We welcomed the new year with a Wassail in the orchard. As dusk fell at four o’clock on Saturday, our community gathered for food, drink and traditional entertainments. The festivities culminated in toasting the orchard trees to encourage […]
We gathered with anticipation as the light dimmed on the Moor on Friday evening. Our guide for the night was Adam Linnet from the Cheshire Wildlife Trust, who would take us on an adventure through the fascinating world […]
Our orchard will be serving up soft fruits this summer after volunteers planted the new fruit bed this weekend (30th April). Last year orchard volunteers prepared the bed which was treated with manure to create a fertile plot […]
We held a winter pruning workshop at the orchard on Sunday morning, 26th February, led by Dan Hasler, a local orchard expert. Dan explained how to shape a tree during its formative years to establish a robust and […]
We are delighted to receive an Outstanding award from North West in Bloom. We gave the judges a guided tour when they visited the orchard in August. They were impressed and later scored us 86 out of 100 […]
Crosstown Community Orchard held its second annual Wassail on January 14th. Wassail is an ancient mid-winter tradition. The word comes from the Old Norse salutation, ves heill, meaning ‘be in good health’. When performed in orchards, it is to […]
On the first Friday of September, the community met its creatures of the night. Starting after eight in the evening, we found bats over the Moor, then walked to the community orchard, where we discovered its moths. Adam […]
The sun was shining on Saturday (20th) for the Crosstown Community Orchard’s now annual summer BBQ. 2nd Knutsford Scouts manned the grill to serve up burgers, sausages and veggie burgers to guests whilst the orchard trustees served up […]
A team of volunteers dug in this afternoon preparing a new soft fruit bed. A section of turf along the south-facing was lifted and a bed dug over. We’ll then be manuring it and leaving it to rot […]
A centuries old ceremony held in Knutsford last weekend at the Crosstown Community Orchard was hailed a success by residents. The first community wassail at the orchard saw the Town Mayor toast the wassail tree to pray for […]