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National Orchard Forum (NOF)
An umbrella organization which covers most of the UK orchard groups, all of which aim to conserve traditional, local varieties of tree fruits. NOF assists in the vital exchange of information between the groups and the public.
Common Ground
www.england-in-particular.info
Gold Hill House, 21 High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8JE. 01747 850820
Email: info@commonground.org.uk
Common Ground is a national charity recognised for playing a unique role in the arts and environmental fields, distinguished by the linking of nature and culture and focussing on the positive investment people make in their own localities. Ongoing projects include, Community Orchards, Apple Day, Local Distinctiveness and Parish Maps.
Brogdale Horticultural Trust
Brogdale Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8XZ
UK National Fruit Collections
Royal Horticultural Society
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT)
www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk
Robinswood Hill Country Park , Reservoir Road, Gloucester GL4 6SX. 01452 383333
Gloucestershire Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG)
Saw Mills End, Corinium Avenue, Gloucester GL4 3DE. 01452 627487
Email: gloucester@fwag.org.uk
FWAG is an independent organisation which helps farmers and landowners manage their land for the benefit of wildlife while maintaining a profitable and sustainable farming system. All advice is strictly confidential and without obligation, and farmers and landowners can receive an initial free visit from one of Gloucestershire's four advisers.
Gloucestershire Naturalists Society
Gloucestershire Lichen Group
See the lichen page »
The British Lichen Society www.theBLS.org.uk
c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
or, if you are interested in lichens in Gloucestershire, The Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society, www.glosnats.org.uk or the GNS Lichen Group lichen@potsherd.demon.co.uk
Information about mistletoe
www.mistletoe.org.uk www.mistle.co.uk
The Bat Conservation Trust
Peoples Trust for Endangered Species
www.ptes.org PTES are conducting a Traditional Orchard Survey across England. For more information about this project, please email anita@ptes.org
Gloucestershire Biodiversity Partnership
The Gloucestershire Orchard Group is now lead partner for traditional orchards within the Gloucestershire Biodiversity Partnership (2009 onwards)
Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records (GCER)
To log fauna and flora or to request a search for a particular location contact Holly York and team at GCER, Church House, Standish, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire GL10 3EU. 01453 822761 gcer@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk
National Biodiversity Network NBN Gateway and Species Dictionary
Websites which allow wildlife information to be accessed and shared anywhere in Britain.
UK Phenology Network
“Nature’s Calendar”
Natural England
The Tree Council
Ancient Tree Forum
And ancient-tree-forum@woodland-trust.org
Tree Register of the British Isles
Native trees for sale through the Woodland Trust
Small Woods Association
Local Carbon Offsetting
BTCV
Local contact James Aylward. BTCV, Tithe Barn Centre, Brockworth Court, Brockworth, Gloucester. GL3 4QU. Tel: (01452) 864805.
Agroforestry Research Trust
Martin Crawford, 46 Hunters Moon, Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6JT
Fruits, nuts, seeds, plants, publications (including fruit tree directories). UK nonprofit group conducting research into temperate agroforestry and into all aspects of plant cropping and uses.
Clive Simms
Specialist grower of nut trees and uncommon fruits for the edible garden.
Yellow Flag Wildflowers
Local native seeds and plants. Plock Court, Gloucester.
Gloucestershire Organic Gardening Group (GOGG)
26 Mead Road , Cheltenham GL53 7DT . 01242 230442
We are the local group of the Henry Doubleday Research Association which was formed in September 1994. We meet at the Whiteway Colony Hall on the 3rd. Tuesday of the month at 7-30 from September to May. We usually have outdoor meetings including garden visits in June, July and August.
Organic Conversion Information Service
0117 922 7707. For commercial-sized orchards (about 1 hectare upwards) considering organic conversion, literature and free on-farm advice (up to a day and a half).
Soil Association
National Association of Farmers Markets
Includes maps, lists of markets, news and information about membership.
Cooperative of farm shops, farmers’ markets, PYO and box schemes etc
Fresh-n-Local Farmers’ Markets
By Clare and Kardien Gerbrands of Made In Stroud Ltd and Made In Gloucestershire Ltd
Farmers’ Markets in Gloucestershire
The Old Gloucestershire Farmers’ Market Group
Market place
Marketplace for buying and selling various breeds of garden, nursery, landscape, fruits, horticulture, flowers, plants, seeds, crops, vegetables as well as agricultural jobs and a wide range of services.
Taste Gloucestershire
www.tastegloucestershire.co.uk
Taste of the West
Days Cottage Apple Juice
Award winning Day’s Cottage Pure Apple Juice is made with apples from traditional, mature orchards in Gloucestershire. The fruit comes only from unsprayed orchards, and dozens of different varieties are used, some unique to the county, including Newton Wonder, Pippins, Bramley, Blenheim Orange, Tom Putt, John Standish, Taynton Codlin, Jubilee, Ashmead’s Kernel and Underleaves. These give flavours unobtainable from modern commercial fruit, and can be enjoyed as unusual single varieties or as carefully blended juices. We also make a range of Ciders and Perry (pear cider), fermented and matured in oak barrels. Dave Kaspar/Helen Brent-Smith, Day’s Cottage, Upton Lane, Brookthorpe, Gloucester, GL4 0UT.
Tel, Fax & Answerphone 01452 813602
Email applejuice@dayscottage.co.uk
Real Cyder & Perry
Tom Oliver Cider & Perry Maker
Tom is also chairman of the Three Counties Cider & Perry Association and coordinates Project Perry (Slow Food).
Dr. Andrew Lea, amateur cider maker
CAMRA
National organization for real cider
UK Cider
Information about real cider and perry, cidermaking, orchards and a comprehensive cider pub guide as well as a cider blog at www.ukcider.co.uk/blog
Slow Food
International movement opposing fast food and promoting dining as a source of pleasure. Includes “Project Perry”, a Three Counties Cider & Perry “presidia” (Gloucestershire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire).
Three Counties Cider and Perry Association
www.thethreecountiesciderandperryassociation.co.uk
The Three Counties Showground
Pershore College
http://www.warkscol.ac.uk/college_centres/pershore_college/index.htm
(includes Pershore College at Avonbank, Worcestershire, Hindlip College, and Holme Lacy College). Fruit courses held.
Marcher Apple Network
Kemerton Conservation Trust
A charitable trust South Worcestershire, near Tewkesbury, promoting the conservation and preservation of natural and man made beauty through countryside stewardship in the Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire area. The estate contains several old orchards, managed with wildlife in mind.
Vision 21
Promoting sustainable development in Gloucestershire.
Sustainable and ethical living
Julian Brandram
Small, part-time business, based in Sheffield, supplying fruit trees, running community events, advice and consultancy.
Orange Pippin
Website dedicated to describing the flavours of apples and the origins of different apple varieties.
Tullens Fruit Farm
Finest quality British apples at farm shop prices. English apples, organic lamb and apple juice at farm shop in Sussex.
Vale Landscape Heritage Trust
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/valetrust
A charity in the Vale of Evesham and Pershore, protecting and preserving pockets of important and beautiful pieces of land, which include flood meadows and some orchards.
Sue Gibson School of Gardening
(includes Growing & Training/Pruning Fruit Trees in Small Spaces; espaliers etc)
01453 890820 e-mail: sue.gibson@tiscali.co.uk www.iteachgardening.co.uk
Apple/Cider/Orchard photographs website
http://web.me.com/neilphillipsphoto/An_Orchard_HIgh/Welcome.html
Stunning photographs by Neil Phillips Photography, Bristol and the South West 07885 214291
Orchard Blog
http://joyus1uk.blogspot.com By David Joyce, tree warden.
Apple Wizard
A simple yet innovative tool that eliminates the back-bending process in picking up apples, nuts, other fruits and other round objects from the ground
Plum website & Pick-Your-Own (Gloucestershire)
Ben Swinley owns 12 acres of historic traditional organic plum, apple & pear orchards at Haylings Farm, near Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire. Haven for wildlife.
Plums and trees for sale.
07880 823 004
