One of our aims when planting the orchard was to remember those who served in two world wars and in more recent conflicts. As usual a small group of us laid a wreath at the base of one of the trees at 11.00a.m. on 11th November last year. We were yet again joined by Falklands veteran […]
Orchard AGM agenda 2017 Orchard AGM minutes 2016
The Memorial Orchard is within the boundary of Hartford and one of the initial aims of the Memorial orchard action group was ‘to provide an amenity for Weaverham, Hartford and neighbouring communities’. At last year’s AGM we therefore decided to change the name of our group from ‘Weaverham Community Memorial Orchard’ to ‘Weaverham and Hartford Community […]
THE MEMORIAL ORCHARD CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2021/22 Although we were able to hold a Zoom AGM meeting in 2020, like many other organisations we decided not to hold an AGM last year although we did send out a Chairman’s Report and a Treasurer’s Report. It is therefore really good to be able to meet in person again […]
Last year, due to lockdown we held our AGM using Zoom but attendance was very poor. We therefore decided that, like many other local organisations, we would not hold an AGM this year but will do so next year when, hopefully, we will be able to meet inside when the new Sea Scout hall will […]
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2019-2020 So far 2020 has been a strange year. Until the lockdown we were able to continue the work we started in 2019: re-staking trees and planting a few new ones. We are grateful to Tom the Appleman who grafted some scions onto rootstock for us. He also grafted some Wareham Russet scions […]
Last year marked the centenary of the signing of the Armistice leading to the end of hostilities on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the 11th month 1918. On Thursday, 15th November 2018 we held an Ecumenical Service of Remembrance at the orchard led by Fr Paul Standish and the Royal British Legion assisted by Revs […]
( Newsletter readers: To see this report with more illustrations please view it in your browser : http://orchard.weaverham.org.uk/chairmans-report-2017-2018/ ) Since our last AGM scions have been taken from the Wareham Russet apple tree in Tower Lane and from other Cheshire heritage apple trees growing in the Trafford Drive Allotments Community Orchard. Harry Delaney and […]
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2016-2017 Our volunteers continue to work in the orchard tending the trees, putting in strong stakes, weeding, keeping the paths clear and picking up litter and dog poo. Early in March we took scions from the old Wareham Russet tree in Tower Lane as well as from other Cheshire heritage apple trees growing […]
In 2014 the Woodland Trust offered us almost an acre of land in Thorn Wood on which to plant our orchard. After the lawyers had worked on the details we eventually signed the lease in November 2015 and we are very grateful for the support given by Neil Oxley of the Woodland Trust who has […]