Category Archives: orchard

Community Orchard update

Posted on November 19, 2019 by

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 … Continue reading →

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Preserving Nairn’s orchards

Posted on May 4, 2019 by

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 … Continue reading →

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Apple Tree Grafting and Pruning Workshops

Posted on March 6, 2019 by

The next generation of apple trees and apple tree growers have been nurtured over the last couple of weeks with our apple tree grafting and pruning workshops taking place. Nairn Academy pupils, staff and the farmer Jones Academy visited the … Continue reading →

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Apple Tree Grafting and Pruning Workshop

Posted on January 26, 2019 by

Learn how to graft apple trees and some simple techniques to care for your fruit trees, and take home a young grafted tree of your own. Led by members of the Nairn Allotments’ Orchard Group and a Royal Horticultural Society … Continue reading →

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Community Orchard

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

We had a great response to our spot poll last month. Seems there’s quite a few out there interested in doing stuff to help get the orchard set up. You’ll maybe know that we received £230 from Highland Council to … Continue reading →

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