Jesmond Community Orchard battles the country’s decline of apple orchards
The importance of apples was highlighted at Jesmond’s recent Apple Day, reports Anna Nix
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Looking ahead: what’s in store for Jesmond Community Festival 2024
The Jesmond Community Festival 2024 is already lined up with plenty of exciting events and activities, Roseanna Leconte reports
Orchard volunteers beat the weather to celebrate Apple Day
Heavy rain and storm warnings shifted Jesmond’s annual Apple Day back a day, but they didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of its organisers and visitors. Apple Day is a nationally celebrated event each October and Jesmond holds its event in the Community Orchard near Forsyth Road
Picking poems in Jesmond orchard
Jesmond Community Festival brought a day of Italian poetry to the orchard on Tankerville Terrace, courtesy of Antonella Rea who teaches Italian language classes in Newcastle and Northumberland and has been organising cultural events like this since September 2017
Jesmond URC community garden opened
Jesmond URC celebrate the completion of Church and community garden regeneration project 10 years in the making, reports Craig Dingwall
Building bee hotels with the Jesmond Community Orchard
Marlene Loesken visits the Jesmond orchard to learn more about practical beekeeping
New Trees in Jesmond Community Orchard
Amy Bolton captures the first signs of spring in her shots of some early-season planting
Orchard installs long-awaited artwork
Local artist Julia Barton designs new entrance for Jesmond orchard. View Katrina Stevenson’s slideshow and report
Student volunteers dig the dirt in orchard
SCAN helps out every Wednesday at Jesmond Community Orchard, reports Linda Guma.
Orchard brings Jesmond residents together
Volunteers at Jesmond Community Orchard look back at its transformation whilst planting new fruit trees, writes Linda Guma