organised by Saltscape and Groundwork Come and meet a variety of organisations running projects in the mid-Cheshire area at the free volunteering fair on Thursday 8th October 2015. This will be a great informal opportunity to find out how you can […]
Hello everyone! It looks as though we’ve cleared all the ragwort from what will be our orchard, but, no doubt, as smaller plants grow, we will soon be seeing a few ragwort flowers. These plants will have to be pulled up at a later stage. At the moment we will not be having any more […]
Weaverham Community Memorial is now incorporated at Companies House as a Company Limited by Guarantee. Our company number is 9657902. This establishes a legal entity that allows us to sign a lease, and takes us one step closer to actually planting some trees. A Company Limited by Guarantee does not have shareholders; this type of […]
Preparing the Site Now that negotiations with the Woodland Trust are at their final stages, a few volunteers have been busy today pulling up ragwort from the area allocated for the Community Orchard in Thorn Wood. We are trying to re-establish the wild flower orchard at Thorn Wood before planting apple trees during the dormant […]
The Chairmans Report was given at the first AGM of the Weaverham Community Memorial Orchard on the 19th May 2015 Formation 2014 marked the centenary of the start of the First World War and the 70th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Following a public meeting on December 17th 2013 an Action Group was formed with […]
In April and May we will have commemorated the centenary of the start of the Gallipoli Campaign and the 70th anniversary of VE Day. This makes us think even more deeply about the many lives that were lost, and the injuries suffered, throughout both World Wars and subsequent conflicts. What better way to remember those […]
Cuttings have been taken from an old Wareham Russet apple tree by Colin Haworth . This is the same tree that was identified as being a genuine Wareham Russet by the experts at the National Fruit collection at Brogdale. These cuttings , called “scions”, will be grafted on to apple root stock by Colin; Colin […]
From: Karen George To: WCO Sent: Friday, 28 November 2014, 9:35 Subject: Fruit ID – Identified 28 November 2014 Fruit ID Number: 029 Dear Mike, Your fruit has been examined and we believe your samples to be: Wareham Russet The samples labelled one and two seem to be the same; there can be some variation […]
LEST WE FORGET. We are drawing near to the end of 2014 which marked the centenary of the start of World War 1. Until November 2018, the centenary of the end of that war, we will be remembering different events in that terrible conflict. Each year, on Armistice Day, we remember all those who gave […]
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