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Join in the Forth Valley Orchards' Day Fun! |
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 |
 Anyone with an interest in orchards is being urged to come along to the launch of a new initiative that will encourage people to learn about and care for orchards and fruit trees in Forth Valley.
The first ever Forth Valley Orchards' Day is being held by Forth Valley Food Links and the Forth Valley Orchards' Group, and follows on from the orchard mapping project that was completed in March 2010.
The event will take place at Dobbies Garden World, Craigforth, Stirling on Saturday, 25 September 2010, from 10.30 am - 4.00 pm, and will co-incide with Dobbies ' Fall into Autumn! family fun day.
Visitors will be able to visit the 'village' of stalls inside the store that will provide information and advice for anyone wanting to plant or manage orchards.Among the free activities and information on offer are:
- Orchard Advice Clinic – Come and talk to the orchard experts, including Appletreeman himself, Andrew Lear, who will be on-hand to answer any questions about how to manage your orchard, or how to go about planning and planting new ones
- Fruit Identification – One of Scotland’s foremost fruit experts, Willie Duncan, will have a display of fruit, and will be available to help identify your fruit if you would like to bring this along with you
- Fruit juicing and tasting – Try your hand at crushing fruit and pressing the juice. Bring your surplus fruit along if you have some, but there’ll be plenty available if you don’t.
- Fruit Recipe Book - If you have any fruit recipes, then bring those too, and we will make a fruit recipe book
- Children's activities - Join well-known orchard enthusiast, environmental education expert, and former head teacher, Margaret Miller, for a variety of hands-on and fun activities to learn about orchards and their benefits
- The History of Orchards in Forth Valley display – Learn about the fascinating history of Forth Valley’s orchards
- Orchard training & workshops – Sign up to training and workshop events to run throughout the autumn and winter that will look at creating and managing orchards
- Lots more…! Organisations with an interest in orchards will also make their information available to take away.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Download the Forth Valley Orchard Day 2010 A5 flyer.
For further information, please contact: Diane Alderdice, Project Officer (Forth Valley Food Links), Forth Environment Link, 7 Stirling Business Centre, Wellgreen Place, Stirling, FK8 2DZ, Tel: 01786 449215, Email:
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, Mob: 07761 088 505. The event is part of the Forth Valley Orchard Programme 2010/11, funded by Scottish Natural Heritage and the Forestry Commission Scotland, and is a contribution to the establishment of the Central Scotland Green Network.
Travel Information:
Dobbies Garden World is situated on the A84 approximately 150 m west of the Craigforth Roundabout off Junction 10 of the M9 motorway. Public Transport Information: Take the M59 Morrison Travel Stirling to Callander / Balquhidder bus from Goosecroft Bus Station, Stirling City Centre. Ask to get off at the stop opposite Dobbies Garden World on the A84.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 September 2010 )
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