STAMFORD COMMUNITY ORCHARD GROUP
Blossom Day 2024
Another great success (once the rain stopped)!
We are privileged to have the first poem from the new Poet Laureate for Stamford:
Follow the bees -
through the wooden gate
there lies an orchard,
ages old
gnarled trunks and tangled branches,
like limbs intertwined,
embrace the moment
clusters of white petals adorn the trees,
their perfumed scent captured by the wind.
Let us roll out a picnic blanket
and lie here for a while,
lost in thought
gazing up through the canopy of white.
JOIN US
If you could offer a few hours a month you could be just the person we are looking for. We need help at our planning meetings and at events like our Apple Day and workshops, or in our community orchard in Christchurch Close. You'll certainly learn more about our fantastic local apple heritage, help to preserve and promote it, and work with an enthusiastic and friendly volunteer team. So please email SCOGchair@gmail.com for more information.
WELCOME!
We are a non-profit making group based in the Lincolnshire market town of Stamford with the aim of promoting apples and orchards in the area.
Apples of Stamford - watercolours by Barbara Clemence
Borrow our kit
SCOG has an apple press and other essential cider making equipment; we are happy to loan this out to groups for events. Click here to find out more.
Meetings
There is a bi-monthly meeting at 7.30pm on the third Wednesday at The Crown Hotel. All welcome.
EVENTS
Thur September 12th 10-3pm
Stamford and Rutland Orchards Tour
Start at SCOG Community Orchard
Wednesday 18th September 2024 7:30pm
Bi-monthly meeting
Crown Hotel meeting room
Sat October 12th 10-1 pm
Fruitful Harvesting Workshop
Sat October 12th 2-5 pm
Apple Pressing
"The best time to plant an apple tree is twenty years ago... ...the next best time is today"
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