Leaf Mulching day @ the Viewfield Community Orchard We had a brilliant day at the Orchard on Sunday – the leaf bays were emptied and compacted and the Viewfield was picked clean of leaves by our fantastic volunteers.We caned up the raspberries, gave the orchard a good tidy and mulched all the trees and herb beds!The mulch is free for the taking so head along and help yourselves to the pile beside the bays at the Viewfield.A huge thank you to everyone who came along and made this possible, without the hard work and dedication from our volunteers this would…

Over the last couple of years there has been a growing partnership between Green Hive and the Nairn Allotments Orchard Group (NAOG). With NAOG helping us to set up the Viewfield Community Orchard by supplying locally grown trees and training volunteers, and Green Hive promoting NAOG’s work and contributing rootstocks. NAOG are a group of apple enthusiasts based at Nairn’s Sandown Allotments that graft and grow local, heritage and generally useful apples, and encourage more trees to be planted in Nairn. Recently this lovely cooperation has enabled NOAG to graft scion wood from a very old local orchard that has…