Fulford Community Orchard

06/09/2025

Most of the eating apples are now gone. They went over a couple of days. I hope this means a lot of people collected some for personal use and not a few that took a lot for other reasons. If you do want a lot of apples please get in touch via messenger so we can facilitate fair sharing for the local community. Incidentally a lot of the eating apples were picked before they were ready.

06/09/2025

Unfortunately someone thought it was a good idea to move the picnic benches and used them as steps to pick fruit. One was broken. Volunteers refurbished the benches and placed them for the use of our Community. Whilst collecting some fruit for personal use is welcomed in moderation it is a shame someone decided to move the benches break one of them and not even have the courtesy to replace them where they came from.

21/08/2025

Some of the fruit collected from Fulford Community Orchard that will be at Fulford show on Bank Holiday Monday

20/08/2025

Fulford Community Orchard today collecting fruit that is ready for Fulford show on bank holiday Monday. This bunch of what looks like oversized grapes are actually plums! Do come and see us at Fulford show. There will be a selection of apples to test and some apple juicing 🍎🍎

11/08/2025

Late afternoon sunlight in the orchard after the Sunday afternoon work session. Scything nettles and picking some plums. Also preparation work for a sculpture......

23/07/2025

Some of the plums are ripe. Mostly one called Czar an early plum. The picture on the left shows them before and the picture on the right shows a ripe blue plum with blue bloom. The test for ripeness is they also give very slightly when gently pressed and come off easily. Some on the ground are also good. If you want to pick some for your own use please do it's a community orchard. And be careful because wasps also know when they are ripe too😊. Many are out of reach but please don't pull the branches or shake them as they are easily damaged.

09/07/2025

Some photos from Fulford Community Orchard today. Gatekeeper butterfly (I believe) on Ragwort. The Ragwort also had Cinnabar moth caterpillars😊. The third picture is the remains of a wasps nest that had been dug up. But by what? Any thoughts welcome.

08/06/2025

The orchard medlar was the last to blossom back in May and already quickly turning into little fruits!

Come join us for a volunteering session this afternoon with St Nicks 🍎🌳 We’ll be here 1:30 till 4!

13/05/2025

We would just like to thank St Nicks for their continued support and help in managing our lovely little orchard. They run sessions every month for people to come and volunteer (hint hint!), as well as corporate days for businesses to join in. The most recent corporate day saw the orchard having an early mow to try and give the wildflowers a bit of a head start against the more vigorous grasses. If you would like to get involved with the orchard, feel free to drop in to one of the Sunday volunteer sessions or check out the St Nicks website for volunteering inspiration.

13/05/2025

16/11/2023

06/09/2023

For those of you who have never been before, we are within the grounds of the Designer Outlet (bottom right of the picture below). Parking is within the designer outlet car park and the orchard is accessed through a small gate. There is a zebra crossing but be careful, drivers don't tend to see it and can go quite fast.