Two local events are being held to celebrate Apple Day 2009;
SAT OCTOBER 17; APPLE DAY AT ST LAURENCE ORCHARD
EASTWOODBURY LANE, EASTWOOD
Join Trust Links and celebrate national Apple Day at Southend’s community orchard in Eastwoodbury Lane!
October 17th 2009
10.30 to 3pm,
No 9 bus, parking available
Details and downloadable poster here
FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER: SOUTH EAST ESSEX ORGANIC GARDENERS PRESENT:
APPLE DAY CEILIDH,
HAWKWELL VILLAGE HALL
This event will also feature the launch of the St Laurence Orchard Map
Put this date in your diary now!
For more information and tickets email caroleshorney@hotmail.com
Apple day is a celebration of the diversity of our fruit heritage.
Only a handful of apple varieties are available in the shops, yet over 6000 varieties have been grown in the past. Nearly 2000 apples are grown at the national collection at the Brogdale Horticultural Trust in Kent.
Common Ground, a national charity that encourages people to recognise the distinctivenes of ‘the place’, instigated Apple Day in 1990. It is now an established date in the festive calendar and is celebrated annually on or near 21st October. The apple was chosen as an iconic symbol for all the fruit and nuts that are grown in this country.
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