Donate to the Luton Apple Amnesty 

How to claim your free bottle if you donated to the scheme

If you donated more than 10kg of fruit, you can claim a free bottle of apple juice. You can pick up your free bottle at 43 Kingston Road, LU2 7RZ by appointment. Please contact konni@lutonorchards.org to arrange a time. 

How to get apple juice

You can buy our apple juice for £4.00 per bottle or 3 bottles for £10.00 while stocks last. order.  Pick up is from 43 Kingston Road, LU2 7RZ, we may be able to deliver locally for orders of 3 bottles or above.  Please contact us first to order and to check availability: konni@lutonorchards.org .

We’ll sort the apples for quality and to get a good mix. And any fruit we cannot use will be either dried into fruit chips or composted locally.

We do not make the juice ourselves, but take the apples to be professionally pressed, bottled and lightly pasteurised. Then we'll label up the bottles. 

The finished juice will store for up to 18 months and you'll be able to buy it from us and selected local shops.

That said, we'll be trying out our own small-scale pressing equipment this year, and you'll be able to get stuck in. Look out for dates on our Events page. 

Only store fruit that you picked from the tree, not windfall. They should perfect and unbruised so that they will survive in storage. Layering apples 2 to 3 deep in a crate works well, and gives you easy access to pick out and discard any rotten ones. 

For longer storage, put about 5 at a time in loosely tied clear plastic bags, stacked into a crate. From time to time, check up on your apples and remove/use and less than perfect ones. 

Late ripening apples tend to store better than early ones, which are best eaten soon after picking