What's on

2025

• 18 October - Mini Apple Day with the Wildlife Trust, Penrose Roots garden, 11am to 3pm. 

• 4 September - apple espalier pruning workshop, Stockwood Discovery Centre, 10am to 1pm [more information]

• 25 August to 5 October donate your fruit to the Apple Amnesty - register now if you think you can donate apples/pears

• Thursday 26 June - Talk at Heathfield Centre, Hyde Rd, Caddington, 7pm

• Wednesday 21 May - Wigmore Valley Park Orchard watering session with the help of GoodGym Luton, 6pm. 

• Sunday 4 May - Picnic in the Orchard, 11am to 1pm, People's Park Orchard. 

• Monday 28 April - Talk to Stopsley Community Garden volunteers, 7.30pm, The Greenhouse, Stopsley

• Wednesday 16 April Update to Luton Friends of Parks and Green Spaces

• Thursday 27 March  - talk at Houghton Hall Park for the community garden volunteers

• Tuesday 18 February - support Wildlife Trust Beds Youth Rangers at Blows Downs Paddocks orchard

• Monday 17 February - Talk to Luton and Dunstable Hospital retirees

• 14 February - Talk at the Great Northern Fruit Moot

• 19 January - Wassail in People's Park Orchard

2024

• 8 January - short introduction to the Luton Orchards project at the Luton Heritage Forum: Projects and People event, High Town Methodist Church [see the presentation slides]

• 13 January - pruning course at Luton Hoo Walled Garden (for LHWG volunteers only)

• 3 February - visit to Scion Swap Day at Buckingham Garden Centre, grafting of trees from Luton

• 4 February - pruning course at Grasmere Nursery (for nursery staff and local volunteers only, contact us if that applies to you)

• 17 February - pruning course at Bide-A-While and Farr's Orchard (mainly for Penrose Roots and Edible High Town volunteers, contact us if you're interested)

• 4 April - digital scan and drone photography at Wigmore Orchard and Stockingstone Road Allotments orchard - come and say hello if you see us

• 17 April - Presentation at Luton Friends of Parks and Green Spaces, Stopsley 

• 21 April 2024 - Blossom Day, People's Park (small, informal, bring your own picnick)

• 13 May - Wigmore Valley Orchard- orchard survey work with Barnfield College

• 20 May - Wigmore Valley Orchard - orchard survey work with Barnfield College

• 22 May - Talk for U3A Climate Change group, Bramingham

• 3 June - Wigmore Valley - orchard survey work with Barnfield College

• 10 June - Wigmore Valley - orchard survey work with Barnfield College

• 17 June 2024 - public talk about the Luton Orchards project, Bushmead Community Hub, Hancock Drive, Luton, LU2 7SF, 7.30pm [Book tickets]

• 26 June - Workshop with Luton in Bloom on fruit tree care and challenges, Chaul End Community Centre, 515 Dunstable Road, LU4 8QN, 1pm to 2.30pm [Book tickets]

• Monday 22 July - conservation day at Wigmore Valley Park Orchard, together with Luton Council's Nature Conservation Volunteers 10am to 4pm, join all day at the orchard. Important: parking on the nearby car park is only free for the first few hours. [See map]

• Thursday 5 September - espalier pruning at Stockwood Discovery Centre (with grounds team and staff, not public)

• Saturday 7 September - Stockingstone Road Allotments Produce Show and Open Day - Apple Juice pressing with children 

• September and October - Apple Amnesty - donate your surplus fruit to the Luton Apple Amnesty

• Tuesday 8 October - Apple Juice making with Penrose Roots 2 Recovery volunteers

• Thursday 17 October - visit to the Lewsey Councillor's Coffee Morning, 11.30, Lewsey Community Centre, Landrace Road. 

• Monday 21 October - Luton Council's Nature Conservation Volunteers - Wigmore Valley Park

• Wednesday 11 November - update to the UK Orchard Network meeting

• Mondays in November - working with Barnfield College to get the young trees ready for winter

• Monday 2 December - Luton Council's Nature Conservation Volunteers - Cowridge End veteran trees

2023

• September and October 2023 - Luton Apple Amnesty - visit ediblehightown.org for details

• 1 December 2023 - 3.30pm to 7pm - High Town Christmas Fair, St Matthew's Primary School, High Town - Luton Orchards Apple Juice for sale