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We had the lovely Sassy from Eve Apple Press here on Thursday 18th September pressing the apples that the volunteers harvested from our heritage orchard. We will be selling the pasteurised apple juice at future events - a taste of summer!

On Thursday 17th September we opened our doors as part of Heritage week. This was the first time we've done this and it was a great success with visitors arriving all day from when we opened to when we closed for the day. It was the first time that we've talked to the public about the research we've been doing about our site and the exciting stories we've been uncovering about local shipbuilder William Thickett, Tommy Tickler and his orchards and artist-gardener Gertrude Jekyll. We are...

A selection of autumn offers for the wreath making. On Friday 18th September we once again welcomed the Alzheimers Society for another seasonal wreath-making session. For the autumn wreaths we used rosemary, twisted willow, laurel and other flowers and greenery from one of our volunteer's gardens. We will be doing more workshops in the run up to Christmas so keep an eye on our Facebook page for details.